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Bleher’s Biotopes in Nature and in Aquaria

Biotope: Goldfish

The Goldfish Aquarium
Every newcomer to the aquarium hobby should start with guppies or a goldfish aquarium (and experienced aquarists can enjoy them too). Goldfishes are amongst the hardiest ornamental fishes, and this is one of the reasons they have been kept for more than a thousand years. Today the original goldfish is still found in the waters of China, which freeze during the winter months. It lives beneath the ice (and sometimes in it), at temperatures around freezing point, and survives. In the same biotope where in summer the water heats up to more than 30 °C – I have measured up to 41 °C…

Text: Heiko Bleher

Photos: Heiko Bleher and Natasha Khardina

pp. 114-117

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