by Leonard Ho | Feb 7, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
We regret to report that Granddad, the famous Aussie lungfish at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, has passed away. He was euthanized after he stopped eating and showed signs of organ failure from old age. Granddad had been at Shedd since 1933! RIP Granddad. by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
I'm determined to start a new freshwater aquarium in 2017, and I've decided it will be a discus hardscape. Over the past few months, I've scoured the internet for inspiration. This is it. Hopefully it'll inspire a few of you to start a new hardscape this year with me. by Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Scientists have concluded guppies form stronger and more stable social bonds when they're under common threat. But they also form smaller, less inclusive groups under this stress. Sound familiar, doesn't it? by Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
If you don't like watching fish eating other fish (and especially if you love pufferfish), then don't watch this video ... because it's of a frogfish eating a HUGE pufferfish, whose puffing defense proved no match for "The Mouth." by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
With all the bleak news about the decline of coral reefs worldwide, a bit of positive news is a welcomed change. Thirty years after a long-spined urchins were wiped out and large parrotfish overfished in the Caribbean, pencil urchins and smaller parrotfishes may finally be restoring the balance between corals and algae. by Leonard Ho | Jan 30, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Can we call this the skittles killifish? Anablepsoides chapare is a new killifish species from the Amazon. Red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange, magenta, teal, etc. This little fish has it.
