Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterCorydoras adolfoi Adolfo’s cory cat Burgess, 1982 (Other members of the genus Corydoras) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Corydoras adolfoi small live-foods and fine grade dried […]

Megalomphodus megalopterus Like most characins, Black Phantoms enjoy livefoods, such as frozen bloodworm. This picture highlights the differences between male (foreground) and female (background). Note the redder fins and body of the female, and the rounder belly. Also the significantly larger fins of the male

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterAnostomus anostomus Striped headstander (Linnaeus, 1758) (Other members of the genus Anostomus) ADULT SIZE: 18 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Anostomus anostomus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the rainbowfish index How to look afterChilatherina bleheri Bleher’s rainbowfish Allen, 1985 (Other members of the genus Chilatherina) ADULT SIZE: 12 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Chilatherina bleheri small live-foods and fine grade dried foods […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterOtocinclus affinis Oto, Dwarf sucker catfish, Midget suckermouth catfish Steindachner, 1877 (Other members of the genus Otocinclus) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 20-26 C FOOD: Feed Otocinclus affinis a predominantly vegetarian diet […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the labyrinth index How to look afterTrichopsis vittata Croaking gourami (Cuvier, 1831) (Other members of the genus Trichopsis) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-28 C FOOD: Feed Trichopsis vittata small live-foods and fine grade dried foods. […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterHemigrammus caudovittatus Buenos Aires Tetra Ahl, 1923 (Other members of the genus Hemigrammus) ADULT SIZE: 7 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 18-28 C FOOD: Feed Hemigrammus caudovittatus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterPterophyllum scalare Angel Fish Lichenstein, 1823 (Other members of the genus Pterophyllum) ADULT SIZE: 15 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-28 C FOOD: Feed Pterophyllum scalare live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the rainbowfish index How to look afterPseudomugil gertrudae Spotted Blue-eye Weber, 1911 (Other members of the genus Pseudomugil) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-29 C FOOD: Feed Pseudomugil gertrudae small live-foods and fine grade dried foods […]

Salmon-red rainbowfish Salvins cichlid Schwartz’s Corydoras Senegal bichir Short-Finned Molly, Liberty Molly, Black Molly, Molly Siamese fighting fish Silver hatchet fish Silver prochilodus Silver shark, Tricolor sharkminnow, Tricolor Shark, Bala shark Silver-tipped tetra Skunk cory, Arched cory Spotted Blue-eye Spotted Rasbora, Dwarf Rasbora Spotted scat, Red tiger scat, Green scat Steel blue Aphyosemion Sterba’s Cory […]

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 afterNimbochromis venustus Giraffe Cichlid, Giraffe Haplochromis (Other members of the genus Nimbochromis) ADULT SIZE: 25 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Nimbochromis venustus live foods and small fish DISTRIBUTION: This […]

Low light plants Java moss, Java fern, and several of the Anubias species all do fine in low-light conditions. That is not to say that they do not thrive with stronger lighting, but in an aquarium with a lot of floating plants, or one with timid fish that prefer a dimmer tank, these plants are […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterAstronotus ocellatus Oscar, Velvet cichlid (Agassiz, 1831) (Other members of the genus Astronotus) ADULT SIZE: 35 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-30 C FOOD: Feed Astronotus ocellatus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]