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Fishes / Health
Flukes are flatworms, more precisely monogenean parasites, that attach to a fish's gills or skin using small hooks. They are extremely common in marine aquariums, particularly on wrasses, tangs and ot
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Fishes / Habitat
Most fishkeeping advice assumes the challenge is keeping water warm enough, but for large parts of India, particularly through summer, the more common problem is the opposite: keeping a tank cool enou
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Fishes / Getting Started
Getting lighting right in a planted community tank is a balancing act, enough light for healthy plant growth without tipping the tank into an algae outbreak, and the two considerations are more closel
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Fishes / Getting Started
A cover does more than stop fish jumping out, though that alone is reason enough to use one. It also reduces evaporation, keeps dust and household debris out of the water, and, for heated tanks, helps
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Fishes / Breeds
Rabbitfish, also called foxfaces, do a job in the aquarium that few other fish manage well: they eat algae, including some of the more stubborn nuisance varieties like bubble algae and hair algae, wit
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Fishes / Breeds
The kribensis carries a soft olive-brown body with a striking magenta-pink belly, most vivid in breeding females, and a dark horizontal stripe running the length of the body. It comes from Nigeria and
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