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Can you keep Celestial Eye Fancy Goldfish with Common Gold Fish?
Celestial Eye goldfish have been selectively bred in Korea, China and Japan, and are a very friendly and active variety of goldfish. Bug Eye goldfish thrive in cold to temperate community aquaria.

Can I keep Celestial Eye Fancy Goldfish in a garden pond?
Celestial Eye fancy goldfish, like most fantail goldfish, are not typical goldfish, and require a more temperate environment than common goldfish. They will not thrive or survive easily in extreme cold.

Catappa Leaves in an Aquarium
There are no set rules about adding dried Catappa leaves to an aquarium, as they are not harmful to livestock. However, you must remember that each leaf releases tannins, so your water will discolour brown. The more you add, the darker the tint becomes.

Can I Keep Fish and Shrimp Together?
There are many shrimp species that have little issue being housed with fish, even larger ones. The Cameroon Fan Shrimp for example, has an armoured carapace and grows to a nice sturdy 6" inches in size.

How fast do Spotted Raphael Dora Catfish grow?
The Spotted Dora catfish (Platydoras armatulus) is also known as the Chocolate, Raphael and Talking catfish, and is native to the Amazon, Paraguay–Paraná and lower Orinoco basins in South America.

How fast do Striped Raphael Dora Catfish grow?
The Striped Dora is a peaceful nocturnal catfish popular with aquarium fishkeepers due to its inquisitive and passive nature. The Striped Raphael Dora catfish will make squeaking noises while out of water, hence why they are called talking catfish.

Are Striped Raphael Dora Catfish aggressive?
The Striped Dora catfish (Platydoras armatulus) is also known as the Chocolate, Striped Raphael and Talking catfish, and is native to the Amazon, Paraguay–Paraná and lower Orinoco basins in South America.

Why is it called a three spot Gourami?
Three-spot gourami, Trichopodus trichopterus, can be found mainly in the River Mekong basin in southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia, and also in parts of northern Indonesia.