February 2009

Conservation status of the Cherry Barb (Puntius titteya)

The Cherry Barb originally comes from Sri Lanka. It is very common in the aquarium trade, as it is hardy, easy to breed, peaceful, small and quite pretty. The vast majority of individuals seen in pet stores are captive bred. In the wild it is threatened by habitat destruction (Ekaratne, 2000). The cherry barb lives [...]

How to Make the Most of Your Aquarium Water

When keeping fish, you use water. There is no way to avoid it, but there are plenty of ways to make the most of the water you do use. Dirty aquarium water can be used to water plants, the aquarium can be covered to lower evaporation, filtration systems can be used to remove particulate matter [...]