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Brackish Water Aquarium Basics

Posted on: Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in: Brackish Aquariums

One of the aquarium topics that seems to create a great deal of confusion amongst our customers is what is a brackish aquarium, and what do you need to successfully keep brackish fish. To shed some light upon this niche of aquarium keeping, I would like to welcome Lexi Jones back to our blog, to [...]

The lighter Side of the Aquarium

Posted on: Sunday, February 24th, 2008 in: Fun Stuff

Anyone who has spent much time around That Fish Place knows that one of the things we try to do is to not take ourselves too seriously, and to try and have a little fun with our work. So, in the spirit of having a little fun, here are some stupid fish jokes. (and please, [...]

Keeping and Breeding African Cichlids in Small Aquariums

Posted on: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in: Aquarium Livestock, Cichlid Aquariums

I’d like to welcome Jose Mendes to That Fish Blog. Jose is our resident Cichlid Pro. In addition to working at TFP for 13 years, he’s been breeding Cichlids for over 14 years and has produced over 200 different species. Check out Jose’s article below on setting up a Nano-cichlid habitat.
10 Gallon Rift Lake Cichlid [...]

Species Profile: Long Horn Cowfish

Posted on: Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in: Aquarium Livestock, Saltwater Aquariums

Welcome back Melissa! Enjoy her profile on the Long Horn Cowfish, or Lactoria cornuta.

Cowfish are very cute curious fish. Who couldn’t love a bright yellow box shaped fish with whitish blue spots and little horns sticking out from its head and behind its caudle fin?? Cowfish are very friendly and have great personalities. They [...]

Species Profile: Splendid Dottyback

Posted on: Friday, February 1st, 2008 in: Aquarium Livestock, Saltwater Aquariums

I would like to welcome back Melissa Leiter, One of our staff Marine Biologists here at That Fish Place. Melissa has a species profile for one of the thousands of fish here in our fish room.
Welcome Melissa,

The Splendid dottyback, Pseudochromis splendens, is a spectacular fish with its bluish gray stripped body and brilliant yellow [...]