Growing upto about 7 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide, the Tiger Barb, can be smaller if kept in captivity. An active schooling fish, best kept in groups of 5 or more, they need a decent sized aquarium. They are particularly sensitive to the parasite “Ich” so make sure you take care. Counting the eye [...]
We recently came across this aquarium supplies shop tucked away in corner, near the Juhu Bus Depot in Mumbai. For a change, this was the first aquarium supplies shop we have been to that had good natural lighting, and was extremely well organized, with whiteboards on top of each tank mentioning the names of the [...]
A full bodied tetra with a black diamond patch with a silver outline on the sides of its body, the Black Phantom Tetra is almost transulent when seen against the light. The male can take on a darker color when ready to breed or when defending it’s territory in the aquarium against other black phantom [...]
In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks involved a pup [...]
