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By the Numbers/Chapters:

The book starts at the beginning of the interest, offering a brief history of the hobby as well as the planet and its aquatic denizens then proceeds phylogenetically with coverage of the single-celled animals in Chapter

Warnings: Group is sensitive to malnutrition; have some food available continuously. Some (achilles) require high spg.

Box/Section Three: Symptoms, Treatments

Section 3 involves diseases, observable symptoms and treatments.

Example: Ich; white spot disease, Cryptocaryoniasis

Cause: Ciliated protozoan, always suspect on wild fishes, waiting

to super-infest fish in weakened state. Usually brought on

by poor acclimation and drop in water quality. Som

Flowerhorn Cichlids

Flowerhorn cichlids is a hybrid cichlid that was developed in Malaysia during the second half of the 1990: s. It was created by crossbreeding different South American cichlids. Exactly which cichlids that were used to create the Flowerhorn is a well kept secret only known by the breeders who developed the species but they did most likely crossbreed Trimacs (Amhilophous Trimaculatus) and one or several other South American cichlids like Cichlasoma Festae, Amphilophus citrinellum (midas cichlid), Amphilophus labiatum (red devil) or Vieja synspila (redheaded cichlid).

When obtaining fish from ANY SOURCE, never put the water

If you want to “practice” on cleaner wrasses, the blue, black and white lined Labroides dimidiatus is the one species that seems more facultative. If you’re just looking for a biological cleaner for their services or novel behavior, please consider shrimps in the genera Hippolysmata, Periclimenes, or cleaner gobies. They do the job and do well in captivity, with muc

Here’s that promised quiz; are you ready? What are the eight largest families of fishes? No peeking.

1) Cyprinidae; minnows: the barbs, ’sharks’, danios, rasboras,

Reef Tanks

The reef tank is a setup that is primarily geared towards invertebrates, corals and anemones. The fish in this type of tank are just an afterthought. “Oh yeah, there’s a fish in there”. Reef keepers are more interested in keeping the

Anyway, they are still interesting critters nonetheless, that do have some positive qualities. Many, many times they have come to the rescue in aquariums when Rock Anemones (Aiptasia spp

Contents:

This is an account of Steve’s personal odyssey in keeping and culturing attempts with different groups (cnidarians, sponges, ascidians) utiliz

Possibly your first ever fish was a goldfish, and possibly it lived for many years, or was even passed on to your children. They just seem to go on year after year, despite the conditions they sometimes live in, which can

Saltwater Fish Quarantine

For newly acquired saltwater fish you will want to acclimate them to the water in the quarantine tank and monitor them v

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Some of the common diseases are found in the next portion of this article. You can combine the sym

SR (Single Ray) is just that–only one ray extends past the webbing.

DR (Double Ray) has each ray dividing into two rays at the webbing.

TR (Triple Ray) is very rare–the rays divide into three at the

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STEP 4: Releasing the female

Releasing the female from the glass enclosure too early may cause undue damage, so be patient at this stage. There are four main signs that will help you determine if the female is ready to spawn:

The female, when ready, will no longer be scared of the male,

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Because of their size we tend to think that goldfish are always hungry, and as they watch you as you pass by, they

Well, not really, but you’ll see.

All in All:

For its brevity, insight, slight cost this is an excellent resource for actually all “serious” aquarists, whether they intend/devise to make their hobby more than such. Here is presented one persons odyssey (thus far) in many aspects of “the business” of pet-fishing. If you yourself or someone you know is considering a paying position in the field