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Fishes / Getting Started
A tank looks deceptively light on the shop floor, empty and easy to carry with a friend. Filled, it becomes one of the heaviest single objects most people ever place in their home. Water alone weighs
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Fishes / Behaviour
Seeding is one of the most useful shortcuts in the fishkeeping hobby, and yet it is one of the least understood. Done correctly, it can take a new tank's cycling time from four to six weeks down to ju
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Fishes / Health
Goldfish are hardy fish overall, but their popularity as a first pet, often in conditions that are not really suited to them, means they show up with a fairly predictable set of health problems more o
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Fishes / Breeds
Soft corals are usually where new reef keepers start, and for good reason. Most tolerate a wider swing in water parameters than stony corals, many propagate themselves without much effort, and the mov
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Fishes / Health
Betta lifespan is one of the more variable figures in the hobby, and the range you see quoted online, anywhere from two to ten years, reflects a real gap between how bettas are typically kept and how
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Fishes / Nutrition
Live food, bloodworms, brine shrimp, daphnia and tubifex being the most common choices, gets fish closer to their natural diet than almost anything else available, and most fish respond to it with obv
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