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Cabomba

Cabomba is frequently planted in aquaria, as an attractive-leaved water plant that is fast-growing (up to one inch per day).


Andy Ihnatko

Also in the early days of the World Wide Web, it is believed that Ihnatko coined the term "Macquarium" to describe an aquarium made out of the empty shell of an early Macintosh computer.

Aphanius vladykovi

The Zagros pupfish, Aphanius vladykovi, is an endemic species found in a restricted area of the central Zagros Mountains of Iran and is an attractive species for keeping in aquaria.

Aquarium lighting

Freshwater aquarium lighting is commonly provided by screw-in incandescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes and LED lamps.

Aquarium of the Bay

The Aquarium also has skates, bat rays and thousands of other animals including eels, flatfish, rockfish, Wrasse, Gobies, Kelpfish, Pricklebacks, Ronquil, Sculpin and Sturgeons.

Balantiocheilos

The species is apparently extirpated in the Batang Hari basin (Sumatra) and it seems that all individuals of B. melanopterus exported from Indonesia and Thailand by the aquarium-fish trade are captive bred.

Biota

Biota!, a planned aquarium operated by Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in east London.

Cardinal tetra

An entire industry is in place in Barcelos on the banks of Brazil's Rio Negro in which the local population catches fish for the aquarium trade.

Coldwater

Coldwater fish, aquarium fish that prefer cooler water temperatures

Coral Magazine

Published bimonthly by Reef to Rainforest Media LLC in Charlotte, Vermont, Coral is edited by James M. Lawrence, with a board of advisors composed of prominent aquarium authors and marine scientists, including Dr. Andrew Bruckner of NOAA, Dr. Gerald R. Allen of Conservation International, Julian Sprung, and Dr. Sylvia Earle, oceanographer.

Dallas World Aquarium

The upper level of the aquarium is an artificial reproduction of the Orinoco Rainforest.

Dechlorinator

Where tap water is chlorinated, it should be dechlorinated before use in an aquarium, since chlorine can harm aquatic life in the same way it kills micro-organisms.

Eyespot rasbora

Cabomba and Myriophyllyum are suitable choices, and Java moss is likely to be a useful addition to the breeding aquarium as well.

George Reeves-Smith

Reeves-Smith was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of George Reeves-Smith, whose jobs included running the Brighton aquarium.

Golden Wonder

:This article is about the company; for the potato see Golden Wonder potato; for the aquarium fish see Striped panchax

Harry van Bruggen

In the late fifties, van Bruggen obtained from an aquarium-plant importer an Aponogeton species which he failed to be able to name using the existing literature.

Hypostomus plecostomus

Their role is better filled in the average hobbyists aquarium by invertebrates such as Caridina multidentata and various species of snails, or simply with regular maintenance with an algae scraping implement.

Japanese rice fish

O. latipes returned to space in 2012, launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA-06M and housed in an aquarium aboard the International Space Station.

Kate St John

St John has worked for various artists, including Aquarium with Boris Grebenshchikov and HaLo.

Macrobrachium agwi

It was discovered when a shipment of ornamental prawns, destined for the aquarium trade was shipped from Cooch Behar, East Bengal, India to Europe.

Maylandia lombardoi

Dick Mills, Aquarium Fish, Dorling Kindersly Books, 2000

McWane Science Center

The state-of-the-art science center, aquarium and 280-seat IMAX Dome Theater is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building.

Melafix

Melafix (a proprietary name) is an all-natural aquarium antibiotic consisting of an essential oil of the Melaleuca genus.

Moody Gardens

Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium Pyramid, which is one of the largest in the region and holds many species of fish and other marine animals; the Rainforest Pyramid, which contains tropical plants, animals, birds, butterflies, reptiles, and a variety of other rainforest animals including free-roaming monkeys and two-toed sloths; and the Discovery Pyramid, which focuses on science-oriented exhibits and activities.

Motobu, Okinawa

The aquarium was the world's largest until the construction of the Georgia Aquarium in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Nirah

The National institute for research into aquatic habitats - A planned fresh water aquarium in England, to be the world's largest aquarium upon completion.

Oleg Timchenko

After a subsequent exhibition in Bratislava, he installed a projector over an aquarium of the original size of the painting 1999 in Paris.

Orange clownfish

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority regulates the number of collection permits that are issued to aquarium fish dealers who seek this, and other tropical fish within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Parachromis motaguensis

Unlike its close relative the Parachromis managuensis, commonly know and traded as the jaguar cichlid, the motaguensis isn't as commonly encountered in the aquarium trade.

Paratilapia polleni

In the wild, P. polleni inhabits a number of rivers and associated streams in northern Madagascar, including the environs of the town of Andapa, where most individuals exported for the aquarium trade in recent years were collected.

Plec

species from the Loricariidae family: plec and pleco are common names which are often used in the aquarium trade

Pygmy gourami

It is important to avoid any strong currents in the aquarium and need plenty of hiding places; a heavily planted tank with subdued lighting would be ideal.

Red Wave

Joanna Stingray, who developed a friendly relationship with some of the most prominent Soviet underground rock band members upon her first visit to the Soviet Union, and Boris Grebenshchikov, the Aquarium frontman, are credited with the idea of publishing such album in the West.

Rock and Roll Is Dead

However, a song with same title in Russian ("Рок-н-ролл мёртв") was issued on 1982 album Radio Africa by Aquarium.

Roughback whipray

They named the ray after Bangkok aquarium fish dealer and prominent fish expert Khun Jarutanin Kittipong, who the year before had provided the original five specimens that formed the basis for the description.

Royal Aquarium

George Robey made his first professional appearance at the Aquarium in 1891.

Rummy-nose tetra

A planted aquarium is welcomed by these fishes, particularly if the plants include fine-leaved species such as Cabomba and Myriophyllum.

Schramm Park State Recreation Area

The Ak-Sar Ben Aquarium features twelve viewing tanks with a variety of fish species.

Sea Life London Aquarium

In 2005, the aquarium displayed three robotic fish created by the computer science department at the University of Essex.

Seaquarium Beach

Seaquarium Beach (also called Sea Aquarium Beach) is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located to the south of Willemstad.

Seattle Marine Aquarium

The aquarium was created in 1962 and was initially owned and operated by Ted Griffin.

Texas cichlid

Its temperament differs from one individual to another, but in general can be kept with other large aquarium fishes such as tinfoil barbs, silver dollars, oscars, and other Central and South American cichlids.

Tongva people

In 2008 he received the prestigious “Heritage Award” from the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Villa Comunale

The seaside road, via Caracciolo, which now lies between the aquarium and the sea, is another more recent reclamation project added to the city in 1900 to provide another connecting road between the city and the suburbs to the west.

Warsaw Zoo

The aquarium includes the only sand tiger shark in Poland, as well other fishes including, Arabian carpet sharks, Zebrasoma species, yellow tang, and other reef species.

Washford

The front portions of the old transmitter building are now part of the Tropiquaria wildlife park and house their tropical hall, aquarium, the Washford Radio Museum and the Shadowstring Puppet Theatre.

Whalley Range, Manchester

St Bede's College, Manchester (on Alexandra Road South), a Roman Catholic independent school, was originally built as an aquarium but this was not a commercial success.

Zoological Garden of Hamburg

In 1865, a German national journal, Die Gartenlaube, declared an "Ocean Fairy Castle" superior to the aquarium of London.


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