The Right Fishes For Your Aquarium

Saltwater aquariums are great for people who love the ocean and the creatures that live underneath it. It is best to orient yourself and choose the right fish carefully.
If you want to have the most wonderful marine aquarium in your own home, you have to first choose what kind of fishes you will put in [...]

Keeping Dangerous Aquarium Fish – Important Points To Keep In Mind

Members of the family Characidae share many characteristics with other freshwater fish. They are a member of the Ostariophysi superorder, which includes around 68% of all freshwater species in the world. This superorder is characterized by the Weberian apparatus and some sort of alarm substance that is released when the fish is stressed. Family Characidae [...]

Piranhas – In the Steinhart Aquarium

Image taken on 2009-09-25 15:51:04 by H G M.

Piranha Aquarium Guide

BASIC PIRANHA FACTS

Piranhas have red throats, razor-sharp teeth to rip flesh with ease, and silvery gold flesh (red-bellies have red bellies, of course). Piranhas are native to South America and Guyana and it’s against the law to bring them in and out of most countries. They are quite dangerous and aggressive fish since they reside [...]