by Admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Myloplus lucienae is a new species of "silver dollar" (AKA Myleus, AKA pacu) from Brazilian Amazon. While resembling piranhas (also of the family Serrasalmidae), Myloplus are peaceful but voracious herbivores. by Admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
The Atlantic killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus (AKA Mummichog) is a North American fish that not only can survive highly variable salinity, temperature fluctuations from 6 to 35 °C (43 to 95 °F), and nearly anoxic (oxygen-less) water, but can withstand toxic levels 8,000 times more lethal than other fish can survive. by Admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Guppies can't count exact numbers like people and a few animals (e.g. African grey parrots) can. But they do possess the ability to discern "more" vs "less," and some guppies are better at this skill than others. by Admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Meet Lipogramma haberi and Lipogramma levinsoni, the two newest basslets found on extremely deep Curaçao reefs in the Caribbean. by Admin | Dec 6, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
We've all made mistakes with the care of our fish, but this fishkeeper may take the prize for the most successive number of tragic errors. And she recorded the entire ordeal. by Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
No; not that kind of sponge filter. I want to talk about living sponges. These sedentary animals may look passive, but they are anything but. Their active water pumping mechanism is really impressive.
