Sentences with phrase «including cichlids»

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Chernoff has compiled a staggering collection so far, including, at top left, collection jars used to maintain specimens in alcohol; facing right and up, two red - eyed piranhas; far right, a fish head and the skin of an Arapaima gigas, South America's largest freshwater fish; across the bottom, cichlid, tetra, and aruanã skeletons.

Depending on the species, cichlids may scrape algae from rocks, feed on plankton, crack open snail shells, forage for insect larvae, or prey on other fish, including their eggs or scales.

The sequenced species include the Nile tilapia, representing the ancestral lineage, and four East African species: a species that inhabits a river near Lake Tanganyika; a species from Lake Tanganyika that appeared 10 - 20 million years ago; a cichlid species from Lake Malawi that appeared less than 5 million years ago; and a very recent species from Lake Victoria that radiated less than 15,000 to 100,000 years ago.

Featured speakers include: Eric Bodrock, owner of All Oddball Aquatics, a tropical fish hatchery and independent online retailer of aquarium hobby equipment; Patrick Donston, owner and operator of Absolutely Fish, a MAC certified facility and wholesale retail store; Heiko Bleher, a conservationist, lecturer and scholar of aquatic habitats, fish and biotope correct aquaria; Oliver Knott, a German aquarium designer, professional live aquascaper and InVitro plant specialist; Bob Fenner, an avid ornamental aquatic enthusiast and author of several books; Oliver Lucanus, a German - born writer, photographer and explorer of South American fish habitats; and René Krüter, a notable pioneer in the fishkeeping and breeding field, specifically Tanganyika cichlids.

The tank has numerous large predatory haplochromines, including trout cichlids and hawkbills.

A mix of fish and other critters including African cichlids, tetras, livebearers, newts and so on are offered for sale in tanks that have all been decorated differently to demonstrate to customers how they can do their own tanks.

The African cichlid aquarium [photo # 3] contains mainly cichlids from Lake Malawi, as well as a group of clown loaches, including four large ones that have been in the tank from the beginning so are at least 15 years old.

After a little coaxing a wide variety of fish will take food by hand, including most cichlids, all Botia loaches, South American knifefish, mormyrids, arowanas, monos, scats, dats and many catfish.

Wet Pets by Steve offers a variety of fish including African Cichlids, Fresh and Salt Water Fish, and Corals