Article: How to take care of a Siamese Fighting fish – Betta splendens

September 18th, 2024 — 8:15pm

To properly care for your Betta splendens fish, you will need essential equipment such as an appropriately-sized aquarium, heating, and lighting gear. The size of the aquarium is crucial for the well-being of your Betta splendens, providing them with ample space to swim and explore…

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Article: Botiid fishes of the ‘Modesta complex’ – an analysis of natural history and behaviorisms

March 7th, 2016 — 3:13pm

Mike Ophir Long ignored as the maintenance crew of the community freshwater aquarium, the group of fishes commonly referred to as “Loaches” have clearly enjoyed increased popularity in the aquarium trade in recent decades. An increase in demand has resulted in an appreciation of the diversity of this loosely group assembly of species and yet, it […]

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Article: Five new species of Badis described from West Bengal, India

August 3rd, 2015 — 12:55pm

Stefan van der Voort reports on some new discoveries… Two studies published recently in the journal Zootaxa have revealed five new species of Badis. These works significantly increased the species richness of the genus in West Bengal, India, and hopefully pave the way for further exploration of that and surrounding areas.

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Article: New shrimp from Hong Kong and southern China

December 24th, 2014 — 12:26pm

The freshwater atyid genus Caridina contains a number of species which have become popular ornamental pets on a global scale over the last couple of decades, but the identities of two of the most familiar are only now being resolved…

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Article: FFSG has global mission

November 13th, 2013 — 1:04pm

Considering that freshwater habitats contain just 0.3 % of global water resources they are home to a surprising diversity of species with around 15,000 described to date, a figure which represents almost half of all known fish taxa and approximately 25 % of all vertebrates.

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Article: Doing Things Their Way

June 17th, 2013 — 7:43pm

The Aquarium of Brussels is a hidden gem in the Belgian capital… In contrast to our usual waffle this experiment blog post is going to be heavy on photos and low on word count, so let’s see how it goes. While visiting Belgium a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend an enjoyable […]

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Article: Three new loaches of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758

April 16th, 2013 — 10:05am

Thomas Frank introduces three recent additions to the aquarium hobby… For loach-lovers 2008 was certainly not the worst year. It started in the middle of the year, when small loaches arrived in Aachen under the name Misgurnus anguillicaudatus but which could easily be identified as members of the genus Cobitis. They came from the Dutch ornamental fish wholesaler […]

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Article: Surf the FishNet!

April 3rd, 2013 — 11:56am

FishNet2 is the latest incarnation of a collaborative project initiated by the University of Kansas, United States in the late 1990s and currently administrated by Tulane University.

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Article: For Peat’s Sake…

March 27th, 2013 — 3:19pm

Surely it’s time we stopped using this valuable, non-renewable natural resource in our tanks, says Matt Ford Among the multitude of freshwater fish species available in the aquarium hobby a great number of them hail from tropical forests in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia, and one prevailing image of how their habitats might look […]

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Article: The Desert Fish Habitat Partnership

March 25th, 2013 — 3:05pm

The conservation of freshwater fishes and their habitats is set to establish itself among the most pressing environmental issues worldwide over the next few decades as freshwater resources become ever-more exploited. Continued deforestation, the construction of dams for hydroelectric projects or drinking water and extraction of groundwater are just three of the conspicuous, often irreversible, […]

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