Recommended Links and Products

Throughout the series I will be recommending various products, books, websites and shops. you can find the links to these sites below and the products and books on the books page.

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A superb site dedicated to finding your local stockist of your favorite species of fish,

They also host a service tropical fish to your door service run through 3 extremely good shops, allowing those of you looking for that special species, to order online and get the fish couriered to your door the next door with a live arrival guarantee.

An excellent magazine fully of articles and information as well as a highly useful set of tools for the fish keeper. The web site has an informative and dynamic blog as well as all kinds of competitions and products reviews etc.

Of course no links would be complete without the free and amazingly good fish database that covers almost every species of freshwater and seawater fish species in taxonomic and biological detail. including a new section to upload your images and videos of a species as well as any interesting behaviour you notice from your fish!

Butterfly Mudskipper Periopthalmus barbarus by Neil Ellis cc

A good resource online for all your freshwater invertebrate information, It covers all of the regularly sold species of shrimp crab and crayfish in superb detail.

A high quality active forum brimming with ideas and information on all things aquarium thanks to its helpful, knowledgeable and kind users.

Neale Monks is an ichthyologist, specialising in brackish fish and all kinds of other interesting projects including aquarium software and Apple Mac technologies.

The Ultimate information resource for all of your Apple Snail needs from detailed species ecology and identification to breeding and captive care.

My livefoods supplier.

I have been with them for over 10 years and they have always been superb. The bulk livefood deals are excellent value.

I only found this site the other day and wish I had found it years ago it is utterly fantastic. It has everything and I mean everything you could ever want or need for setting up an amazing natural looking vivarium from orchids and amazon vines to tree fern root and rain simulation systems. It really is a must for anyone interested in natural set ups.

An excellent and informative community, with helpful users and fantastic vivarium ideas and photographs a must for any avid vivarium owner.