Ricefishes are generally not a familiar group to aquarists, and at first glance it would be easy to mistake them for a killif … Read more

For those seeking something a bit different in the way of freshwater invertebrates, the Chameleon Shrimp may just be what you … Read more

Travel to the slow, plant-choked streams and swamps of Bangladesh and Northeastern India and you’ll encounter a small, spotte … Read more

As far as large aquarium fishes go, few are quite so iconic as South America’s beautiful Redtail Catfish. Phractocephalus hem … Read more

The Phoenix Tetra made a splash when it first was introduced to the aquarium world a few years back, featuring a handsome pat … Read more

Unlike black licorice “candy”, which is objectively disgusting, the beautiful little Parosphromenus gouramis are quite deligh … Read more

When it comes to small schooling fishes, aquarists should be well-familiar with groups like tetras and danios and rasboras, b … Read more

What the hecqui is a Hecq’s Shelldweller, you ask…That’s a good question, and one which scientists still don’t have a great a … Read more

In the early 1950’s, an aquarist by the name of Sam Dadiburjor became the first to collect and breed a small species of fish … Read more