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Fishes / Health
Spotting a leech attached to a fish is one of the more unsettling discoveries a keeper can make, though the reassuring news is that leeches are genuinely uncommon in tanks stocked with captive-bred fi
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Fishes / Breeds
LPS corals are stony corals with a hard calcium carbonate skeleton wrapped in a thick, fleshy layer of tissue, which is where the group gets its name: Large Polyp Stony. They sit between soft corals a
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Fishes / Breeds
Few marine fish deliver as much colour per centimetre as the basslets and dottybacks. Both groups are compact, hardy, and comfortable in modestly sized reef tanks, which suits the space constraints ma
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Fishes / Habitat
Every new saltwater aquarium goes through an invisible transformation before it can safely hold fish. It has nothing to do with the rockwork, the lighting, or the salt mix you have chosen. It is a bio
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Fishes / Breeds
Wrasses belong to the family Labridae, one of the largest reef fish families in the world, and are prized for constant activity, striking colour, and genuine usefulness against pest invertebrates such
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Fishes / Habitat
The Odessa barb, Pethia padamya, is one of the more visually striking small barbs, with breeding males showing a vivid red band running the length of the body against a silver base. Despite the name,
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