As the clock strikes at midnight on 31 December 2009, spread your happiness with New Year wishes to everyone! 2010 marks the beginning of a better tomorrow and a year ahead! I wish everyone a Happy New Year and May all your New Year wishes come true! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Welcome 2010!", url: "http://freshnmarine.com.sg/blog/welcome-2010/" }); Read more»
These piranhas Pygocentrus piraya are often called San Francisco piranhas, a potentially misleading name given them based on their native range in Brazil’s Rio São Francisco. Piranhas are apex predators, and like many other predatory species they are extremely popular aquarium specimens. Unfortunately many myths abound about the nature and the proper care of these fish. Find out how they should actually be kept in this month’s look at predatory fish, “The Killer Instinct.” Photograph by Ed Wong Feature Articles Composing a Nature Aquarium Layout with Stem Plants Author: Takashi Amano The visionary aquascaper focuses this month on using stem plants to produce a lush and captivating... Read more»
Freshwater Puffer Fish belongs to the family Tetradontidae and they have four teeth. Due to their defensive mechanism ability to inflate themselves with air or water when they feel threatened, they are called Puffer Fish, making them difficult to the predators to swallow them. They have black eyes that turn blue when they are in the light and their eyes move interestingly independent of each other. They can be found in freshwater, brackish water and sea water. Due to the different kinds of water they lived in, they can be of different colours and sizes. Puffers are interesting, intelligent and active fish, but they can be predators with nasty temperament. In an aquarium, they... Read more»
May the spirit of Christmas bring u peace, The gladness of Christmas give u hope, AND The warmth of Christmas grant u love! I would like to wish every readers and friends a Merry Christmas 2009 and enjoy your Christmas Eve with your family, friends and your loved ones! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Merry Christmas 2009!", url: "http://freshnmarine.com.sg/blog/merry-christmas-2009/" }); Read more»
Sea Slug Sea slugs are mollusks, related to the shelled terrestrial snails that we are all too familiar with on land. They are distributed everywhere in both tropical and temperate seas, with the greatest numbers and the largest kinds found in tropical waters. Most sea slugs are rather small under 1 inch and some are as long as 12 inches, the largest which is found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Sea slugs display a great array of solid colors and patterns, and are also known as “butterlfies of the sea”. Most sea slugs have feathery structures (ceratia) on the back, very often in contrasting colours, and they have two pairs of tentacles on the head used for chemosensory and... Read more»
