Freshwater
How to Care for Your New Hoplo Catfish
Origin: Amazon River and tributaries
Maximum Size: Possible 8 inches. Six more likely.
Housing: 10 gallons to start, then move to larger quarters
Substrate: Immaterial
Peculiarity: Air breathers
Sexual Differences:...
Saltwater
Sump-Based Protein Skimmers
Protein Skimming is the Most Important Sump-Based Filtration Method
Once you understand what a sump is, it’s time to understand what filtration devices can go...
Fishkeeping Tips
Tools Every Aquarist Should Have
Fish keeping is a hobby that poses numerous challenges. For every challenge the aquarist may encounter, there are tools to help him overcome it.
Whether...
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Dwarf Gourami (Colisa Lalia) Profile [Caring, Feeding & Keeping Guide]
The Dwarf gourami, Colisa lalia, is a popular community fish that comes in a number of different colour forms.
Common name: Dwarf gourami, Red dwarf...
Discus Tank Mates: Which Fish Can You Keep With Discus?
Discus keepers fall broadly into two categories. There are those who keep just Discus and nothing else, usually in a set-up with no substrate...
10 tips on creating a Nature Pond
Over the past 100 years, pondlife has been in retreat as natural wetlands have been drained and old farm ponds filled in. One excellent...
Daphnia Flea: Feeding this crustacean to your fish
Today’s tropical fish foods are a world away from those of even my youth. And my father’s generation had to make do with biscuit-based...
Clown Loach – Care, Feeding, and Breeding
With its attractive mottled body, amusing personality and potentially long-life, the Clown Loach is a justifiably popular tropical freshwater fish.
It’s also a frequently abused...
