Podcast Episode Details

Aquarium News Of The Week - 27 July 2025

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Episode 1

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The first of a regular news update featuring headlines and reports about the freshwater aquarium hobby from around the globe. 

In this episode:

🧬 Hear about the discovery of a ghostlike electric knifefish in Brazil and a blind cave-dwelling loach in Vietnam.
🐟 Dive into the spotlight species of the week – the elegant and often-overlooked halfbeak.
👁️ Discover new research into schooling behaviour and how fish avoid bumping into each other.
🧠 Learn how goldfish remember, cichlids parent, and archerfish recognise human faces.
🌍 Understand the growing threat to Africa’s freshwater fish species and how climate change is reshaping aquatic ecosystems.

Perfect for home aquarists, hobbyist researchers, and freshwater fish lovers.

📩 Send your aquarium questions or news to: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/EwXrPyvCvY/)

Referenced Articles and Sources:

• Miami Herald – Discovery of Porotergus sambaibensis, a new electric knifefish species

• Practical Fishkeeping – Description of Draconectes narinosus, a blind cave-dwelling loach

• Hygger Online – Care, behaviour, and breeding of halfbeaks

• Deutsche Welle – Fish intelligence and complex behaviours

• Princeton University – Giant danios prefer ladder-like formations when schooling

• Mongabay – One in four African freshwater fish species threatened

• ScienceDaily – Marine heatwaves caused widespread marine life collapse

 

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