Freshwater

Red List – The Pearl Gourami

Near Threatened, Pearl Gourami, T. leerii

13. August 2014

The first importation of the Pearl Gourami to Germany took place in 1933. Since then this gorgeous fish has never disappeared from the aquarium hobby. Are aquarists guilty of contributing to its extinction? The Pearl Gourami is one of four...
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Top-imports July

Aquaristic, Top Imports

5. August 2014

As each monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! Aquarium Glaser received 50 gorgeous, fully grown Red Devil Angels, in july. The fish are German bred ones. Our opinion is: more colour is impossible! Last month, Aquarium Glaser obtained beautiful...
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A new large cactus catfish

Ancistrusspecies, catfish, Pseudacanthicusis, Rineloricariaspecies

2. July 2014

The popular name of cactus catfishes for the genus Pseudacanthicusis very apt. The entire body, the fin-rays, and the interoperculum are covered with needle-sharp spines, so-called odontodes. Two species of cactus catfishes, L24 and L25, which both grow to around...
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Endangered species

Bala Shark, Balantiocheilos, Balantiocheilos melanopterus

1. July 2014

The Bala Shark Our aquaria contain lots of fish species that owe their continued existence on this planet to their importance as ornamental fishes, and which are extinct or presumed dead in the wild. These species include the Bala Shark,Balantiocheilos...
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Top-imports June

Aquaristic, Top Imports

27. June 2014

As each monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First placeBetta smaragdina wild We obtained splendid wild collected Betta smaragdina from Thailand. The males can compete in any respect with their domesticated cousins of Betta splendens. Depeding on the light the...
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Top-imports Mai

Aquaristic, fish, Top Imports

27. May 2014

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First Place Corydoras robustus This cory belongs to the largest and most attractive species of Corydoras at all. They can reach a total length of 9-10 cm. Both sexes develop long, filamentous dorsal...
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Golden fishes – swimming jewels

Chi, Goldfish

27. May 2014

The Goldfish was the first aquarium fish in the true sense and is the oldest ornamental fish in the world. The earliest reports of gold-colored fishes, known as "Chi", date from the period 968-975 AD; catching them was strictly prohibited...
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The Jack Dempsey – an old friend in a new guise

Aquaristic, Jack Dempsey

4. April 2014

Many things that we regard as obvious are in fact very different to how they seem. One example relates to the huge variety of fish species available for maintenance in the aquarium, behind which lies a vast amount of hard...
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Wonderful Dragonets

Aquaristic, Dragonets

6. January 2014

The Dragonets or Mandarinfishes (Callionymidae) are a family of predominantly marine, bottom-dwelling fishes with an almost worldwide distribution. To date only two species are known from fresh water, while a few find their way into brackish water. At present at...
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TV documentary & top-imports November

Top Imports

13. December 2013

"Beautiful fish, hard business? From Amazon River to the fish tank - dazzling, exotic and well-traveled" that was the theme of ARTE'S X:ENIUS documentary about the long way of ornamental fish, from catch to the aquarium at home. An interesting,...
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A new licorice gourami

Aquaristic, Gourami

1. November 2013

The licorice gouramis (Parosphromenus) belong to the labyrinthfishes. Until the 1980s only three scientifically described species were known; nowadays, mainly thanks to the hard work of the labyrinthfish associations – the IGL (Internationale GemeinschaftfürLabyrinthfische), the AAGB (Anabantoid Association of Great...
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A new Snowking Pleco

Aquaristic, Pleco

16. July 2013

With four species currently described, the genus Liposarcus is fairly easy to summarize. L. multiradiatus and L. pardalis are sometimes available in the hobby under the catch-all name “Plecostomus”. They are relatively unremarkably colored, grow very large (around 50 cm),...
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The Tench – facts and fables

Aquaristic, The Tench

12. July 2013

Here in Europe a fish species that is completely and totally unique lives right on the doorstep: the Tench, Tinca tinca. Normally this around 40 cm long fish is best known from the delicatessen. Most anglers will probably already have...
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Anthias

animal, Anthias, Aquaristic

12. July 2013

Thanks to comparative anatomy we nowadays know a fair amount about phylogenetic relationships in the animal kingdom. Some of it is confusing. Who would think on seeing a Rock Hyrax, an animal that looks like a plump marmot, that they...
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The witching hour in the aquarium

Aquaristic

14. November 2012

These fishes really do exist! Their full common names are even more bizarre: the Black Ghost Knifefish and the Brown Ghost Knifefish. Yet these English names seem singularly appropriate for these uniquely elegant creatures, which glide through the water with...
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