Fish, Tanks and Ponds

A comprehensive guide to fish

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Welcome To Fish, Tanks and Ponds

News

A hotel is offering guests company in the form of a goldfish for a small fee.

The Happy Guest Lodge in Dutton, Cheshire is currently listing the option on their official website.

The fish, named 'Happy', will cost guests £5 per night.

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Advice

The best single piece of advice that we could offer is to "do your research before buying any fish" don't just rely on what the vendor tells you!!! To find out more about a particular species of fish, BEFORE purchasing: Click here

Fish Quiz

Try our fish quiz

But be warned it is a tricky one.

The Big Fish Campaign
The Big Fish Campaign

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Pipefish
Pineapple fish

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Did you know?

Fish scales are sometimes used in the manufacture of lipstick.

Sharks have eyelids which they close to protect their eyes when they attack.

Some Pupfish live in water which is 45°C a temperature which would kill most other fish.

Fish have been living on Earth for more than 450,000,000 years.

Lungfish can live out of water for several years.

Seahorses are one of a very small number of fish which swim upright.

Fish were the first creatures to evolve with a true backbone.

An Electric Eel can generate 650 volts of electricity.

There are more species of fish alive today than species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds put together.

A fully grown female Sunfish, Mola mola will lay up to 300,000,000 eggs in a single spawning.

The worlds smallest fish Paedocypris progenetica is also the worlds smallest known vertebrate. Adults measure just 7.9mm in length.

Four eyed fish have eyes which can see both above and below the water surface at the same time. They really have just two eyes but the pupils are split giving rise to their common name.

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