Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cyprinid index How to look afterPuntius oligolepis Checker barb, Checkered barb, Island barb, (Bleeker, 1853) (Other members of the genus Puntius) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Puntius oligolepis small live-foods and fine grade […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterPangasius sutchi Pangasius catfish Fowler, 1937 (Other members of the genus Pangasius) ADULT SIZE: 30 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Pangasius sutchi live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from […]

Venezuela sits to the north of South America, but has a wide range of habitats in which fish live. The country includes part of the Andes to the west, coastal mangrove forests in the north, and much rainforest both lowland and higher altitude cloud forest. Many of the species most often seen in the aquarium […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterHemigrammus bleheri Rummy-nosed tetra Gery, 1986 (Other members of the genus Hemigrammus) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Hemigrammus bleheri small live-foods and fine grade dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterNeolamprologus leleupi Lemon cichlid (Poll, 1956) (Other members of the genus Neolamprologus) ADULT SIZE: 10 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-28 C FOOD: Feed Neolamprologus leleupi small live-foods and fine grade dried foods […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the killifish index How to look afterSimpsonichthys magnificus (Costa & Brasil) 1991 Simponichthys magnificus is one of the more colourful South American annual fish more images here (Other members of the genus Simpsonichthys) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterParacheirodon axelrodi Cardinal Tetra Schultz, 1956 (Other members of the genus Paracheirodon) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-28 C FOOD: Feed Paracheirodon axelrodi live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species […]

This page summarises breeding reports provided by visitors to this site, along with some statistical analysis. Please feel free to contribute – whatever your experience! 1 breeder has filled in a breeding report, a summary of which is shown in the graphs below. You can read the full reports here. To add details of your […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterHyphessobrycon bentosi Ornate tetra, White-tipped tetra, Bentos tetra, False rosy tetra Durbin, 1908 (Other members of the genus Hyphessobrycon) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Hyphessobrycon bentosi […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterBoehlkea fredcochui Cochu’s Blue Tetra Géry, 1966 (Other members of the genus Boehlkea) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-26 C FOOD: Feed Boehlkea fredcochui small live-foods and fine grade dried foods DISTRIBUTION: […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterPelvicachromis pulcher Kribensis, Purple cichlid (Boulenger, 1901) (Other members of the genus Pelvicachromis) ADULT SIZE: 10 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-28 C FOOD: Feed Pelvicachromis pulcher live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterAltolamprologus calvus Poll, 1978 (Other members of the genus Altolamprologus) ADULT SIZE: 15 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-27 C FOOD: Feed Altolamprologus calvus predominantly live foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Lake […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterHemigrammus erythrozonus Glowlight tetra Durbin, 1909 (Other members of the genus Hemigrammus) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Hemigrammus erythrozonus small live-foods and fine grade dried foods. […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the rainbowfish index How to look afterMelanotaenia praecox Dwarf neon rainbowfish (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) (Other members of the genus Melanotaenia) ADULT SIZE: 8 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Very hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Melanotaenia praecox live and dried […]