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Click to learn about Aquarium Plants
Aquarium Plants - Aquatic plants from floating to flowering, and sending out streamers. See plant guides for ferns and mosses, stem plants, rosette plants, and plants for the pond.
Click to learn about Catfish
Catfish - Banjo Catfish, Cory Catfish, Plecostomus, Pangasius, Upsidedown Catfish... See catfish from every family, thorny to armored, suckermouth, whiskered to flatnose,... you name it!
Click to learn about Characins
Characins - Tetras, Silver Dollars, Pencilfish, Hatchetfish, Pacu,... all sorts of favorite tropical fish for both beginners and advanced fish keepers
Click to learn about Cichlids
Cichlids - All types of Cichlids from Africa and the Americas. African Cichlids, dazzling Peacocks, Haps or Mbuna, American Cichlids, Jack Dempsey, Red Terror or Firemouth Cichlid... and Dwarf Cichlids from both continents
Click to learn about Cyprinids
Cyprinids - Barbs, Danios, Rasboras, Sharks, algae eaters, and more... popular tropical fish for beginning aquarist and experts alike
Click to learn about Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes
Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes - All types of eels, Peacock Eel, Tiretrack Eel, Zig Zag Eel, Electric Eel, African Spiny Eel, Spaghetti Eel, and more...
Click to learn about Freshwater Loaches
Freshwater Loaches - Called the 'Thorny-eyes', these loaches have spines right between the eyes! Popular species are Botia, Clown Loach, Kuhli Loach, Weather Loach or Dojo, and many more...
Click to learn about Goldfish Types
Goldfish Types - Types of Goldfish, Profiles and Care Sheets for Fancy Goldfish, Fantail Goldfish, Commet Goldfish, Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Oranda, Shubunkin, Ryukin, Lionhead, and more
Click to learn about Hillstream Loaches
Hillstream Loaches - Loaches designed to cling to rocks in fast moving waters! The family Balitoridae favorites include the Batik, Chinese Loach, Rainbow Loach, Zipper Loach, and more...
Click to learn about Killifishes | Tooth Carps | Pupfishes | Topminnows
Killifishes | Tooth Carps | Pupfishes | Topminnows - Killifish and their relatives, Lampeye Killifish, Delta Killifihs, Banded Lampeye, Blue Panchax, Pupfish, Moonlight Medaka, and more...
Click to learn about Knifefishes | Aquarium Knifefish
Knifefishes | Aquarium Knifefish - Looks like a knife, swims like a fish! All sorts of knifefish beauties like the Clown Knifefish, Elegant Knifefish, Black Ghost Knifefish, Aba, Centipede, Featherfin and more!
Click to learn about Labyrinth Fish
Labyrinth Fish - Bettas and Gouramis are just some of the elegant Anabantoids, Labyrinth fish also include Paradise Fish, Giant Gourami and more!
Click to learn about Livebearing Aquarium Fish
Livebearing Aquarium Fish - Great fish for biginners, easy to keep and breed! See Mollies, Guppies, Platys, Swordtails, and the 'four-eyed' fish, the Anableps
Click to learn about Perches and Perch-like Fishes
Perches and Perch-like Fishes - Unusual, eye-catching freshwater fish! Glassfishes, Archers, brackish water favorites the Monos and Scats, Flashers, Sunfishes, Fingerfishes or Moonfishes, Datnoids, and many more...
Click to learn about Pseudo-Bony Fishes
Pseudo-Bony Fishes - The most interesting aquarium fish imaginable, Pseudo-Bony fishes include Lungfish, Sturgeons, Gars, Pikes, and lot of other curiosities!
Click to learn about Puffers - Pufferfish
Puffers - Pufferfish - A chubby, personable tropical fish, favorites include the Green Spotted Puffer, Golden Puffer, Fahaka Puffer, Pig-nose, Spotted, King Kong, Amazon Puffer, and more...
Click to learn about Rainbowfish - Blue Eyes
Rainbowfish - Blue Eyes - Colors of the rainbow alive in the aquarium! Australian Rainbowfish, Boesemani Rainbow, Dwarf Rainbow, Celebes Rainbowfish, Lake Kutubu, Banded, Featherfin, and more...
Click to learn about Various True Bony Fishes
Various True Bony Fishes - Strangest to the most decorative tropical fish. Arowana's give a view of our ancient prehistoric past while Butterflyfish give us delicate beauty. Find Gars, Tonguefish, Lionfish and more!
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Zebra Cichlids
Zebra CichlidsZebra Cichlids
"Zebra Cichlids are from Lake Malawi and are rock-dwellers! Also called Mbuna Cichlids, here you can find out about their care!"

One of the most popular Lake Malawi Cichlids are the Zebra Cichlids!

Zebra Cichlids, or Mbuna Cichlids, are from Lake Malawi in Africa. These are popular cichlids - and they are known for their aggressiveness and their activeness. There are many species that belong to 12 genera and they are all rock dwelling cichlids. The word "mbuna" is African and means "rockfish." Zebra Cichlids are the most popular of the Mbuna group cichlids. All Mbuna . . .
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Aquarium Plants
Aquatic plants from floating to flowering, and sending out streamers. See plant guides for ferns and mosses, stem plants, rosette plants, and plants for the pond.
Click to learn about Aquarium Plants
Aquarium Plants - Types
Articles

Catfish
Banjo Catfish, Cory Catfish, Plecostomus, Pangasius, Upsidedown Catfish... See catfish from every family, thorny to armored, suckermouth, whiskered to flatnose,... you name it!
Click to learn about Catfish
Catfish - Types
Articles

Characins
Tetras, Silver Dollars, Pencilfish, Hatchetfish, Pacu,... all sorts of favorite tropical fish for both beginners and advanced fish keepers
Click to learn about Characins
Characins - Types

Cichlids
All types of Cichlids from Africa and the Americas. African Cichlids, dazzling Peacocks, Haps or Mbuna, American Cichlids, Jack Dempsey, Red Terror or Firemouth Cichlid... and Dwarf Cichlids from both continents
Click to learn about Cichlids
Cichlids - Types
Articles
  • African Cichlids - Fish Information for African Cichlids - Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, West African Cichlids, and Dwarf Cichlids including cichlid care, cichlid breeding, and fish diseases.
  • Dwarf Cichlids - Fish information and habitats for Dwarf Cichlid aquariums, includes types of cichlids like the Ram Cichlids, Kribensis and more.
  • Lake Victoria Cichlids - Fish information on habitats and keeping African cichlid tanks for Lake Victoria Cichlids, Mbipi rock-dwelling cichlids, East and West African Cichlids, and African Dwarf Cichlids.
  • Large South American Cichlids - Fish information and habitats for large Cichlid aquariums, types of cichlids like the Parrot Cichlid, Firemouth cichlid, Green Terror, Oscar, Texas Cichlid and more.
  • Malawi Cichlids - Fish information on the Lake Malawi Cichlids known as the "Haps", Haplochromis group habitats and cichlids tanks for free-swimming types of cichlids, including the Utaka.
  • Peacock Cichlids - Fish information on Peacock Cichlids, Aulonocara types of cichlids from Lake Malawi, their habitats and keeping African cichlids tanks.
  • South American Cichlids - Fish Information for South American Cichlids, Central American Cichlids, and Dwarf Cichlids including cichlid care, cichlid breeding, and fish diseases for South American cichlid aquariums.
  • Tanganyika Cichlids - Fish information on the types of cichlids from Lake Tanganyika, Tropheus Cichlids, Frontosa, Goby Cichlids, Shelldwellers and more, habitats and cichlids tanks for Tanganyika Cichlids.
  • Zebra Cichlids - Lake Malawi Cichlids known as Zebra Cichlids. Fish information on the Mbuna Cichlids, habitats, and cichlids tanks for these rock-dwelling types of cichlids.

Cyprinids
Barbs, Danios, Rasboras, Sharks, algae eaters, and more... popular tropical fish for beginning aquarist and experts alike
Click to learn about Cyprinids
Cyprinids - Types

Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes
All types of eels, Peacock Eel, Tiretrack Eel, Zig Zag Eel, Electric Eel, African Spiny Eel, Spaghetti Eel, and more...
Click to learn about Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes
Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes - Types

Freshwater Loaches
Called the 'Thorny-eyes', these loaches have spines right between the eyes! Popular species are Botia, Clown Loach, Kuhli Loach, Weather Loach or Dojo, and many more...
Click to learn about Freshwater Loaches
Freshwater Loaches - Types

Goldfish Types
Types of Goldfish, Profiles and Care Sheets for Fancy Goldfish, Fantail Goldfish, Commet Goldfish, Black Moor, Bubble Eye, Oranda, Shubunkin, Ryukin, Lionhead, and more
Click to learn about Goldfish Types
Goldfish Types - Types
Articles
  • Goldfish Care - Taking care of goldfish, goldfish colors and types, and finding fancy goldfish for sale.

Hillstream Loaches
Loaches designed to cling to rocks in fast moving waters! The family Balitoridae favorites include the Batik, Chinese Loach, Rainbow Loach, Zipper Loach, and more...
Click to learn about Hillstream Loaches
Hillstream Loaches - Types

Killifishes | Tooth Carps | Pupfishes | Topminnows
Killifish and their relatives, Lampeye Killifish, Delta Killifihs, Banded Lampeye, Blue Panchax, Pupfish, Moonlight Medaka, and more...
Click to learn about Killifishes | Tooth Carps | Pupfishes | Topminnows
Killifishes | Tooth Carps | Pupfishes | Topminnows - Types

Knifefishes | Aquarium Knifefish
Looks like a knife, swims like a fish! All sorts of knifefish beauties like the Clown Knifefish, Elegant Knifefish, Black Ghost Knifefish, Aba, Centipede, Featherfin and more!
Click to learn about Knifefishes | Aquarium Knifefish
Knifefishes | Aquarium Knifefish - Types

Labyrinth Fish
Bettas and Gouramis are just some of the elegant Anabantoids, Labyrinth fish also include Paradise Fish, Giant Gourami and more!
Click to learn about Labyrinth Fish
Labyrinth Fish - Types
Articles

Livebearing Aquarium Fish
Great fish for biginners, easy to keep and breed! See Mollies, Guppies, Platys, Swordtails, and the 'four-eyed' fish, the Anableps
Click to learn about Livebearing Aquarium Fish
Livebearing Aquarium Fish - Types

Perches and Perch-like Fishes
Unusual, eye-catching freshwater fish! Glassfishes, Archers, brackish water favorites the Monos and Scats, Flashers, Sunfishes, Fingerfishes or Moonfishes, Datnoids, and many more...
Click to learn about Perches and Perch-like Fishes
Perches and Perch-like Fishes - Types

Pseudo-Bony Fishes
The most interesting aquarium fish imaginable, Pseudo-Bony fishes include Lungfish, Sturgeons, Gars, Pikes, and lot of other curiosities!
Click to learn about Pseudo-Bony Fishes
Pseudo-Bony Fishes - Types

Puffers - Pufferfish
A chubby, personable tropical fish, favorites include the Green Spotted Puffer, Golden Puffer, Fahaka Puffer, Pig-nose, Spotted, King Kong, Amazon Puffer, and more...
Click to learn about Puffers - Pufferfish
Puffers - Pufferfish - Types

Rainbowfish - Blue Eyes
Colors of the rainbow alive in the aquarium! Australian Rainbowfish, Boesemani Rainbow, Dwarf Rainbow, Celebes Rainbowfish, Lake Kutubu, Banded, Featherfin, and more...
Click to learn about Rainbowfish - Blue Eyes
Rainbowfish - Blue Eyes - Types

Various True Bony Fishes
Strangest to the most decorative tropical fish. Arowana's give a view of our ancient prehistoric past while Butterflyfish give us delicate beauty. Find Gars, Tonguefish, Lionfish and more!
Click to learn about Various True Bony Fishes
Various True Bony Fishes - Types


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