Piranha found in US lakes. No, it’s not a promo for a new movie that will be hitting theaters soon. It is a fact and people have been finding piranha regularly for the past couple of years in lakes across the country. They haven’t found schools of piranha, mind you, but Department of Natural Resources ...
The skies of South and Central America used to be like a rainbow of feathers as glorious flocks of Macaws would take to the sky. The sight was stunning and life changing. But, sadly, those days are gone forever. Now the Macaw is almost extinct, some are already gone forever. Macaws are now endangered and ...
Oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) seen in pet stores and aquariums today differ in appearance from the wild stock in South America, but they have the same in attitude. But in many ways, they are typical cichlids. They are intelligent, carnivorous fish that reportedly can recognize their owner/feeder from other people. Oscars sold in pets shops are ...
In the late 1970s when leopard geckos that were caught in the wild were being imported into the United States into the pet trade, very little was known about the species. In fact, leopard geckos in the wild can be grouped into several different species and subspecies. Without this knowledge, the imports that were meant ...
Velvet cichlids or oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) are popular freshwater pet fish due to their hardiness, character and unique appearance. Most oscars in the pet trade are sold as one or two inch long juveniles. At this stage they are vastly different fish than when they grow to be over a foot long by the time ...
Gouramis make excellent fish for the novice tropical fish keeper. This is not said to offend any gouramis that happen to be reading this. It is very difficult to keep any fish happy and healthy, so you might as well start off with fish that are not only easy to feed and forgiving of minor ...
