The first (successful) try at raising shrimp of a fish-only hobbyist By Don Kinyon First off, let me say that the miniature shrimp coming...

By Don Kinyon A very colorful small characin from the Rio Nanay basin in Peru, the “coral red pencil fish” or Nannostomus mortenthaleri...

By Don Kinyon A tiny jewel from Thailand Kottelat 1991 It’s always a good rule to know a new fish’s needs before you decide to take it...

by Bob Bock Many native fish are like spring flowers. Tulips, daffodils, and crocuses erupt from the earth in late March or early April,...

By Don Kinyon A relatively new addition to the hobby, the tetra Tucanoichthys tucano was described by Gery and Romer in 1997. It’s still...

By Don Kinyon One of my favorite pet shops is a very small independent store that stocks mostly the bread-and-butter varieties of...

by Francine Bethea The White Cloud comes from the White Cloud Mountains in Canton, China. Probably all of the White Clouds available...

by David Snell My three trios of N beckfordi came from the Aquarium Center in September 2000. Nannostomus beckfordi are found in the...

by Lorne E Williams After having been out of the tropical fish hobby for about ten years I bought two pairs of guppies at the PVAS...

by Gene Moy Guppies are reported to have started many in the aquarium hobby. They are enduring favorites at the PVAS auctions. Many...

by David Snell I purchased a pair of Head-and-Tail Light tetras from the Centreville Aquarium shop in late October 2000. I put them into...

by David Snell Ever since I started keeping fish back in ’93 I have been keeping tetras in at least one of my tanks. It was not until the...

by Bob Bock Imagine a fish that looks like a cross between an angel fish and a tiger barb, but with a gentler nature than either species....

by R. Shane Linder The leopard danio is one of the most common danios found in pet stores. The fish is an overall metallic gold with...

by R. Shane Linder The pearl danio is, to me, the prettiest of all common, small danios. The fish is an overall blue-silver with a...

by Leslie Keefer Occasionally as we progress in a hobby, we lose touch with the magical aspects that drew us to that activity in the...

by John Mangan Belonesox belizanus is the only member of its genus and is a relatively large, for a livebearer, predatory fish. They can...

by Don Kinyon One of the fish that’s been around the hobby for years and years is the Nandid from India, the Badis badis. It’s sometimes...