In this section we aim to include useful
text and articles from the hobby covering a broad range of
topics. Several of the main fish clubs in the U.K will be
contributing material over the coming months.
Seasonal imports from South America
Late autumn is when many of the more unusual South American fishes turn up in aquarium shops. Collectors and exporters can more easily obtain many South American species during the rainy season, when the fishes move
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The red-eye puffers are a quartet of species that are only rarely traded but are eagerly sought out by discerning aquarists. One species, Carinotetraodon lorteti, has been kept infrequently by aquarists for decades, but the three other species, Carinotetraodon irrubesco,
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The following article has been kindly provided by Neale Monks. Many of the Danios featured are currently available at the shops listed on Tropicalfishfinder. If you go to the database entry for each of the species there is a link
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The family Osteoglossidae, commonly called arowanas, includes ten species of large, primitive fish distributed right across the tropics. Because they cannot tolerate salt water, the existence of such closely related fishes across South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia mystified biologist
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For those interested in oddball fish, a recent shipment of fishes to Wildwoods will be well worth checking out.
The big stuff
Starting with the big fish,Toxotes microlepis, Toxotes chatareus, Datnioides undecimradiatus and Datnioides campbelli are all now in stock.
Toxotes microlepis is
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