While roughly 90 percent of the marine aquarium trade’s animals originate on reefs, only about 10 percent of freshwater aquarium fishes have ever seen a natural ecosystem. Is the freshwater trade therefore above reproach when it comes to sustainability? Perhaps not….
One man’s cull = another man’s treasure. After all these years, a Guppy can still grab me.
The best news of all: The majority of these articles can be accessed through the Reef to Rainforest Back Issue Archives, in both print and digital formats.
Among the best-liked of tropical aquarium fishes, Corydoras and Aspidoras catfishes are appearing in an astonishing diversity of new species, many of them small in scale and perfectly suited nano-size tanks.
This ultra-low-profile planted aquarium by aquascaping master James Findley in Wales is sure to get the inspirational juices flowing for many aquarists.
A strikingly handsome new species of killifish the Pama River, a small tributary of the Nyong River flowing into the Gulf of Guinea in Central Africa’s Republic of Cameroon.
Fascinating look at Victoria regea, the spectacular Giant Amazon Lily, with David Attenborough and additional videos of the Kew Gardens Giant Amazon Lily pond house.
The Lower Rio Xingu, imminently threatened by the Belo Monte Dam project, is the subject of a grassroots crowd-funding effort to support biodiversity research before it’s too late.
“It is a strange little animal, completely transparent with an otherwise unique colour pattern,” says London Natural History Museum fish ichthyologist Dr. Ralf Britz of a tiny new tetra he helped identify and name.
Catch a personal look at Ethan’s experience with his new pet bettas.
