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The Elusive Jaguar (Liosomodoras oncinus)

Named for the rare Jaguar Cat, Panthera onca, of the South American Rain forests and just as elusive and beautiful,…

Spawning Corydoras sterbai

Corydoras sterbai is a very attractive catfish which comes from the Upper Rio Guapore River in Brazil. It is often…

Breeding The Panda Cat

Last October I was at my favorite pet shop and happened upon four young Corydoras panda. To my mind these…

Accidental Spawning of Corydoras paleatus

Corydoras paleatus (Peppered Cory) has been available to the aquarist for a long time. It was one of the first…

Corydoras oiapoquensis

This small Corydoras is named for the river it is native to, the Oyapock in French Guiana. Unfortunately, it's not…

Spawning Aspidoras goia

On a recent trip to Calgary, Hans, Gabriel and I stopped at Birgit McKinnon’s place to visit her fishroom. It…

Breeding Bristlenose catfish

It’s funny really, but when we start keeping tropical fish we tend to finish up with certain favorites that we…

Jumbo Catfishes

There are a lot of catfishes in the hobby, many of which grow to sizes that are not very manageable…

Swimbladder Disease

The swimbladder is the organ responsible for buoyancy and when there is a problem with it, a fish can have…

Setting Up a Hospital and Quarantine Tank

Regardless of how good of a fish keeper we become, sooner or later, despite all of our efforts, all of…