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New source for saltwater information

I have updated AC with a brand new saltwater section as a step on the way towards become the most complete aquarium websites on the web. There is still a lot of marine fish Ac don´t have information about and I will add more as I can.

For now you have to be satisfied reading these new articles:

Anglerfish
Anthias
Basses
Batfish
Blennies
Butterflyfish
Cardinalfish
Clown fish
Corals
Damselfish
Files
Goatfish
Gobies
Gorgonians
Grammas
Groupers
Grunts
Hawkfish
Jawfish
Jellyfish
Lionfish
Dragonets
Mantis shrimp
Marine angelfish
Marine Catfish
Moray eels
Nudibranch
Octopus
Pipefish
Pufferfish
Rabbitfish
Rays
Snappers
Scorpionfish
Sea Anemones
Sea horses
Sea Stars
Shark Fish
Shrimps
Snails
Squirellfish
Surgeonfish
Triggerfish
Wrasses
Setting up a marine aquarium /by ILMGB
Cheap marine aquarium
(economical and environmnetal….)by ILMGB
Cinnamon Clownfish
Clarkii Clownfish
Maroon Clownfish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Percula Clownfish
Pink Skunk Clownfish
Saddleback Clownfish
Green Chromis
Blue Green Chromis
Blue Devil
Yellowtail Damsel
Fiji Blue Devil
Striped Damsel
Blacktail Damsel
Domino Damsel
Blue Velvet Damsel
Lined Seahorse
Common Seahorse
Long Snout Seahorse
Banded pipefish
Highfin Blenny
Bicolor Blenny
Midas Blenny
Redspotted Rockskipper
Redlip Blenny
Lawnmower Blenny
Green Mandarinfish
Spotted Mandarinfish
Starry Dragonet
Leaf Scorpionfish
Fu Manchu Lionfish
Dwarf Lionfish
Zebra Lionfish
Antennata Lionfish
Radiata Lionfish
Red Volitans Lionfish
Volatins Lionfish
Threadfin Anthias
Bartlett’s Anthias
Bicolor Anthias
Lyertail Anthias
African Flameback Angelfish
Asfur Angelfish
Bicolor Angelfish
Blueface Angelfish
Cherub Angelfish
Coral Beauty
Emperor Angelfish
Flame Angelfish
French Angelfish
Herald’s Angelfish
Koran Angelfish
Lamarck’s Angelfish
Potter’s Angelfish
Queen Angelfish
Regal Angelfish
Rock Beauty Angelfish
Rusty Angelfish
Watanabe’s Angelfish
Harlequin Bass
Chalk Bass
Immaculate Puffer
Saddled Toby
Pajama Cardinalfish
Bangaii Cardinalfish
Copperbanded Butterflyfish
Golden Butterflyfish
Klien’s Butterflyfish
Lined Butterflyfish
Longfin Bannerfish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Saddleback Butterflyfish
Schooling Bannerfish
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
Bicolor Foxface Rabbitfish
Coral Rabbitfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Magnificent Rabbitfish
Onespot Foxface Rabbitfish
Virgate Rabbitfish
Oribiculate Batfish
Redfin Batfish
Longfin Batfish
Dash-and-Dot Goatfish
Yellowhead Jawfish
Flame Hawkfish
Longnose Hawkfish
Arc-eye Hawkfish
Crown Squirellfish
Red Coat Squirellfish
Hawaiian Squirellfish
Striped Eel Catfish
Panther Grouper
Peppermint Basslet
Bluelined Snapper
Achilles Surgeonfish
Atlantic Blue Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Chevron Tang
Clown Surgeonfish
Convict Surgeonfish
Desjardinii Tang
Kole Tang
Mimic Surgeonfish
Naso Tang
Orangeshoulder Surgeonfish
Powder Blue Tang
Powder Brown Tang
Purple Tang
Sailfin Tang
Scopas Tang
Whitecheek Surgeonfish
Yellow Tang
Orangespotted Shrimp Goby
Pinkspotted Shrimp Goby
Randall’s Shrimp Goby
Yellow Clown Goby
Yellow Watchman Goby
Bird Wrasse
Dragon Wrasse
Harliquin Tuskfish
Neon Wrasse
Ornate Wrasse
Queen Coris
Radient Wrasse
Spanish Hogfish
Striated Wrasse
Yellow Coris
Fourline Wrasse
Sixline Wrasse
Eightline Wrasse
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
Lubbock’s Fairy Wrasse
Scott’s Fairy Wrasse
Solar Fairy Wrasse
Carpenter’s Flasher Wrasse
Dot-and-Dash Flasher Wrasse
Filamented Flasher Wrasse
McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse

Not saltwater but still a new article.

Snail control & copper

I hope you will enjoy our new saltwater section.

Happy Birthday Granddad!

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Lungfish (not the fish in the story) Copyright www.jjphoto.dk

Well, it is not really his birthday since no one knows exactly when he was born, but as of 2008, Granddad has lived at Chicago’s John G. Shedd Aquarium for exactly 75 years. Granddad is an Australian lungfish and the longest-living fish in any aquarium in the world, according to the Daily Herald. Travelling by steamship and train, he arrived to Chicago from Sidney in 1933 to attend the Chicago World’s Fair. At that time, he was already fully mature and scientists estimated that he was at least 5 years old. Nobody knows how old an Australian lungfish can become, especially not when well cared for in captivity. Today, Granddad is 4 feet (over 120 cm) long and weighs 25 pounds (over 11 kg). He lives in a spacious 6000 gallon (22700 L) aquarium together with four other members of his own species, some smaller fish and a few turtles.

According to George Parsons, director of fishes at the Shedd Aquarium, Granddad’s favourite food is actually something he would hardly encounter in his native environment in Australia – raw sweet potatoes! Granddad is also served romaine lettuce heads and a variety of different seafood and fish to stay healthy and happy.

You can read more about Granddad in the Daily Herald: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=153970

Just like all the other lungfishes, Granddad is equipped with both gills and a primitive type of lungs. This means that he can breathe oxygen directly from the air above the surface. This adaptation makes it possible for lungfish to survive in oxygen depleted waters. You can read more about lungfish here: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/predatory/lungfish.php