Tropical Aquarium Fish Diseases

.. all the way back to the collectors and breeders. Alas, I must be dreaming. How much do any of us know re what we do? Is it enough to have the means and desire to "buy" what you want?

What I fully suspect is that most folks assume that the livestock available is generally okay for aquarium care. Sure, of course some kinds of wet pets are easier to keep, feed and breed than others; and within a species some individuals are more or less robust than average. But are you willing to purchase livestock that on a

..to present a modern introductory systematic treatment of all major fish groups" has been achieved admirably. All "higher" taxonomic divisions of living and extinct forms are detailed with a listing of principal genera, and a count of these and their extant species. All larger taxa, families, orders, etc

The Banded Coral Shrimp: Stenopus hispidus

Also commonly called Coral Banded Shrimp, these are bigger cleaners that are aptly named for the red, white, and black bands that cover their bodies. However, I have to say that I personally have never even once witnessed one cleaning a fish in an aquarium, and have only read about this and seen it in underwater photos. They can get considerably larger than the other cleaners, too, and I think they might eat a small enough fish rather than clean it if given the chance. To make matters worse, despite their beautiful looks, the vast majority tend to

New to the hobby
Hi, I'm trying to absorb as much information on Reefs, sw fish ect. So far we have a 55g tank with 2 Emperor 400 filters (minus the bio wheels), 12lb of LR (going to get more very soon), 40lb of crushed coral and two tiny black and white damsals. We have a really nice light it has 12 white LED 12....

hi from discus breader in Portugal

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Reef Tank Temperatures - How High is Too High?
A pertinent reef tank temperature question, particularly during the summer months, is "how high is too high"? When do you really need to crank up that electron sucking chiller you....

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 Tri.