Marshall Stephens

How to

Tell if Your Goldfish Is a Male or Female

Many people are interested in finding out the gender of their goldfish. You might want to know for breeding purposes, or just to make sure you didn't name your female goldfish George. Luckily, you can identify whether yo...

How to

Breed Guppies

Guppies have wonderful colors, cute faces, and best of all, easy to take care of. What more would you want in a fish? If you are hoping to keep your aquarium filled with these little beauties, you will need to learn how ...

How to

Tell if Your Fish Is Having Babies

A quick online search can usually tell you whether your species of fish gives birth to live young, or whether it lays eggs. This tells you whether you should be on the lookout for a bulging pregnant abdomen, or for tiny ...

How to

Breed Molly Fish

Mollies are an ideal choice of live bearing fish (i.e. they don't lay eggs) to place in a community aquarium or fish tank. For the most part, mollies are very easy to breed. A single female can produce over one hundred...

A Simple Guide to Breeding Neon Tetras

The best conditions to spawn tetra eggs & how to care for themNeon tetras are small and colorful tropical fish that make great pets. These fish are easy to breed, whether you want more fish friends or want to make some m...

What Do Snails Eat? A Guide to Feeding Snails

Learn the safest and most nutritious diet for your pet snailSnails make fabulous pets: they’re kind, easy to care for, and even easier to feed. However, every snail has different tastes. Whether you're caring for land...

How to

Find Out if Your Guppy Is Pregnant

Guppies are beautiful, interesting fish. They are one of the few species of fish that reproduce by internal fertilization, rather than the males just fertilizing the eggs. If you have a mixture of male and female guppies...

How to

Care for Guppies

Guppies are one of the most colorful tropical freshwater fish in the world. They are small and relatively easy and inexpensive to take care of. They are a great fish to start with when beginning to build an aquarium, or ...

How to

Save a Dying Betta Fish

It's so heartbreaking watching your beloved betta fish suffer from illness, but fortunately you don't have to stand idly by. There are all kinds of treatments out there that can help save a dying betta fish. In this arti...

How to

Breed Danios

Zebra danios (Brachydanio rerio) are the most popular and most common of all danios used in aquariums. Danios are from places like India and Pakistan and can be found in every type of water environment you can imagine (s...

How to

Treat Fungal Infections in Fish

If you suspect your fish is sick, it could because of a fungal infection. Fungal infections, such as Saprolegnia and Achyla infections, are common diseases in fish that typically occur if the fish has an injury or illnes...

How to

Know when Your Hermit Crab Is Dead

Hermit crabs are prone to periods of solitude and lethargy, particularly when they're molting. It can be difficult to tell whether a hermit crab is molting, sick, or dead. As a general rule, though: assume molting before...

How to

Feed a Pleco

Plecos are a great addition to your aquarium to help keep it algae-free. The pleco, or plecostomus, is a type of catfish often housed in aquariums. Plecos are algae-eaters, but your home aquarium won’t provide enough a...

How to

Help Guppy Fry Grow

Guppy fry are easy to keep, but their growth to maturity takes about three months and that can sound like a lot! They're not hard to keep, but you need to make sure you provide good nutrition and conditions so they grow ...

How to

Take Care of Molly Fry

Whether you are getting your fry from a pet shop or have a female molly fish that is ready to give birth, it is important to ensure that you have the right setup for your molly fry as soon as they arrive.You may opt to u...

How to

Find and Care for a Pet Tardigrade (Water Bear)

"Water bears" is a colloquial name for tiny multicellular critters that have always delighted microscopists. They are properly called tardigrades ("slow walkers"), and with four pairs of stumpy legs and lumbering gait, ...

How to

Breed Koi Fish

Breeding koi can be a lot of fun but is a time-consuming process. To breed koi for a profit, it is important to choose koi that show the physical attributes you are looking for in offspring. Keep the pond clean and free ...

How to

Set Up a Tank for Your Red Clawed Crab

Red-clawed crabs are relatively easy pets for beginning pet owners. In addition to food, these small creatures require a safe enclosed space in which to live and grow. With thoughtful planning and a few careful steps, yo...

Hermit Crab Care: Everything You Need to Keep Hermies Happy and Healthy

A beginner’s guide on handling, feeding, and housing the cutest crustaceans out thereHermit crabs, affectionately called hermies, are phenomenal low maintenance pets. But low maintenance doesn’t mean no maintenance!...

The Life of a Clam: Reproduction, Growth & Survival

A guide to broadcast spawning, self-fertilization, and the growing pains of baby clamsWhen you picture a clam, you probably don’t think of an active sea creature that’s capable of interacting with a potential mate. ...