Archive for the ‘Freshwater Fish’ Category
Fish Care Description
Freshwater
The Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon Erythrostigma) is one of the most attractive tetras having a deep reddish/gold colored body and a dark red spot in the centre resembling the heart, they are lively active fish and make a perfect addition to the aquarium. To sex the Bleeding Heart tetra is quite easy, the male have a long flowing dorsal fin which is mainly black with red at the base, whereas the females dorsal fin is rounded in shape with a pink splash of color at the top turning to bright white.
They are native to South America, Peru and the Amazon Basin. They grow up to 2.5 – 3 inch and have a lifespan of 5 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Fish Care Description
Freshwater
The Glowlight tetra (Hemigrammus Erythrozonus) has a semi-translucent body with a bright reddish/gold line running from the nose to the end of the body. The dorsal fin has a tiny hint of red and the pelvic and anal fins have white tips, the remainder of the fins are clear. It is quite easy to tell the sex of the Glowlight tetra as the females have a fuller thicker body than the male.
They are native to Essequibo River, Guyana and South America, have a lifespan of 5 years and grow up to 2 inches in length. Read the rest of this entry »
Fish Care Description
Freshwater
The Silvertip Tetra (Hasemania Nana) has an elongated bronze colored body with a silver tip tail and a black line at the rear end of the body, as with most of the fish the male Silvertip has a brighter nicer coloration than the female, during the night as the fish rests the black and bronze color changes to silver and returns in the morning when the fish becomes active again. They can grow up to 1.5 inches and have a lifespan of around 5 years.
They are native to the Blackwater Rivers in Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »
Description
Freshwater
The Black Widow tetra (Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi) has a disc shaped silver body with two dark black vertical bars on the middle of their body, if the fish is frightened these black marks will disappear and only return to normal after a few hours when the fish settles down again.
They are native to Paraguay, Basins of Southern Brazil and Argentina. They are very easy to keep and make a lovely addition to the aquarium as they are very proud fish that like to show off swimming around the tank with their fins erect. They can grow to about 2.5 inch and live up to five years. Read the rest of this entry »
Fish Care Description
Freshwater
The Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon Axelrodii) have vivid blue and red stripes running from nose to start of tail and when kept in shoals of 10 or 12 will give your tank lots of color and interest, these fish are similar and closely related to the Neon tetra. They are very small and easy to keep growing up to 2 inch in length.
They are native to Upper Orinoco, Venezuela, Brazil, Eastern Colombia and rivers of South America. Read the rest of this entry »
Lemon Tetra (hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
Description
Freshwater
The Lemon Tetra is a peaceful, quite hardy and easy to keep fish, ideal for beginners. They are small fish with beautiful brightly colored yellow and black markings on the dorsal and anal fins.
They are native to South America and can grow up to 2inch with a lifespan of around 6-8 years if given the right conditions. Read the rest of this entry »
Freshwater
Description
Betta Splendens are one of the most beautiful looking fish to keep in the aquarium; they have the most striking fins in lovely blues and reds with an eye catching long flowing tail.
They are slow moving and swim elegantly around the tank, hovering near the surface as they breathe in the air from the top of the tank. Read the rest of this entry »
Freshwater
Description
The Blind Cave Tetra also known as the Mexican Tetra is one of the most unusual fish which has evolved to have no eyes. The reason for this is because the skin has grown over them to protect them from damage within the confines of dark caves.
They use their lateral line to sense anything around them and when swimming bounce sound waves off object around them in order to navigate within their environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Freshwater
Description
The Black Ghost Knifefish is native to Africa and South East Asia. It gets its name from the unusual knife type shape and has a long tapered compressed body.
The young are yellow in color with a few wide brown to grey colored vertical stripes running from head to tail.
The lifespan of the Black Ghost Knifefish is 3-7 years and can grow up to 12 inches but an average size is more likely to be 8 inches. Read the rest of this entry »
Description
Freshwater
The Silver Dollar is from the Characidae family which is closely related to the Piranha, but unlike the Piranha fish they have a lovely friendly nature and are not aggressive towards other fish. They are iridescent silver/grey in color with hints of red with a darker greenish grey colored back; the anal fin has a pale tinge of silver on the front fading towards the back. The dorsal fin is clear with dark spots and the body shape is circular, they have small scales, a small mouth and enlarged lips. Read the rest of this entry »
