If you felt I was a little off base in the previous installments - in which I implied that some fish were such tempting targets that they practically begged to be nibbled, chewed or gulped - well, brace

Let's face it, most of us shop for tropical fish with the same degree of preparation and planning as a trip to the bakery:

In this age of controversy and discord, it's difficult to find any issue, whether in politics, child-rearing, or even fishkeeping, in which "conventional wisdom" goes unchallenged. It's refreshing to find that

The villains in our first two installments weren't really such bad guys; the gulpers weren't really mean-spirited, just hungry, and even the fin-nippers were more or less just out for a good time.

Some questions have been asked of late about tank building, while I do not claim to be an expert, I have built many tanks.The following is a basic guide on putting a tank together.