I didn't think I could ever suffer from "Fishtank envy" but I was wrong.I was called to meet Peter from Kent and discuss a maintenance programme for the biggest aquarium I have ever seen in someone's house. This 14 foot x 3 foot x 3 foot tropical set up for […]
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Jon has a Juwel Rio 240 litre tropical aquarium that sits perfectly in his hallway, it's the first thing you see when you enter his house. It was becoming harder and harder for Jon to keep on top of maintenance, and the aquarium was becoming dirty and an eye saw. […]
One of the most popular fish for the home aquarium has got to be the Cardinal Tetra. One look at a planted aquarium with a tight shoal of these absolute beauties can hook anyone into wanting to start a fish tank. The Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon Axelrodi) is found naturally in […]
The Dwarf Pufferfish (Carinotetraodon Travancoricus) Every time you see one in a fish tank you want one, you just seem to fall in love with this oddball swimming around and looking back at you, the pufferfish. With that distinctive round body, comical swimming behaviour and eyes that stare right back […]
Without doubt one of the most popular and iconic families of fish in the hobby are catfish. Everybody has an idea of what a catfish looks like, big fish with whiskers. This is usually true, there are hundreds of species of catfish that get enormous and eat pretty much everything... […]
Bright and colourful fish, that's what everybody wants in a fish tank, pretty standard request in my experience. However it is always the same fish that get recommended for people, Platies, Guppies, Neon Tetra, all fantastic fish in their own right. But what if I said there was a family of […]
Almost every single customer I have ever seen or aquarium I have ever cleaned will have at one time or another had Guppies in it. And why wouldn't they? For instant colour and constant movement... ticks all the boxes. They are often the first fish to go into a new […]
People often ask me about ways to add some excitement to there aquarium, something different... a bit of wow factor, and one of my go to favourites fits that bill nicely. I'm talking about the Denisonii or torpedo barb Puntius Denisonii. This is an incredible looking fish from Southern India and is becoming more […]