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Fishes / Habitat
The tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona, carries four bold black vertical stripes over an orange-gold body, with a bright red nose and fins in well-coloured individuals. It comes from Indonesia, Malaysia,
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Fishes / Habitat
The common pleco, Hypostomus plecostomus and several closely related species sold under the same name, is the classic armoured suckermouth catfish sold cheaply as a small juvenile algae eater in shops
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Fishes / Habitat
The moonlight gourami carries a plain, pale silvery green to blue-green body with an understated, almost luminous sheen, and lacks the bold patterning seen in the pearl or three spot gourami. It reach
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Fishes / Training
The three spot gourami gets its name from an optical trick rather than an anatomical one: it has two visible dark spots, one at the middle of the body and one at the base of the tail, with the eye its
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Fishes / Habitat
Oxygen is easy to take for granted in a home aquarium, since it does not show up on the usual ammonia, nitrite and nitrate test kit, and a tank can look perfectly clear while quietly running low. Unde
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Fishes / Habitat
LED lighting has largely replaced the fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs that once lit most home aquariums, and for good reason, though it is not without its own trade-offs worth knowing before
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