Omega One Super Color Flake Fish FoodCurrent price: $9.29 Time left: 30d 32m Dried foods include the familiar flake food, pellets, tablets, and powder fry food. Nutritionally these foods are complete, in that (assuming they are in date and stored correctly) will contain all the vitamins and nutrition a fish needs. Obviously there are certain […]

Lake Tanganyika is the longest lake in the world, and the second largest (by volume). Like the not-too-distant Lake Malawi, Tanganyika is famous for it’s cichlids. Read our article on setting up a Lake Tanganyika aquarium. Altolamprologus calvus Cyphotilapia frontosa Frontosa, humphead cichlid Cyprichromis leptosoma species Jumbo Kitumba Distichodus sexfasciatus Clown tetra Julidochromis marlieri Julidochromis […]

Lake Malawi is famous for it’s variety of cichlid species, that inhabit different zones within the lake. These are some of the most colourful and interesting of all aquarium fish, and they are widely kept in large Malawi biotope tanks. Read our article on setting up a Lake Malawi aquarium. Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Freiberg’s Peacock Cichlid […]

Fish live in just about every aquatic environment on earth, from freezing Artic seas to warm tropical swamps. Captive fish are usually split into two groups, cold water (goldfish, koi carp etc) and tropical (both freshwater and marine species that inhabit the warmer waters of the world). Typical cold water species live in unheated conditions, […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species (Other members of the genus Carnegiella) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Carnegiella strigata strigata small live-foods and fine grade dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Peru AQUARIUM CARE: These small hatchetfish differ from […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species (Other members of the genus Oligancistrus) ADULT SIZE: 15 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Oligancistrus sp. L020 anything, a true omnivore DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Brazil AQUARIUM CARE: The L20 Oligancistrus catfish comes from the Rio […]

Its often said that keeping fish, is more often a case of keeping water. All fish have certain requirements when it comes to water, some are very fussy, and can survive in only specific conditions, whilst others can survive in almost any water, at the right temperature. The majority of fish are somewhere in between, […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species (Other members of the genus Hypancistrus) ADULT SIZE: 10 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Hypancistrus sp. L260 live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Brazil AQUARIUM CARE: A splendid looking catfish, from the Rio Tapajós […]

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Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species (Other members of the genus Barbus) ADULT SIZE: 7 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 20-28 C FOOD: Feed Barbus sp. Odessa live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Unknown AQUARIUM CARE: The Odessa barb has not been formally described as it […]

Newly hatched fry from many fish species require a diet of infusoria before moving on to brine shrimp nauplii – but what is infusoria and where can I get some? Infusoria is the collective name given to the plethora of microscopic organisms that dwell within a body of water; they hang out amongst plants and […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species Pictures of other species here The marbled hatchetfish spends its time at the surface of the aquarium Carnegiella strigata strigata species details

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species BREEDING: Breeding is relatively easy; the fish are substrate spawners, depositing their eggs on plants or spawning mops. If left in a well planted tank, yound can appear with the adults. Have you bred Barbus sp. Odessa? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire? Sorry […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species Pictures of other species here Odessa barbs may actually be a cross between other barb specis Females show a lot less color than males Barbus sp. Odessa species details