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Top-imports July

5. August 2014

As each monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! Aquarium Glaser received 50 gorgeous, fully grown Red Devil Angels, in july. The fish are German bred ones. Our opinion is: more colour is impossible! Last month, Aquarium Glaser obtained beautiful...
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IN MEMORIAM: Alex Ploeg

22. July 2014

I was hardly able to believe it when, on the morning of Friday 18th July, I received the news that Alex Ploeg, together with his wife Edith, their son Robert, and the latter's friend Robin, was among the victims of...
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Bearded Agamas are always in

Agamas, Pogonaspecie

2. July 2014

More than 30 years ago Australia imposed a total ban on the export of reptiles and amphibians. As a result since then people have resorted to keeping popular species available via captive breeding. This has worked very well for all...
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A new large cactus catfish

Ancistrusspecies, catfish, Pseudacanthicusis, Rineloricariaspecies

2. July 2014

The popular name of cactus catfishes for the genus Pseudacanthicusis very apt. The entire body, the fin-rays, and the interoperculum are covered with needle-sharp spines, so-called odontodes. Two species of cactus catfishes, L24 and L25, which both grow to around...
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Cool at night – two-horned chameleons

Chameleon, Nguru, Nguu, Uluguru

1. July 2014

The Usambara Mountains in north-eastern Tanzania are among the oldest mountains on Earth. They came into existence more than 600 million years ago. They are cloaked in cool, extremely species-rich rainforest - sometimes termed a ”hotspot of biodiversity”. Many interesting...
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Copycat surgeons

Acronurus, Naso brevirostrisor

1. July 2014

In biology the term mimicry denotes a phenomenon where two different species imitate one another. In other words, they look very similar or almost identical, but belong to quite different species. Mimicry is widespread in the animal kingdom and a...
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Endangered species

Bala Shark, Balantiocheilos, Balantiocheilos melanopterus

1. July 2014

The Bala Shark Our aquaria contain lots of fish species that owe their continued existence on this planet to their importance as ornamental fishes, and which are extinct or presumed dead in the wild. These species include the Bala Shark,Balantiocheilos...
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Top-imports June

Aquaristic, Top Imports

27. June 2014

As each monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First placeBetta smaragdina wild We obtained splendid wild collected Betta smaragdina from Thailand. The males can compete in any respect with their domesticated cousins of Betta splendens. Depeding on the light the...
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Snapper turtle seriously injures swimming boy

Snapper turtle, Turtle

17. June 2014

It happened in the hot summer of 2013. On Monday 5th August an eight-year-old boy received a serious foot injury, in which the Achilles tendon was severed twice, while bathing in the Oggenrieder Pool near Irsee (Ostallgäu district). Despite the...
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Pacus bite the balls off naked male bathers

Myleus pacu, Pacus

6. June 2014

On 10th August 2013 an article appeared in the online edition of the British daily newspaperThe Telegraphunder the headline, "Swedish men must watch out for testicle-chomping fishes ". The background to the sensational, fabricated story was that a fisherman had...
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Top-imports Mai

Aquaristic, fish, Top Imports

27. May 2014

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First Place Corydoras robustus This cory belongs to the largest and most attractive species of Corydoras at all. They can reach a total length of 9-10 cm. Both sexes develop long, filamentous dorsal...
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Golden fishes – swimming jewels

Chi, Goldfish

27. May 2014

The Goldfish was the first aquarium fish in the true sense and is the oldest ornamental fish in the world. The earliest reports of gold-colored fishes, known as "Chi", date from the period 968-975 AD; catching them was strictly prohibited...
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A weather-forecasting frog from North America

Hyla meridionalis, inter alia

13. May 2014

The frogs of Europe inhabit swampy, inhospitable terrain - with one exception: tree frogs. These smart little creatures, which grow to around, 5 cm in size, live in bushes, where their fresh green coloration provides excellent camouflage. There are two...
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Top-imports April

9. May 2014

Aseach monthwe present thetop 5fishimportssponsored byAquarium Glaser! First Place Heros cf. efasciatus "Red Shoulder" We received wonderful wild collected specimens of this extraordinary species from Peru. Currently the fish are 9-12 cm long. Experts are still debating whether these fish...
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The Jack Dempsey – an old friend in a new guise

Aquaristic, Jack Dempsey

4. April 2014

Many things that we regard as obvious are in fact very different to how they seem. One example relates to the huge variety of fish species available for maintenance in the aquarium, behind which lies a vast amount of hard...
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