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Fishes / Habitat
One of the most common questions from someone about to set up their first tank is simply how much of everything to buy. Too little and you are making emergency trips to the shop mid setup; too much an
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Fishes / Habitat
The weather loach, also called the dojo loach, is a long, eel-like, mustard-brown to olive fish with small barbels around its mouth, native to rice paddies, ponds and slow streams across China, Korea,
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Fishes / Health
Goldfish are sold to more first time Indian fishkeepers than almost any other species, usually in a small bowl with no filter and no real explanation of what the fish actually needs. It is one of the
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Fishes / Habitat
The skunk cory carries a single dark stripe running from the top of its head to the base of its tail against a pale body, resembling the marking of its namesake animal. It comes from South America and
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Fishes / Habitat
The common goldfish was bred from a wild silver-grey crucian carp in China over a thousand years ago. Scientists still debate exactly which wild Carassius population it descends from, but the fish its
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Fishes / Getting Started
Green hair algae, usually shortened to GHA by hobbyists, is one of the most common nuisance algae in the marine hobby, and also one of the most manageable once you understand what is feeding it.
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