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Fishes / Habitat

Golden Wonder Killifish: Another Genuine Indian Native

The Golden Wonder killifish is a selectively bred, iridescent gold and blue-green form of the striped panchax, Aplocheilus lineatus, a species genuinely native to Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Wild-

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Fishes / Habitat

Aquarium Plants - What Is Best: Real or Artificial?

Anyone setting up a new tank eventually faces this choice, and there genuinely is no single right answer. The better question is which option suits your particular tank, your fish, and how much time y

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Fishes / Habitat

Guidelines for Stocking Your Aquarium the Right Way

Deciding how many fish to add, and which species to combine, is where most new aquarists either get lucky or get it badly wrong. The old rule of one inch of fish per gallon of water still gets repeate

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Fishes / Breeds

Hawkfish: Perching Predators for the Reef Tank

Hawkfish bring a different kind of personality to a saltwater tank. Rather than swimming continuously like most reef fish, they perch on a coral branch or a ledge of live rock and wait, darting out th

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Fishes / Habitat

Understanding Freshwater Aquarium Lighting

Lighting is often treated as an afterthought once the tank, filter and heater are sorted, yet it shapes everything from how your fish's colours show to whether your plants thrive or slowly fade. A lit

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Fishes / Getting Started

What's a Mantis Shrimp Doing in My Reef Tank?

Fish going missing one by one, a faint clicking sound after the lights go out, and the occasional cracked snail shell scattered on the sand are the classic warning signs of a mantis shrimp hitchhiker.

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