The Skeptical Aquarist

"A knowledgable salesperson will be glad to help you with your fish purchases," reads an introductory aquarium book I have here at home. "Yikes! ...and equally so will an ignorant salesperson, especially a confidant know-it-all salesperson with an authoritative manner," adds the Skeptical Aquarist. (Sounds like me, come to think of it, so maintain your skeptical reserve!) Caveat emptor! Let the buyer beware!

Here are a few tips about buying fishes:

Catfishes (Siluridae).

Catfish links. Catfish inspire devotion from their keepers second only to Cichlids.Consequently there are several websites that concentrate on catfish: