I have had pet Goldfish for 12 years, and finally advanced to my first tropical tanks (4X4X2) in Jan 1998.
Today I hold approximately 3000 litres in 18 tanks.
I am currently breeding Blue Acaros, Bristlenose catfish, Guppy, Swordtails, Tiger Oscars. Soon my breeding list will also include; crickets, yabbies, and other live foods for your pet, alternatives to live frozen fish.
You can learn that a fish can be more than a pet if you just spent the time teaching your fish. You can teach your fish things like; when feeding time is, how to behave in a community tank, to draw attention to problems in the tank, to do tricks for food, and how to show affection.
With this you will end up with more than just a fish, you will have a pet to keep you company. With your pet you will have loads of fun for you and your guests.
Guppy, Millians Fish
Poecilla retrievlate
Central America to Brazil
Male: smaller, brighter colours
Found 1908 C. Siggelkow, West Germany
Ph 7.0-8.5 hardness 10-30 dGH
Temperature 18-28C
Length 6cm
Sexual mature at 3 months old
Food: flake
(Ref: [1] pg 598)
Good community fish, bright colours
Breeds easily, also good as food.
Tiger Oscar
Astronotus ocellatus
South America
Sex Difficult to distinguish
Found 1929 Scholzet Poetzschke, Germany
ph around 8.0 hardness 10-15C
Temperature 26-30C
Length 33cm
Sexual mature 12cm
Live foods, Fish earth worms
(Ref: [1] pg 682)
Predaceous, hearty eaters of live food. Great to watch, not a community fish, friendly to owner and can be trained easily.
Tiger Oscars are an aggressive fish, fingers in the tank may become food, but a hand open in the water (t time) you will be able to pat a vicious animal at home. (prarana family). The tiger Oscar needs strict discipline, to show who is in control of the tank.
Fun community fish, good in groups of 3 and 4, as they swim sit formation and dart around the tank.
Albino Catfish
Corydoras
Found 1842 Jenyns in Brazil
Ph 6.0-7.0 hardness 6dGH to hard
Size 7cm
Temperature 24-26C
Food: Flake, pellets
Blue Acarao
Aequidens pulcher
Central America
Found 1906 Hans Steve, Hamburg, West Germany
Ph 6.5-8.0 hardness 25dGH
Temperature 18C-23C
Length up to 20cm
Sexual Mature at 5cm
Food live food, Flake corely
(Ref: [1] pg 671.)
Terrarvatial feed live food, fun to watch, with a pair easy to breed. Will interact with you through the glass.
Tank with fine gravel, rocks, roots to hide, egg layers.
Red Sword Tail
Xiphophorus
Central America
Found 1909 W. Schroot, Hamburg, West Germany
Ph 7.0-8.3 hardness 12-30dGH
Temperature 18C-28C
Length up to (female) 10cm (male) 12 cm
Flake food, brim shrimp
(Ref: [1] pg 607)
Community fish
Peaceful fish which, like to swim around, cannibalistic towards young, live barring very active when being fed. Will chase one another around. Good also as food
Bristlenose Catfish
Ancistrus dolichopterus
Tributaries of the Amazon
Found 1911, West Germany
Ph 5.8-7.8 hardness 2-30dGH
Temperature 23C-27C
Length up to 13cm
Sexual Mature 6cm
Food: vegetable tablets, algae
(Ref: [1] pg 486)
Community fish
This fish good cleaner for glass, wood, rocks, and a great algae destroyer. Not always seen.
Will call for food by showing defence display, males head grows horns (similar to a dragon).
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