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Fishes / Breeds
Breeding marine fish at home is a genuinely different undertaking from breeding freshwater livebearers or egg-scatterers, and it's worth setting expectations correctly from the start. Most marine fish
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Fishes / Nutrition
Anthias are the fish most likely to make a reef tank look like a living reef. They swim in loose, constantly moving groups in the upper water column, flashing colour as they go, and a well-stocked ant
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Fishes / Getting Started
Sexing fish matters for breeding, for managing aggression, and simply for understanding the animals you are keeping. Methods vary considerably by species, but a few broad patterns cover many of the fi
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Fishes / Health
It's a fair question for anyone new to the hobby: if a tank is cycled, filtered and tested regularly, where do parasites even come from? The honest answer is that almost every marine parasite arrives
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Fishes / Getting Started
Every functioning reef tank runs on more than filtration and water changes. A team of small scavengers and grazers, collectively known in the hobby as the cleanup crew, handles the ongoing work of eat
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Fishes / Habitat
The ryukin is a Japanese fancy goldfish variety recognisable by the pronounced hump just behind its head, giving it a taller, more angular profile than the fantail it is often compared to. It grows to
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