The Spotlight : The Wet Spot Tropical Fish

Bred And Butter

June 28, 2019

Malcolm Gladwell asserts in his book “Outliers” that the key to expertise in any given field is gained in 10,000 hours of practice…

Sumer-salt

June 21, 2019

Another season, come and gone! Today marks the longest day of the year here in the Northern hemisphere, and I for one am…

Embrace Diversity

June 14, 2019

Aquarists are well familiar with the fact that tanks and their care extend far past the fish for which they’ve made a home…

As animal lovers, it is a priority at The Wet Spot to keep close tabs on the natural wellbeing of the many fish species we receive, breed, and share with our clientele. Whether we’re checking to make sure prolific species aren’t being overfished, or if endangered species…

Southeast Asia Rocks!

May 31, 2019

On a map of the world, Southeast Asia looks somewhat unassuming. Making up only 3% of the world’s…

Mem-o-reel ’em in

May 24, 2019

Memorial Day has come around again, which means summer is officially here! While we’re…

How Low Can You Congo?

May 17, 2019

If I say “African cichlid”, you probably associate “Malawi” or “Tanganyika”, but let’s not forget about another tropical hotbed for biodiversity on this massive continent: the one-and-only Congo Basin. Stretching 1.5 million square miles from the East African Rift to the Atlantic Ocean…