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Blue
Acara
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.) |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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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Ref: [1] Aquarium
Atlas Dr Rudiger Riehl, Hans A. Baensch. Mercus 1996
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