Mixing Cichlids Without a Bloodbath
Cichlid aggression isn't random. It follows patterns tied to territory, breeding readiness, and resource competition, and once you unders...
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Care Guides
Care guides, fish spotlights, and practical advice from the FFA team.
Peacock Bass: The Freshwater Trophy Fish Finally Getting Proper Tank Treatment
Peacock bass have lived a double life. In the wild and in stocked lakes across Florida and Texas, they're a freshwater gamefish prized by...
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Wild Bettas Are Having a Moment, and the Trade Is Catching Up
The betta most people picture, the long-finned, saturated-color Betta splendens sold at every pet store, is a domestic strain bred for sh...
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Cycling a New Tank Without the Confusion
Every dead fish story from a new hobbyist's first month traces back to the same cause: a tank that wasn't cycled before fish went in. The...
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Building a WYSIWYG Tank: How to Pick Fish That Actually Work Together
WYSIWYG fish are the ones where the photo is the fish. No guessing what you'll receive. What you see in the listing is the exact specime...
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Flowerhorns Are Back, and the New Strains Are Worth Your Attention
Flowerhorns peaked in the early 2000s, when high-grade fish were selling for thousands of dollars in Southeast Asia and the US hobby was ...
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L-Numbers: The Pleco Shorthand That Actually Matters
The L-number system started in the German hobbyist magazine DATZ in 1988 when imported plecos from South America were arriving faster tha...
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Discus Don't Have to Be Hard
Discus have a reputation that scares off hobbyists who could absolutely keep them. Most of it comes from bad advice repeated so many time...
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