Search results for: “saltwater fish”
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7 Aggressive Saltwater Fish to Avoid in Your Tank
Every hobbyist loves finding unique, colorful, and interesting fish to add to their display tanks. But if you have your eye on one of these seven aggressive saltwater fish, you may be asking for problems. They’re beautiful to look at and add quirks to any aquarium, but they also have MEAN STREAKS that go straight…
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7 Sly Examples of Mimicry in Saltwater Fish
Let’s face it, it’s a fish-eat-fish world out there. Carving out a niche and surviving is a full-time job. One of my favorite survival strategies among animals is mimicry–and we’re fortunate to have several great examples of mimicry in saltwater fish. 7 Stealthy Cases of Saltwater Mimicry If you want to jump right into things,…
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21 Easiest saltwater fish to keep in an aquarium
Here is a list of the 21 easiest saltwater fish to keep in an aquarium. Whether you are a beginner or just looking for that next fish to add to your tank, the fish on this list are known to be hardy, easy to acclimate, and easy to feed in most situations. Let’s take a…
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A list of the 20 most popular Saltwater Fish
What is your favorite Saltwater Fish? This list will start with an overview of the most popular saltwater fishes and then dive deeper (pun intended) into a few recommendations to help you make a good choice for your reef tank. Remember, just because it is popular doesn’t make it a good choice. This is an…
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21 Best algae-eating saltwater fish
Are you dealing with an algae problem in your tank? Or maybe you’re just looking for a great saltwater fish that will bring some interesting character to the tank AND be functional. Check out the 21 Best Algae-eating saltwater fish! Scan through the list for a visual experience and learn about the algae-eating preferences of the…
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26 Best beginner saltwater fish (including 7 to avoid)
Let’s jump right into it. Here are 26 great beginner saltwater fish and 7 fish recommended by others or sometimes just so irresistible at local fish stores that you should avoid. Green chromis: A great beginner saltwater fish Peaceful, inexpensive, ubiquitous, easy to feed (which means eager to eat frozen foods, flakes or pellets (if…
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Favorite Saltwater Fish Foods
This may sound obvious, once you read this, but feeding the animals in your tank is one of the most important things you will do for them. Surprisingly, however, people don’t talk much about food in this hobby, and I don’t see a lot written about the topic. Since I love awkward conversations, I thought,…
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6 Shy saltwater fish
Looking for a shy saltwater fish? Read more to find out 6 great options for your reef aquarium. 6 Shy saltwater fish you may want to add to your tank One common trait that the most popular and common saltwater fish share is a certain boldness in the aquarium. I’m not talking about aggressiveness, per…
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Captive-bred Saltwater Fish: Four Recent Advances
Captive-bred Saltwater Fish: Four Recent Advances Recent advances in captive-bred saltwater fish took FOUR major steps forward recently. Captive-bred Marine Bettas, Calloplesiops altivelis, became available from Sustainable Aquatics. 3,200 French Grunts were raised by a partnership between Disney and the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory (Matthew L. Wittenrich) Captive-bred Randall’s Assesors will be available soon from ORA…
