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Fish Tank Kings to Begin Season 2

Shari Horowitz — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:50:45 +0000

The May 2013 issue featured an interview with the stars of Nat Geo Wild’s Fish Tank Kings. According to Francis Yupangco, the self-described “fish geek” on the show, the second season is bound to impress. “I think that if people enjoyed the first season, they’re going to be blown away by the second. And if they thought [...]

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Guppies Jump for a Reason?

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:01:44 +0000

COLLEGE PARK, Md – If you’ve owned a pet guppy, you know they often jump out of their tanks. Many a child has asked why the guppy jumped; many a parent has been stumped for an answer. Now a study by University of Maryland biologist Daphne De Freitas Soares reveals how guppies are able to [...]

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Stick Catfish Spawning

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:52:33 +0000

By Jim Benfer In the April 2013 issue, Jim Benfer profiles stick catfish. For those who are interested, stick catfish can make for a challenging breeding project. These videos and brief descriptions below may help you on the path to spawning your own stick catfish. Breeding males entice females to spawn with them on vertical [...]

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Goldfish Wheelchair

Shari Horowitz — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:04:26 +0000

We all know that there are people who go to extremes for their pet fish. Some dedicate entire rooms (or backyards, or basements) to them, some raise live foods, others conduct daily water changes, and at least one goldfish keeper built his disabled goldfish a flotation device so it doesn’t have to rest on the [...]

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Keeping Arowanas

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:27:34 +0000

In the February 2012 issue, Tobias Lim Koon Li describes the beautiful and majestic South American silver arowana. That is just one of the many different types of arowanas he keeps in his 13,000-gallon pond. Check out the video below for the basic information and care requirements of the other types of arowanas that he keeps. [...]

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The Long Island Aquarium

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:10:07 +0000

Mark Denaro recently had the opportunity to visit the Long Island Aquarium, and he wrote about it in the February 2013 issue. Taking an armchair tour of an aquarium is great, but if you can’t go, seeing a video is the next best thing. Take a look below for videos of two highlights at the [...]

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Lighting Up the Tree

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:45:15 +0000

Are you looking for a way to light your Christmas tree without increasing your electric bill? Well if you happen to have an electric eel on hand, you can follow the lead of the Living Planet Aquarium in Utah and rig up the lights to the eel’s tank. Every December the eel is the source of [...]

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Caribbean Spiny Lobster Migration

Shari Horowitz — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:18:56 +0000

In the December 2012 issue of TFH, Edward Adam Jackson reviews the types of spiny lobsters and their care requirements. One of the most unique things about one species, Panulirus argus, cannot be seen in an aquarium. At the beginning of the storm season in the Caribbean, these normally anti-social lobsters line up in the shallows [...]

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Giant Kribs Breeding

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:27:20 +0000

By Ted Judy Excerpted from the November 2012 “Cichlid World” column. Almost everything about the wild origins of the giant krib (Pelvicachromis sacrimontis) is unclear. We know that the fish come from the Niger River, but we do not know exactly where. I find this a bit odd because someone has been collecting them by the [...]

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Monster Fish Filtration

Shari Horowitz — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:00:21 +0000

Tobias Lim Koon Li has a pond, featured in the August 2012 issue of TFH , that most fishkeepers can only dream about. It features monster fish, such as full-grown red-tail cats, tiger shovelnoses, arapaima, alligator gar, and much more. One of the many challenges keeping those kinds of fish is having a filtration system [...]

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