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:bulletblue:***THIS IS A COMMUNITY ACCOUNT***:bulletblue: :trout: For those who love FISH!! Not to eat, to keep as pets and admire in the wild or in public aquaria. Marine, Freshwater, they all count here!! Note me to join in, all submissions welcome! Click here: http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/nature/underwater/ to see all the latest fishie photos. And click here: http://www.theaquariumwiki.com for an external wiki site just for fishkeeping. :trout: Founder: ~devilkitty (https://www.deviantart.com/devilkitty) :trout: Members: :iconIlharess: :iconsenoritafish: :iconBadBunny: :iconSuzyQ54: :iconMizamour: :iconGlitter-pill: :iconMissyDraven: :icongalindenba:

There has been a horrific growing trend in the past few years, for fish stores to sell fish that have been artificially coloured or patterned. This needs to stop! Not only to the fish look terrible, the processes used are terrible, and without any form of anesthesia. They are dipped into suffocating solutions, tattooed out of water or injected with dyes with needles that would be the equivalent of us being tattooed with a needle the thickness of a pencil. These colours never last and fade over time anyway, after making the fish more susceptable to illnesses and shortening their lifespan anyway. Say NO to fish stores that stock these fish, b

Goldfish are quite possibly one of the most abused pets in the UK. They can be fantastic first pets, but the out-dated myths of their care means they're often left in terrible conditions to suffer and die long before their time. Goldfish FAQ 1. Goldfish are classed in two catagories. Common and Fancy. Common are best kept in ponds, whereas fancies are selective-bred therefore more delicate, often having difficulty swimming, so would not survive in a pond and must be kept in a tank. Click this link: http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/goldfish.htm It has a fantastic list with pictures of each type of goldfish currently available. Th