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Fishes / Habitat
The electric yellow cichlid carries a brilliant, near-uniform lemon-yellow body with black-edged fins, a striking, almost artificial-looking colour that has made it one of the most recognisable Africa
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Fishes / Habitat
The pearl danio, Danio albolineatus, shares the zebra danio's energetic nature but trades the bold stripes for an iridescent, pearly sheen across the body that shifts between pink, blue and gold depen
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Fishes / Getting Started
A tank that was crystal clear yesterday and suddenly looks like diluted milk today has almost certainly experienced a bacterial bloom, a rapid, harmless-looking but genuinely important event that alar
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Fishes / Habitat
The firemouth cichlid gets its name from the vivid red-orange colouring across its throat and lower body, which it flares dramatically during territorial or courtship displays by extending its gill co
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Fishes / Health
A nitrate reading that has crept up over weeks is one of the more common problems an established aquarium runs into, and unlike ammonia or nitrite, it rarely announces itself with a dramatic fish reac
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Fishes / Getting Started
pH measures how acidic or alkaline your water is, and while the exact number matters less than most beginners assume, stability matters enormously. Fish generally adapt to a pH somewhat outside their
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