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Naive Melody

April 5, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Fish, Arowanas, Stingrays, and Pufferfish, Botiids/Pointface Loaches, Cypriniformes, Fish, Loaches, Pufferfish, Uncategorized

Choosing to live a life as an explorer, taxonomist, or biologist is a deeply romantic path that one wouldn’t choose...

Wowee Malawi

March 29, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Cichlids, Cynotilapia, Fish, Labidochromis/Melanochromis, Lake Malawi Cichlids, Lake Malawi Mbuna, Other Mbuna, Uncategorized

We all know Lake Malawi is big, but wrapping our heads around its very real massiveness is a difficult task...

Your Tetra Well Spring

March 22, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Central and South American Tetras, Characins, Fish, Hyphessobrycon, Other Central and South American Tetras, Pristellinae, Uncategorized

Spring is upon us! The birds celebrate her return with festive song, as this Wednesday marked the

Break into Barbs!

March 8, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Asian Barbs, Barbs, Cyprinids, Cypriniformes, Fish, Other Asian Barbs, Pethia and Puntigris, Uncategorized

What is a barb? A sharp, pointed projection, or a non-phylogenetic grouping of fork-tailed, energetic, and easy-to-care-for cyprinids?