Please welcome back Eileen with another excellent post.
What do you call the fizzy, carbonated drinks sold in cans and bottles and out of vending machines by companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi? Soda? Pop? Cola?
What about the athletic shoes made by companies like Nike and Reebok? Sneakers? Trainers? Tennis shoes?
Or, more importantly for aquarists like us, [...]

Over the past few weeks, we’ve gotten a lot of new and exciting livestock in our fish room for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. These are some of our favorites, but hurry in because they aren’t likely to be here for long!
Lots of colorful adult peacock cichlids:
      In addition to our smaller, juvenile African cichlids, [...]

Welcome back Brandon Moyer for Wednesday’s post.
Many aquarists are familiar with varying forms of symbiosis.  The most popular example I can give is that of the clownfish hosting in an anemone, providing the anemone with food and in return receiving protection from predators.  There are several different types of symbiosis, but both parties do not [...]

Welcome back Melissa Leiter for another awesome post.
Bacterial infections are very common among goldfish (Carassius auratus) and koi (Cyprinus carpi). The two most common types of bacteria that cause problems in ponds are aeromonas and pseudomonas. Both are naturally occurring in ponds and lakes. They are not found in tap water since chlorine is added [...]

Hey everyone, Dave here.
Just wanted to give you a heads up on some of the cool things that have been added to That Fish Blog over the last few weeks. For anyone not checking out the right side menu, there’s some new stuff over there that may make your life a little easier if you’re [...]

Welcome back Cory Shank with an article on aquarium fish availability.
Throughout the year, the availability of certain aquarium fish and invertebrates can change for what seems to be no reason at all. It may be for a few days to a week or even a few weeks extending into months. There are many reasons for [...]

Patty here,
There are many snail species available for the marine aquarium hobby, and many of them are beneficial to the aquarium as they perform specific duties aiding in the health and up-keep of the tank. Popular types include ceriths and nassarius, great for sand bed stirring and clean-up, and various Turbo species and other algae [...]

Dave here. Coral propagation, or fragging as we reef geeks refer to it, is the process of creating new coral colonies from a parent colony. Over the last several years, techniques, products, and general knowledge of the practice rapidly evolved to where it is quite common. As little as five years ago it was something [...]

Welcome back Patty Little to That Fish Blog.
Labor Day in the U.S. is dedicated to the workers and was originally conceived to celebrate the strength and spirit of trades and labor organizations.  I thought it might be nice to recognize some of the laborers that make the microcosm of the home aquarium successful to keep [...]

Please welcome back Desiree Leonard with another “What’s this and What do I do?” article.
This frequently encountered problem is Cyanobacteria or “Slime Algae”.

The name “slime algae” is a misnomer. Because Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic and aquatic, they are often called “blue-green algae”. In reality they are NOT algae, but something more in between [...]