Water Colors Aquarium Gallery
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Ben, owner of Water Colors Aquarium Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI is joined by his store managers Amy and Charles to discuss the aquarium hobby.
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282. Amy, Ben and Calder Ask Each Other Questions
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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282. Filtration and Tank Cycling: Beginner Edition
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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281. Betta Splendens Complex with Charles
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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280. Water Colors Staff Ask Questions
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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279. Aquarium Plants: Aquatic Aroids
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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278. Ideas for Improving Club Breeder Programs
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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277. All About Ricefish
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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276. Barriers to Entry: Beginner Pages, Forums, Videos and More
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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275. Top Five Brown Fish
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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274. Top Five Saltwater Gobies
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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273. Top 5 Holy Grail Fish (What’s Changed Since Episode 59?)
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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272. Top 5 Favorite Mid-sized Cichlids
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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271. Interview with Alex Rose
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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270. Lost Episode – Top 5 Green Fish
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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269. Water Color’s Next Step – Breeder Lab Brainstorm
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May 29, 2026 |
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268. Interview with Andrej Spec: Rare Plants, Fish Rooms, and More!
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May 22, 2026 |
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267. Live at 2026 KilliKarnival
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May 15, 2026 |
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266. Top 5 Mexican Species
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May 08, 2026 |
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265. 2026 KilliKarnival Recap
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May 05, 2026 |
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264. Killifish Month Wrap-Up
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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263. “Switch Hitter” Spawning Killifish
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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262. South American Annual Killifish
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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261. Top 5 African Killifish (excluding Nothobranchius)
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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260. Top 5 Loaches
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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259. Top 5 Micro Cyprinids
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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258. Listener Questions February 2026
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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257. Blackwater Botanicals
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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256. Betta Coccina Complex
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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255. Top 5 Fish Improved by Blackwater
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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254. Intro to Blackwater Aquariums
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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253. The Myth of the No Maintenance Aquarium
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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252. Developments in the Marine Hobby
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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251. Guppy Strains
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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250. 2025 Year in Review
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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249. Fish Rooms with Mike Monje & Craig Forist
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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248. Top 5 Non Reef Safe Fish
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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247. Top 5 Anabantoids Excluding Bettas
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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246. Aquarium History: Fish Tanks Through The Ages
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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245. Top 5 African Plants
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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244. Saltwater Fish List Roulette: The Bad List
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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243. Ornamental Marine Algae with Dr. Jordyn Stoll
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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242. Shop Talk: Display Tanks at Water Colors
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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241. Understanding Corallimorpharia
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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240. Halloween Special: Aquarium Horror Stories
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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239. Intro to Marine Algae with Dr. Jordyn Stoll
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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238. Interview with Craig Forist
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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237. 55 Gallon Aquarium Concepts
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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236. Listener Questions September 2025
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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235. Bragworthy Plants
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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233. In Case of Emergency: Aquarium Disasters
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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234. Freshwater Fish List Roulette: The Bad List
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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232. Desktop Aquariums Concepts
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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231. Freshwater Algae with Dr. Jordyn Stoll
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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230. An Ode to Killifish
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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229. Top 5 Non-Armored Catfish
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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228. Freshwater Fish List Roulette: The Good List
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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227. Fancy Livebearers & Maintaining Strains
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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226. Interview With Pat Hartman
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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225. Wild-Type Livebearers
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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224. Goodeids
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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223. Xiphophorus
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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222. Listener Questions June 2025
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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221. Understanding Hexacorallia
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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220. Understanding Octocorallia
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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219. Useful Aquarium Junk
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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218. More Aquarium Stories From Around the Internet
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May 30, 2025 |
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217. Lake Victoria: Exploring Cichlids, Hippos, And More
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May 23, 2025 |
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216. Bad Ass Fish and How To Keep Them
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May 16, 2025 |
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215. Selective Breeding
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May 09, 2025 |
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214. Top 5 Soft Corals
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May 02, 2025 |
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213. Interview with Algae Expert Dr. Jordyn Stoll
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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212. Betta Troubleshooting: What’s Wrong with my Betta?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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211. Top 5 Tanganyikan Cichlids
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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210. Aquascaping Styles
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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209. Interview with Dave Hemmerlein
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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208. Dirt-Spawning Killifish
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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207. Mop-Spawning Killifish
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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206. Killifish Biotopes
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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205. Mantis Shrimp
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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204. Trout Unlimited: Conservation in the Classroom
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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203. Invasive Crayfish with Dr. Brian Roth
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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202. Rheophytes, Epiphytes and More
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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201. Listener Questions January 2025 (Part 2)
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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200. Listener Questions January 2025 (Part 1)
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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199. Freshwater Chemistry
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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198. SPS Corals
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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197. Reacting to Aquarium Stories from Around the Internet (Part 2)
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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196. Top 5 Fish Behaviors
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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195. Sharks in Aquariums
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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194. History of Water Colors Aquarium Gallery
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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193. Pike Cichlids: Nature’s Toothy Torpedoes
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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192. Saltwater Pufferfish
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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191. Goldfish: Are They Worth the Risks?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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190. Listener Questions November 2024 (Part 2)
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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189. Listener Questions October 2024 (Part 1)
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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188. Freshwater Pufferfish
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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187. Centropyge and Allies
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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186. The Best People to Meet at Aquarium Clubs
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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185. Top 5 Aquarist Milestones
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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184. Reacting to Aquarium Stories from Around the Internet
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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183. Cephalopods
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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182. Rainbowfishes and Friends
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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181. RIPPLE Invasive Species Discussion with Paige Filice
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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180. Understanding Regulations
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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179. Charles’ Surprise Topic: Live Foods
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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178. Ben’s Surprise Topic: Fish We Need to Figure Out
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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177. Amy’s Surprise Topic: Cichlid Compatibility
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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176. Brine Shrimp
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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175. New Discoveries
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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174. Top 5 Mimics
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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173. Aquarium Events
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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172. Top 5 Poeciliid Livebearing Fish
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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171. Fish Anatomy
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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170. Nano Plants (Note: audio technical difficulties)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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169. Cold-water Marine Aquariums
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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168. Grasses and Friends
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May 31, 2024 |
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167. Marine Snails
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May 24, 2024 |
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166. Conservation Projects and How to Get Involved
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May 17, 2024 |
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165. Zebra Danios: Saving the World One Fish at a Time
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May 03, 2024 |
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164. Freshwater Snails: Friends or Foes?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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163. The Great Damsel Debate
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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162. Women in the Aquarium Hobby
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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161. Top 3 Places to See Fish in the Wild
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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160. Top 5 Variations of the Blood-Red Parrot Cichlid (April Fools)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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159. Macroalgae 101
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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158. Parasites of the Caribbean: The Evolution of Cleaner Gobies
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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157. Top 5 Non-Cichlid South American Fish
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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156. Dottybacks
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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155. Listener Questions March 2024
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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154. Top 5 Non-Aquarium Fish
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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153. How Hobbyists Can Be Better Scientists
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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152. Cyanobacteria
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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151. Questioning the Ethics of Fishkeeping
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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150. Top 5 Things We Got Wrong
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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149. Top 5 Fish from Asia
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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148. Our Favorite Saltwater Mobile Inverts
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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147. Pelvicachromis and Friends
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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146. Photosynthetic Clams
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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145. Interview with Gary Lange: Rainbowfish Collecting
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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144. Gifts for Aquarists
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: An Ode to Ben
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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143. Anemones 101
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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142. Top 5 Freshwater Price Tags
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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141. Top 5 Easiest Plants
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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140. Should We Ban Water Lettuce? With Dr. Alisha Davidson
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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139. Top 5 Late Blooming Freshwater Fish
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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138. Reintroduction: Get to Know Your Hosts
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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137. Tangs 101: A Brief Introduction
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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136. Top 5 LPS Corals
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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135. Top 5 Stem Plants
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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134. Freshwater Shrimp
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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133. Top 5 South American Cichlids
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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132. Saltwater Biotopes
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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131. Hobby Perceptions
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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130. Freshwater Fish Diseases
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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129. Staff Questions
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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128. Top 5 Hot Water Fish
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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127. Top 5 Rift Lake Cichlids
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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126. Cryptocoryne
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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125. Conservation: A Discussion on the Future of the Aquarium Hobby
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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124. Top 5 Shrimp-Safe Fish
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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123. Top 5 Livebearing Fish
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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122. Reef Predators
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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121. Top 5 Mop-Spawning Killifish
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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120. Top 5 Corydoras
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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119. Top 5 Tub Pond Fish
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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118. Raising Fry
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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117. Top 5 Easy Corals
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May 26, 2023 |
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116. Top 5 Characins
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May 19, 2023 |
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115. Top 5 Episodes (Livestream)
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May 05, 2023 |
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114. Mouth Brooding Bettas
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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113. Top 5 Fish Under $6
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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112. Dirt-Spawning Killifishes
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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111. Wild-Type Clownfishes and Where to Find Them
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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110. April Fools! Our Top 4 Stupidest Fish of All Time featuring Johnathon Butkus
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Announcement: Upcoming Live Stream!
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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109. Aquarium Fish Nutrition: The Science of What to Feed Your Fishes
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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108. Worst Aquarium Advice We’ve Seen Online
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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107. Bubble-Nesting Bettas
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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106. DIY: The Good, The Ugly, and the Just Plain Bad
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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105. Planted Aquarium Dosing 101
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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104. Listener Questions February 2023
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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103. Butterflyfishes: Unparalleled Jewels of the Reef
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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102. West Side Story: 5 Real African Cichlids
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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101. Top 5 Fish that Don’t Need a Heater
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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100. Top 5 Drinks to Have While Recording a Podcast
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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99. Licorice Gouramis: Little Gems of the Rainforest
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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98. Aquarium Myths That Just Won’t Go Away
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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97. Revisiting the Topic: Fish You Won’t See at Water Colors Aquarium Gallery
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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96. Aquarium Burnout and How to Avoid It
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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95. Questions Asked by Water Colors Staff
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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94. Store Business: Saltwater Fishes To Always Keep In Stock
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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93. Geophagus: The Goldilocks for Some Fishkeepers
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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92. Aquariums for Kids: Fostering an Enduring Love for the Hobby
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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91. Dedicating a Fish Room for a Specialty
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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90. Blackwater Aquariums: Turning a Fringe Habitat into a Mainstream Hobby
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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89. The Breeding Projects We’re Most Proud Of
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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88. Biotopes: Examples of Replicating Wild Habitats
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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87. Things We Wish We Had Known As Beginners
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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86. New Fish in the Hobby!
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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85. Aquarium Horror Stories
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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84. Beginner Planted Aquarium Mistakes
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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83. Beginner Reef Mistakes
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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82. Conservation in Aquariums: Is It Enough?
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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81. Interview: Professional Aquascaping with Jeff Miotke
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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80. Designer Clownfishes
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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79. Schooling Reef Fish
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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78. Fish Rooms: Building a Room for Your Hobby
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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77. CARES Species
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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76. State of the Aquarium Industry
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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75. Captive-Bred Saltwater Fish – Part 2
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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74. Captive-Bred Saltwater Fish
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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73. Top 5 Brands
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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72. Saltwater Wet Pets
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May 27, 2022 |
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71. Freshwater Wet Pets
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May 22, 2022 |
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70. Discus
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May 13, 2022 |
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69. Frequently Asked Saltwater Questions
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May 06, 2022 |
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68. Common Coral Questions
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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67. Lacey Act Amendments
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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66. Our Top 5 Funniest Freshwater Fish
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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65. Debate: South America Vs. Asia
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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64. Top 5 Money Wasting Products
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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63. 5 Plants We Hate
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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62. Saltwater Changes
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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61. Five Killer Beginner Mistakes
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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60. Our Top Five Holy Grail Saltwater Fish
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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59. Our Top Five Holy Grail Freshwater Fish
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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58. Common Planted Aquarium Questions
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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57. Starting a Saltwater Nano
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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56. Interview: Will Ogburn and Lauren Roy, University of Dayton Fish Lab
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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55. Our Top Five Cyprinids
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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54. Five Fish You Didn’t Think You’d Like
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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53. Why Can’t We Be Friends? Saltwater Compatibility
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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52. Our Top 5 Saltwater Mobile Invertebrates
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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51. Debate: South America vs Africa
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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50. Adventures in Acclimation – From Coral to Coral Beauty
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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49. Five Reasons to Hate Plecos
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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48. Our Top Five Coolest Human Produced Fish
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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47. Our Top Five Saltwater Nano Fish
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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46. Interview: Saltwater Wholesale and Collection with Bill Backus from A&M Aquatics
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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45. Five Perfect Freshwater Fish Pairings
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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44. Interview: Captive Breeding and Sustainability with Jake Phillips from Biota Aquariums
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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43. Aquarium Books Part 2: Saltwater
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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42. Seasonal Tub Ponds
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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41. Our Top 5 Egg Scatterers
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May 28, 2021 |
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40. Aquarium Books Part 1: Freshwater
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May 23, 2021 |
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39. Our Five Least Favorite Cichlids
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May 14, 2021 |
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38. Our Top Five Freshwater Nano Fish
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May 06, 2021 |
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37. Nano Reefs
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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36. Freshwater vs. Saltwater
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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35. Getting Started with Planted Aquariums
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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34. Three Tanks Designed around a Saltwater Fish
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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33. Three Tanks Designed Around a Freshwater Fish – PART 2
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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32. Three Tanks Designed Around a Freshwater Fish – PART 1
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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31. Five Freshwater Fish that Make us Smile
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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30. Amazing Apistogramma
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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29. Our Top Five Aquarium Myths
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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28. Five Marine Creatures That Make Us Sad
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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27. Pest Control: Algae and Snails
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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26. Our Five Dream Freshwater Fish
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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25. Our Five Dream Saltwater Fish
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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24. Invasive Species with Dr. Alisha Davidson
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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23. Our Dream Tanks
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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22. Our Top 5 Easy Breeders
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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21. Sharks in Aquariums
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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20. Aquarium Lighting: How and What to Choose
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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19. The Products We Can’t Live Without
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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18. Our Top Five Underrated Aquarium Plants
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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17. Trade Secrets: How Water Colors Quarantines EVERY Saltwater Fish
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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16. What is a Fish Worth? Breeding, Buying, and Selling
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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15. Bettas
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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14. Filtration: How It Works and Our Favorite Products
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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13. Wild Caught vs Captive Bred
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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12. Intro to Killifish
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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11. How to Find Good Information
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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10. Saltwater Angelfish
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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9. Genetically Modified Fish
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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8. Saltwater Clean up Crew
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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7. How to Start an Aquarium
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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6. Our Top Five Underrated Saltwater Fish
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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5. Five Saltwater Fish You Won’t See at Water Colors
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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4. All About Clownfish
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May 31, 2020 |
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3. Testing: When, Why, and How
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May 25, 2020 |
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2. Our Top Five Underrated Freshwater Fish
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May 16, 2020 |
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1. Five Freshwater Fish You Won’t See at Water Colors
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May 09, 2020 |
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Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Introduction
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May 08, 2020 |