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Fishes / Breeds
Surgeonfish get their common name from the razor sharp, scalpel like spines set into either side of their tail base, which they can flick out in defence or in disputes with other tangs. In the aquariu
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Fishes / Habitat
Xiphophorus maculatus, the platy, is a compact, hardy livebearer from Mexico and Central America that has been bred into more colour forms than almost any other aquarium fish. Sunset orange, red wagta
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Fishes / Getting Started
Moving fish, whether upgrading to a bigger tank or relocating an entire aquarium to a new home, is one of the more stressful events in a fish's life, and doing it carefully makes a genuine difference
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Fishes / Getting Started
Two tanks holding the same volume of water can behave quite differently depending on their shape, and width specifically, front to back depth of the tank, is one of the more overlooked dimensions when
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Fishes / Getting Started
Tags: hermit crabs, reef tank cleanup, blue leg hermit crab, scarlet hermit crab, marine invertebrates
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Fishes / Getting Started
Not every snail that turns up in a saltwater tank is part of the clean up crew. Two in particular, vermetid snails and pyramidellid or pyram snails, are genuine pests that arrive uninvited on live roc
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