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Seahorses are marine fish, and thus need the highest water quality and suitable filtration if kept in captive aquaria - they are not something that can be placed in an existing marine aquarium with other fish.

The need to take chlorine out of the water doesn't stop once the pond is finished, de-chlorination should also be used whenever the pond water is topped up from the mains.

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The sea slug then uses them to provide its own food, effectively deriving its own food from sunlight. It’s highly unusual for an animal to behave like a plant and survive solely on photosynthesis. Elysia chlorotica is a solar-powered sea slug!

Do fish have ears? Well, yes, but you can't see them. That's because a fish's ears are located inside its head, behind each eye.

Repeatable behavior and survival associated memory seems to stick but must be repeated, otherwise it is forgotten by fish after a period of time - but a time longer than 3 seconds!

In our regular blog feature "Did you know?" we explore brief but fascinating facts about various fish species. In this blog we look at the Glass Catfish.