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Featured fish: German Blue Ram
The German blue ram is a fantastic little fish. It is a true gem that can be kept with other friendly species. The post Featured fish: German Blue Ram appeared first on Aquatic Community .
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10 most expensive fish species
10 most expensive fish species I recently visited a friend who makes his living as a day trader and who had earned a small fortune taking short positions while margin trading CFD positions. Don’t worry if you didn’t understand a word of that, I didn’t either until he told me to…
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New Website
New Website Welcome to the new AquaticCommunity.com. The new layout is only available on selected pages and will be slowly rolled out as I am able to iron out bugs and other features. Right now the only new page that is visible is the index page. I will update this page as i add…
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New Population of Mangarahara Cichlid, Ptychochromis insolitus found
The Mangarahara cichlid is known as one of the most endangered cichlids in the world. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) thought that their two males, together with one fish at the Berlin Zoo might be the last 3 in the world. In a hope to try to save this species they…
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Two species of African Slender-Snouted Crocodile – Mecistops cataphractus
An international team of researchers from the University of Florida and the SFM Safari Gabon have through DNA Testing discovered that the African Slender-Snouted Crocodile ( Mecistops cataphractus) is actually two different species. The team was lead by Dr Austin and was through…
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New Arapaima species -Arapaima leptosoma – Slender Arapaima
A new species of arapaima, Arapaima leptosoma, has been described by Dr. Donald Stewart of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) at Syracuse University. The new species has been described from specimen that were collected in 2001 near the confluence of the…
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Sea Life London Aquarium weans gourami off Kit Kats
When a 4 kilogram pet gourami named Gary was moved to the Sea Life London Aquarium, he went on a hunger strike and refused to eat the fruit given to him. Eventually, the aquarium staff found out why he was shunning the natural diet of a gourami – Gary had been raised on Kit Kats…
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Native American tribes strive to save the lamprey
Lamprey used to be an important source of food for Native American tribes living along the northwestern coast of North America, and the fish was once upon a time harvested in ample amounts from rivers throughout the Columbia Basin, from Oregon to Canada. Today, the many…
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Radioactive strontium-90 found in fish in Vermont, USA
Vermont health officials have found radioactive strontium-90 in a smallmouth bass taken from the Connecticut River. The fish was collected 9 miles upstream from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, but William Irwin, the state’s chief radiological health officer, says it’s…
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Gold Nugget pleco and Mango pleco finally described by science
Two pleco species from the Xingu River drainage that are popular within the aquarium hobby have finally been scientifically described and given scientific names. The fish known to aquarists as Gold Nugget pleco (L18, L85, L177) is from now on officially named Baryancistrus…