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Yes, Danios, I got ten with very long tails, I was worried when I put them in the fast flowing tank because I thought they may not swim well enough to be comfortable. But they are OK. The ones with the short fins tend to swim better and get up and down the ramp better - maybe the tank is a sort of n...

WF means caught in the wild Yes that makes sense - it is a good question. I do not know. I got them to start the nitrogen cycle. It is interesting watching them swimming strongly in fast currents and exploring a complex environment (they all have a look up on the platform when they first get in the...

Thanks for the encouragement, yes indeed we will post updates (the research program is initially for 3 years). Are Your Danios WF? That's interesting (I assume WF = well fed), and I was wondering if they eat eggs, larvae and fry! I am pretty sure they do, and I was meaning to move them to another ta...

Hello, we have started a loach based research program at Oxford University - Zoology Department. The plan is to research how hillstream loaches have evolved to thrive in very strong currents. The program explanation web site is here: http://www.jkwillis.info/loach.html We have designed a new kind of...