Recent content by coldwatermarinez

I live in the suburbs of greater London, so I have easy access to the shorelines of Dorset, Sussex and Kent. The National Trust website referred me to a couple of good rock pooling locations, and among them is 'Birling Gap' in Sussex. I'm probably going to try that one first. Before that I need...

I'm planning on starting a new coldwater aquarium based on the European rock pool biotope. The reason I need help from Europeans is that the cold rock pools of Northern Europe (I live in the UK) are very different from the subtropical reefs inhabited by catalina gobies that occur off the coast...

Just to clear this up, rainbow dace refers to both the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) and the rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus) and redfin shiner refers to both the Cyprinella lutrensis and another species, Lythrurus umbratilis. Another reason to go by scientific names instead of common...

Trust me, you guys have MUCH better fish than Europe. Some of the South African tilapias are very interesting to keep.

You'll probably get more attention for this topic in the brackish section

Here are some other pond fish that have been missing from both lists: Small ponds: Spined Loach Cobitis taenia - A small European loach, needs no license in the UK as it is native. Relatively easy to keep with good filtration. It is similar to the Asian weather loaches but can survive much...