I came across this article in Reuters, which talks about Britishers buying hedgehogs as pets because of their nocturnal habits which make them appealing to the modern worker because they wake in the evening when their owners arrive home after a day in the office. This latest craze focuses on the African pygmy hedgehogs – [...]
Among the most stunning and odd looking fish you can keep, is the black ghost knifefish – a tropical fish originating from South America in the Amazon Basin in Peru and from Venezuela through Paraguay in the Paraná Rivers. South American natives believe that the ghosts of the departed take up residence in these fish, [...]
Okay, this is one case I am still trying to wrap my head around. It all started with 6 neon tetras, admittedly small ones, happily ensconced in a community tank with a pair of zebra danois, a single paradise fish, 2 pairs of rams, a pair of diamond rainbows, a pair of serpea tetras, a [...]
A laterally compressed body shape, and almost absent extended finnage gives the discus a more rounded shape. It is this body shape from which their common name, “discus”, is derived. They are very slow moving fishes, and are a delight to watch. They are excellent community fish, but require smaller and non-aggressive companions to be [...]
And so, we finally bought ourselves our first aquarium. This is 2 feet in width, 1 foot in height and 1 foot in width, and we hope will house a number of happy fish. We initially bought a sandy substrate (coarse sand with a mix of crushed shells), but soon discovered that it was a [...]
