Not many years ago, when I returned to fish keeping, I wandered into one of my local pet stores to talk to the staff and see what was available – things had moved on and apparently the under gravel filter was no longer the height of technology.  We got chatting about their stock and the lady showed me some great beginners fish – some black ones with white spots that looked like dominoes and some black and white striped ones like humbugs and some remarkable electric blue fellows… and ‘yes’ they were all ‘captive bred’ she told me, and were ‘perfect fish for a beginner’.  I promised I’d be back with my cash when I’d set my tank up.

As you can imagine, several weeks later there was war in my Juwel 180 Continue reading →