Many will agree with me when I say that the Blue Dolphin Cichlid (Latin name: Cyrtocara moorii) would easily make anybody’s list of the top ten all-time favori... Read More...
Quite recently, Bichirs have become a popular fish among Filipino fishkeepers. Bichirs are elongated fishes belonging to the genera Polypterus and Erpetoichthys... Read More...
Catfishes from the Doradidae family are known as the Thorny Catfishes, owing to the bony lumps that form thorny scutes along the lateral lines . Sometimes, they... Read More...
Of course, the answer to this question is simply, NONE. As with all living things, grade school science has taught us that all fish need oxygen to live. This is... Read More...
My elementary days were a memorable challenge in terms of funding my pet hobbies. I had pigeons and fish. We were not a well-off family.
When my uncle Teodor... Read More...
Having picked up the fishkeeping hobby at a very early age, I have seen the hobby develop through the years—from its early stages when having a 20-gallon tank w... Read More...
For the purpose of this article, discussions will be limited to species that are regularly found in the Philippine market and are imported from Indonesia. Speci... Read More...
What’s In a Name?
When fishkeepers refer to Bichirs, they refer to a group of primitive and exotic fish that forms the family Polypteridae. Included in this gr... Read More...
Viewing Facebook one day, I found myself reading a thread posted by a friend, Prime Jamethzkie, at the Monster Fish Keepers Philippines FB page. His post starte... Read More...
About a decade ago, a good friend invited me over to his place to check out his fish collection. Being an avid fish collector, I immediately took off because I ... Read More...
Angel has been a fishkeeper since he was four. Known to others as Fishyguy, he has been a columnist for Animal Scene for over 15 years. His columns Aqua Basics and Fish in Your Tank are favorites in Animal Scene for many years.
