Let’s face it – some of the most beautiful fish look plain and boring at your local fish store. It’s not until you bring them home, condition them, and spoil them, that they truly shine. Some species go from brown and dull to bright and illuminating in the right conditions! Others are shy and evasive, until you allow them to settle in at home and suddenly they’re bold and confident! This episode is all about the overlooked favorites that can become incredible if you take the time to condition them.
 
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Species mentioned in this episode:

Genera: Apistogramma (wild)

Panduro, trifasciata, pebas, agassizii, elizabethae


Genera: Dawkinsia barbs

dawkinsia filamentosa
dawkinsia assimilis


Genera: Sundadanio

Goblinus, axelrodi, rubellus


Genera: Melanotaenia rainbows

Parva, melanotaenia parva
garylangei, melanotaenia garylangei


Genera: Desmopuntius barbs

desmopuntius rhomboocellatus
desmopuntius hexazona


Genera: Geophagus

Redhead topajo, geophagus pyrocephalus


Dwarf neon rainbows, melanotaenia praecox
Exclamation point rasbora, boraras urophthalmoides
Strawberry rasbora, boraras naevus
Glass catfish, kryptopterus vitreolus
Whiteclouds, tanichthys albonubes
Pelvicachromis Moliwe
Convict cichlids, amatitlania nigrofasciata
Cherry barbs, puntius titteya
Honey Gourami, trichogaster chuna
Firering danio, brachydanio kyathit
Pearl danio, danio albolineatus
Xiphophorus nigrensis

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