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Hundreds of dead Tropical Fish found in Hawaii?

Some jerk for some reason killed hundreds of Yellow Tangs and Butterfly Fish and lef them in the trash in Hawaii. Check out the article here.

Don’t support Painted Fish!!

Believe it or not there are still people dying fish. Take a look at this Wikipedia article to learn more.  Please never buy Painted Fish, it is cruel and should never be supported! It is a random post, but it is important to me so I thought I would include it…

Is your tank too aggressive?

Some aquarium people have many concerns about fish compatibility. Will my Danios and my Gourami get along? Will my 10 inch pleco eat my Tetra? Well heres’s a great tool I found at Tim’s Tropicals. I hope you can find it useful.

Check out my Aquarium Videos on youtube!

Here are some youtube videos of my tank. I figure its my blog, why shouldn’t I be able to share my own tank? In the videos you will see my Blue Neon Tetra, Cory catfish, Harlequin Rasbora, Clown Loaches, and Plecostomus to name a few.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYIo-H0bnaU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LGaxA8m54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vtz4m2aMQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aN0ot-5Zos

New Tropical Tank Video-Nice, clean tank

This is a great video recently added by christopherpostill over at youtube. In it you can see his very beautiful tank with some great Zebra Danio footage, and some great scapes. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Click here to watch.

The Zebra Danio lends a fin to cancer research!

Maybe it is because they are so active in their nature, maybe we will never know, but it is not too surprising that the Zebra Danio is helping scientists to discover some new information while researching cancer. The article is very interesting, and can be found here. Several parallels between the Danio and human beings on a genetic level, as well as a tendancy to develope similar tumors, offers scientists an opportunity compare issues causing the tumors. A truly interesting article, take a look! There is another article about it, also BBC, here.

BBC News Highlights the Tropical Fish Hobby Community

The BBC took it upon themselves to take a strong look at how the Tropical Fish trade is having a negative impact on the environment, and many fish species as a whole.  Take a look here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3151384.stm . The article focuses on Marine fish, and highlights how impoverished coastal towns could really improve their economic state by catching and selling local fish. This article is less about out standard freshwater tropical river fish like Neon Tetra and Mollies, and more about Marine animals, but it is still interesting.