Koi are elegant and beautiful, however many don’t realize that Koi are surprisingly hardy and have an average lifespan of 25 to 35 years. Some people still think koi are just big goldfish. On the contrary, these beauties are descended from the common carp, and came about as a ...
Q. I have just bought some guppies and a tank. Please advise me how to set up my new aquarium and care for the guppies? What other fish can exist alongside them? What do water pH and water hardness mean?
Guppies are a species relatively easy to maintain. They are ...
The Flowerhorn fish (a.k.a Luohan) is considered a beauty by those who appreciate its hump on the forehead—apparently, the bigger it is, the more beautiful the fish—and the splashes of red on its body. Another draw, of course, is the bold black markings that some say represent Chinese characters ...
Small, peace loving, and impressively colorful, tetras are among the most popular and widely sold fish in the world.
Being a hardy species, they are sometimes termed the perfect beginner’s fish. They are generally easy to maintain, though harder to breed than other aquarium fish.
Characteristic Of Tetras
Tetras are alert and ...
Guppies today are a lot less hardy than they were several decades ago.
Over the past century, there have been some factors contributing to their decline in hardiness: intensive breeding based on appearance instead of disease resistibility, over-reliance on medication resulting in new forms of medication-resistant parasites, global transportation of ...
Thousand of fish are potential aquarium inhabitants, and hundreds are commonly kept. But which species, among all these, merit a place in a beginner fish hobbyist’s aquarium?
A good beginner’s fish should be defined one that is easy to feed and care for, hardy able to live in less-than-ideal water ...
