Posted on 25 July 2015. Tags: Largescale Archerfish, Largescale Archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), Toxotes chatareus, tropical fish keeping
Largescale Archerfish (Toxotes chatareus) are also referred to by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Sevenspot Archerfish and are frequently mixed with Banded Archer Fish (Toxotes jaculatrix) and sold generically as “archer fish“. Largescale Archerfish are found in the warm water mangrove swamps of Burma, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, […]
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Posted in Brackish Water Fish, Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Tropical Fish Species
Posted on 25 July 2015. Tags: Banded Archer Fish, Banded Archer Fish (Toxotes jaculatrix), Toxotes jaculatrix, tropical fish keeping
The Banded Archer Fish (Toxotes jaculatrix) also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Common Archer Fish or Archer Fish, is found in river mouths and estuaries in the waters of the Indo Pacific, northern Australia, from India east to the Philippine Islands, the waters of the Solomon Islands and the Indonesian Archipelago. The Banded […]
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Posted in Brackish Water Fish, Featured Articles, Oddball Fish
Posted on 24 March 2015. Tags: Eyespot puffer, Target Puffer, Target Puffer (Tetraodon leiurus), tropical fish keeping, Twin Spot Puffer
The Target Puffer (Tetraodon leiurus) aka Twin Spot Puffer or Eyespot puffer, is found in both flowing and standing waters of the lower Mekong river region of Southeast Asia, from Thailand to Indonesia, in both freshwater and brackish environments. They have been found in the Chad basin, Niger, Volta, Gambia, Nile, Geba and Sénégal Rivers. […]
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Posted on 23 March 2015. Tags: Clown Knife, Clown Knifefish, Clown Knifefish (C. ornata)
The Clown Knifefish (C. ornata) is a South East Asian species that is also referred to as the Clown Featherback, Spotted Knifefish, and Spotted Featherback by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. Its close Indian relative the Chitala chitala is also called the Clown Knifefish, Royal Clown Knifefish, Royal Spotted Knifefish, or Spotted Featherback, and is […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Knife Fish, Oddball Fish, Tropical Fish Species
Posted on 23 March 2015. Tags: Green Spotted Puffer, Green Spotted Puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis), Leopard Puffer, Spotted Green Puffer, tropical fish keeping
The Green Spotted Puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis) is also known as the Spotted Green Puffer or Leopard Puffer by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. It is found in the freshwater rivers, lakes, streams and flooded areas of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as the brackish waters of these […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Puffer Fish
Posted on 22 March 2015. Tags: Eye Spot Puffer, Figure Eight Puffer, Figure Eight Puffer (Tetraodon biocellatus), tropical fish keeping
The Figure Eight Puffer (Tetraodon biocellatus) is also known as the Eye Spot Puffer and is found in the rivers and coastal waters of Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, and Indonesia. The Figure Eight Puffer is a colorful little fish that is dark brown to green on the back with a white belly. It has greenish yellow […]
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Posted in Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Puffer Fish, Puffer Fish
Posted on 22 March 2015. Tags: Fahaka Puffer (Tetraodon lineatus), Tetraodon lineatus, tropical fish keeping
The Fahaka Puffer (Tetraodon lineatus) is also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Nile Puffer, Striped Puffer, Band Puffer, Lineatus puffer, and Globe Fish. They inhabit large rivers, open waters that are weedy and densely vegetated, and are found in the Nile, Niger, Volta, Gambia, Geba, Chad basin, and Senegal Rivers in Africa. The […]
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Posted on 21 March 2015. Tags: Indian Dwarf Puffer, Indian Dwarf Puffer (Tetraodon travancoricus), tropical fish keeping
The Indian Dwarf Puffer (Tetraodon travancoricus) is also known as the Bumblebee, Malabar, Pea or Pygmy Puffer by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. The Indian Dwarf Puffer is the smallest freshwater pufferfish in the world and is unique to the River Pamba in Kerala, Southwest India. Although it is closely related to marine pufferfish, it is […]
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Posted on 21 March 2015. Tags: Bornean Red-Eye Puffer, Bornean Red-Eye Puffer (Carinotetraodon borneensis), Carinotetraodon borneensis, Red-Eye Puffers
The Bornean Red-Eye Puffer (Carinotetraodon borneensis) is a colorful species of puffer fish that is found exclusively in the tropical rain forests of the South Skrang river, in the State of Sarawak, Borneo. The Bornean Red-Eye Puffer is similar to Carinotetraodon lorteti that is also found in Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The main […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Puffer Fish
Posted on 20 March 2015. Tags: Bottle Puffer, Greenbottle Pufferfish (Auriglobus nefastus), tropical fish keeping
The Greenbottle Pufferfish (Auriglobus nefastus) is also called the Bottle Puffer and erroneously the Golden Puffer by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. It is found in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand; as well as many areas of Malaysia and Indonesia. The Greenbottle Puffer is a bottom dwelling species that is found in […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Puffer Fish
Posted on 18 March 2015. Tags: Avocado Puffer, Bronze Puffer, Golden Puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
The Golden Puffer (Auriglobus modestus) is also called the Bronze Puffer or Avocado Puffer by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. The Golden Puffer has an unusual shape for a puffer fish. It has is a sleeker, more streamlined, club like body with beautiful iridescent golden, green, to bronze hued colors. Even though the Golden Puffer is […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Puffer Fish
Posted on 14 December 2014. Tags: Cobalt Blue Lobster, Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster, Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster (Procambarus clarkii), Procambarus clarkii, tropical fish keeping
The Hammers Cobalt Blue Lobster (Procambarus clarkii) is one of the more dazzling ornamental crayfish that tropical fish keeping enthusiasts often keep in their aquariums. Selective breeding gives this Procambarus Clarkii its brilliant blue color which does not fade (except when stressed) as the “lobster” grows. In fact, as the Cobalt Blue Lobster grows larger, […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish
Posted on 26 October 2014. Tags: Arowana, Dragon Fish, huge tank, pros and cons of keeping Arowana, Water Monkey
What are the pros and cons of keeping Arowana in a freshwater aquarium? Arowana are a beautiful, colorful fish that is also locally referred to as Water Monkeys, Dragon Fish, Baramundi, Saratoga, Kelesa, and Aruana. They belong to the Osteoglossidae Family of freshwater bony fish and are found in South America, Asia and Australia. There […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Oddball Fish, Setting Up Your First Aquarium, Tropical Fish Keeping
Posted on 22 October 2014. Tags: Apteronotus albifrons, Black Ghost Knifefish, interesting and friendly species, The Friendly Ghost, tropical fish keeping
The Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a true bony fish that has a weak electrical organ at it’s caudal peduncles that run throughout the length of their body. The organ is apparently used for communication and to help locate and identify it’s food. The scaleless Ghost Knifefish is predominantly black with two white rings […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Knife Fish, Oddball Fish, Tropical Fish Keeping
Posted on 20 October 2014. Tags: (Pantodon buchholzi), African Butterfly Fish, Oddball fish, tropical fish keeping
African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon buchholzi) are uniquely interesting predator species common to many lakes throughout West Africa. Tropical fish keeping enthusiasts have been housing butterfly fish for over 90 years, but they have never been available in large numbers. Butterfly fish are surface dwellers and spend most of their lives on or near the water’s […]
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Posted in Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Oddball Fish, Tropical Fish Keeping
Posted on 18 October 2014. Tags: crawdad, crawfish, Crayfish, freshwater lobsters, mudbugs, tropical fish keeping
Crayfish are also referred to as crawfish, crawdads, mudbugs, or freshwater lobsters. They are freshwater crustaceans that resemble their saltwater cousins, lobsters, to which they are closely related. There are well over 150 different species of freshwater crayfish worldwide which can live an average lifespan of 2 to 6 years, some even longer. Crayfish breathe […]
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Posted in Crayfish, Featured Articles, Freshwater Fish, Freshwater Invertebrates & Amphibians, Oddball Fish