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  • How to Breed Tiger Oscars

    Tiger Oscars are members of the Cichlid family. They are fresh-water fish coming from the Amazon and can become fairly large in size, often reaching up to 16 inches long at adulthood. Tiger...

  • How to Get Tank and Water Appropriate for Arowana Fish

    Arowana fish is a large freshwater fish that is very popular with many fish lovers. These fishes are usually from Southeast Asia and South America. In Asian countries, it is considered a symbol...

  • What Happens to Freshwater Fish in a Saltwater Tank?

    According to the Office of Science at the Department of Energy, "Approximately 2 percent of all 21,000 species of fish actually move from fresh water to salt water or from salt to fresh at some...

  • How to Clean Your Fish Aquarium

    cleaning your fish tank with ease

  • Freshwater Tropical Fish Types

    There are many types of freshwater tropical fish. Each has its own unique characteristics, eating habits, and of living conditions. Whether you are interested in starting a freshwater aquarium...

  • How to Start a Tropical Aquarium

    starting a tropical aquarium

  • Life Cycle of Yabbies

    A yabby is a type of freshwater crayfish found in parts of Australia, including Victoria and New South Wales. Yabbies are able to live in harsh conditions for a number of years, and they are food...

  • How to Set Up a Freshwater Tank

    Having a fish aquarium is like having a whole other world in your living room. The beauty of the colors and fish seem to amaze people of all ages. Every since I was a little girl the mystery of...

  • Minnows Habitat

    Out of the trillions of fish in the earth's waters today, minnows are a diverse and dynamic group of fish. They are found in all of the United States' rivers, streams and most lakes. They have a...

  • How to Care Blue Cichlids Ram

    Blue Ram Cichlids (Apistogramma Ramarezi) is a Cichlid family. The fish come from Colombia and Venezuela The shape is similar with most cichlids with oval shape body. Blue ram has beautiful blue...

  • Life Cycle of a Guppy

    Guppies rank with the common goldfish as one of the most well known and widely kept aquarium fish. They are often given the name "Millions Fish" because of their ability to breed rapidly.

  • How to Keep Black Ghost Fish

    Black Ghost Fish (Apteronotous albifrons) is a strange and unique pet fish. This Black Fish come from Amazon River, Rio Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana, South America. This fish...

  • How to Care Flowerhorn Cichlids

    Flowerhorn or Lou Han is a hybrid Childs. The Breeder hybridizes various cichlids such as Midas Cichlids, Convict Cichlids, etc so they get the beautiful fish Lou Han has various color like red,...

  • Natural Habitat for Tiger Barbs

    Tiger barbs are common and popular freshwater aquarium fish prized for their beauty and liveliness. Follow these requirements to set up a happy aquarium environment for them.

  • How to Raise Red Claw Lobsters

    Easy to raise, red claw lobsters pose a unique opportunity for anyone with the desire to nurture something unusual. Red claw lobsters, also known as crayfish, are a fresh water crustacean that...

  • Tropical Fish Tank Advice

    Keeping a tropical fish tank can be a wonderful hobby. Happy in their home, the fish add a tranquil mood to your room and helps you relax by watching them. Whether you are thinking of taking a...

  • How to Care for a Freshwater Moray Eel

    Freshwater Moray Eels are intriguing pets that make an excellent addition to bare tanks or tanks with larger, aggressive fish. With a little research and patience, taking care of these eels can be...

  • How Big Do Pleco Fish Get?

    The common plecostomus, or pleco, is a popular addition to home aquariums. Plecos are particularly popular with novice aquarists because they are hardy and peaceful, but can grow to a surprisingly...

  • How to Raise a Baby Discus Fish

    Discus fish are freshwater fish most often found in the Amazon River Basin. They are popular aquarium fish and can range in price from $30 to more than $300. Raising baby discus fish can be...

  • How to Breed Flowerhorns

    Flowerhorn cichlids are beautiful freshwater fish that make great tank mates to other cichlid varieties. Getting them to spawn is easy and requires almost no work on your part--one flowerhorn...

  • About Baby Swordtail Fish

    Next to the guppy, the most popular aquarium fish for breeders and hobbyists is the swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri). Baby swordtails, known as fry, aren't hatched from eggs, but are born alive...

  • Freshwater Tropical Fish Diseases

    Fish are popular pets. Watching them can be soothing and beneficial to the body by lowering blood pressure and stress levels. They are, for the most part, low-maintenance pets that require little...

  • How to Feed Discus Fish

    Discus fish are small, bright, tropical fish that are native to the Amazon rain forest. They are naturally carnivorous, but are excellent fish to keep in an aquarium. Discus fish can be very picky...

  • How to succesfully raise and care for a freshwater Angelfish

    This article is on how to succesfully raise and care for a Freshwater Angelfish

  • How to Train a Pet Fish to Do Tricks

    It can be a lot of fun to teach a pet fish to do tricks. It also helps you bond with yor pet. Children of all ages will think it is fun to help train. It can be a activity that you do with your...

  • How to Make a Hoop for Fish Tricks

    Do you want to learn how to make a fish hoop that you can use to train your fish to do tricks with? If so then this article will teach you how to do so. Check out my other article which will teach...

  • What Is a Discus?

    Discus are three species of freshwater cichlid fish from South America that are shaped very much like a discus in the Olympic sporting event. They've very popular in the aquarium hobby since they...

  • How to Raise Baby Guppy Fish

    Do you have a fresh water aquarium? If you do then you might want to consider raising baby guppy fish to adults. It is fun to watch the fish grow into adults. Children enjoy watching you catch the...

  • How to Start an Aquarium With Oscars

    It's a big decision to take on oscars (also called velvet cichlids), because they grow into such big fish, averaging a foot in length. When they become adults, they also become very cranky. No two...

  • How to Raise Crawfish in an Aquarium

    To raise crawfish in an aquarium, one should know some basic aquatic rules. First and foremost, give the little guys some air. Just like fish, these creatures need bubbles in the tank with them at...

  • How to Use a Gravel Vac to Clean an Aquarium

    Cleaning your tank... one of the worst things your aquarium will ever make you do. But if you properly use a gravel vac, you can clean your tank very quickly.

  • How to Breed African Cichilds

    Keeping fish is a relaxing activity that is easy and fun to do. They can also help put a little change in your pocket, as they breed profusely and can be sold to most local aquarium stores. Learn...

  • How to Identify and Care for Lemon Cichlid Fish

    The Lemon Cichlid is also called Lemon Yellow Cichlid or Leleupi, "Neolamprologus leleupi," It is a fresh water fish that belongs to the family "cichlidae," and is native to southern Lake...

  • How to Identify and Care for Electric Blue Cichlid

    The electric blue cichlid (Sciaenochromis fryeri) belongs to the family cichildae. They are native to the ranges of Lake Malawi, Africa, and are categorized as Malawian cichlids. These fish are...

  • How to Acclimate New Fish Using the Float Method

    You need to acclimate new fish to your aquarium; failure to do so could lead to stress, illness and even the death of your fish, which can be caused by a sudden change in their environment....

  • How to Setup a Fresh Water Fish Tank

    Deciding to get fish is more than picking out interesting looking species. It's a hobby that requires special care. Fish can get sick and will need medical attention. You will have to be the one...

  • How to keep Pacu fish

    Pacu fish is great and horrible fish. Their face is similar with Piranha. The size of body is larger than Piranha. The jaws look as if strong steal. You could keep this fish at aquarium too. Some...

  • How to Breed Freshwater Ghost Shrimp

    Ghost shrimp (Palaemonetes paludosus) are 100% freshwater shrimp. The young shrimp do go through a short larval period, but the entire process occurs in complete fresh water. If the setup is...

  • How to Breed Fancy Guppies and Save Guppy Fry

    The fancy guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is a small freshwater livebearer. To breed a thriving colony of guppies you will need to find at least one fertile male and one fertile female fancy guppy...

  • How to Breed Labyrinth Fish

    There are quite a few criteria to consider when breeding a fresh water fish. First you will need to select a breed, here breeding will concern the Labyrinth Fish. Fish breeding can pose as a...

  • How Does Disease Affect Freshwater Aquarium Fish?

    Keeping a tank of freshwater fish can be a relaxing hobby. Just watching them swim from end to end can be very therapeutic and a great way to end a stressful day. But what happens if these fish...

  • How to Breed the Neon Tetra

    Breeding the Neon Tetra, one of the most beautiful and common tropical aquarium fish, can be done right in your own tank. A small school of Neon Tetras can produce hundreds of eggs a week;...

  • How to Tell the Gender of Fish

    Many people have aquariums in their homes, filled with goldfish. Often, they won't have a clue that they have fish of both genders in their aquariums until they see baby fish swimming around. It...

  • How to Identify and Care for Rosy Barb Fish

    The rosy barb fish (Barbus Conchonius, Puntius conchonius) belongs to the family Cyprinidae. It is native to the waters of Southern India. This variety of barb fish is a long-established favorite...

  • How to Identify and Take Care of Coolie Loach Fish

    The coolie loach (pangio kuhli) belongs to the family Cyprinidae. Also called Kuhli loach or leopard loach, it is native to the waters of Southern Asia: Borneo, Java, Malaysia and Thailand. This...

  • How to Identify and Care for Black Angel Fish

    The black lace angel (Pterophyllum scalare) is a variant of angel fish, and belongs to the Cichlidae family. This species is native to South America. The scientific name, Pterophyllum, is in fact...

  • About Swordtail Sex Changes

    Swordtails are the name given to may species of fish where the male has a tail similar to a sword. However, these popular pet fish seem to be able to change sex at will. The jury is still out on...

  • How to breed cichlids

    In this article you will learn the 5 steps it takes to breeding your Cichlid fish.

  • How Do Cichlids Mate?

    Mating in fish is called spawning. The huge family of fish collectively known as "cichlids" are egg layers. Unlike mammals, cichlid fish spawning goes on outside of the body. The male and female...

  • About Oscar Fish Breeding Behavior

    Oscars (also called velvet cichlids) can be hard fish to figure out, especially when their thoughts turn to mating. How can you tell if your Oscars are spawing or fighting?

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