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Black-and-White Thinking

November 30, 2018 By Marcie Rivera 'Plecostomus', All Other Fish, Ancistrus, Catfish, Characins, Corydoras and Other Armored Catfish, Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, and Scleromystax, Fish, Other Characins, Pencilfish and Splash Tetras

The human brain is a beautiful filter. For newborns, the world is so confusing and overstimulating, neuronal connections must be “pruned back” in order for...

Happy Tanks-giving

November 23, 2018 By Marcie Rivera All Other Catfish, All Other Fish, Apistogramma, Catfish, Characins, Dwarf Cichlids, Eartheaters, Fish, Other Characins, South American Cichlids, Whiptail Catfish

Gratitude (noun): The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and return kindness.

The Pen-cilfish is Mightier than the Sword

November 17, 2018 By Marcie Rivera All Other Fish, Characins, Fish, Other Characins, Pencilfish and Splash Tetras

This week was a hard one to those of us who’ve known no life but one filled with the works of Stan Lee...

Family Thais

November 9, 2018 By Marcie Rivera All Other Fish, Asian Barbs, Barbs, Cyprinids, Cypriniformes, Danios, Danios and Rasboras, Fish, Other Asian Barbs

According to The Nation, one third of marriages in the United States began online. While that “statistic” seems ludicrous...

Nothing Betta!

November 6, 2018 By Marcie Rivera Bettas, Bettas and Paradise Fish, Fish, Labyrinth Fish, Badis, and Nandids, Wild-Type Bettas

Chances are as soon as you hear the genus “Betta”, the species epithet “splendens” echoes in your mind...