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 […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterSymphysodon aequifasciatus Discus Pellegrin, 1904 (Other members of the genus Symphysodon) ADULT SIZE: 22 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 26-30 C FOOD: Feed Symphysodon aequifasciatus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterLasiancistrus tentaculatus Woodeating Lasiancistrus Armbruster, 2005 (Other members of the genus Lasiancistrus) ADULT SIZE: 15 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Lasiancistrus tentaculatus primarily a wood eater. Some vegetables and […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterCorydoras julii Leopard Cory Steindachner, 1906 Corydoras julii more images here (Other members of the genus Corydoras) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-26 C FOOD: Feed Corydoras julii small live-foods and fine […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterParacheirodon innesi Neon tetra (Myers, 1936) (Other members of the genus Paracheirodon) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Paracheirodon innesi small live-foods and fine grade dried foods. […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterPelvicachromis taeniatus (Boulenger, 1901) (Other members of the genus Pelvicachromis) ADULT SIZE: 9 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-29 C FOOD: Feed Pelvicachromis taeniatus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Cameroon, Nigeria […]

A biotope aquarium contains fish species (and plant species if applicable) that correlate to a particular environment, somewhere in the world. It is often difficult to replicate biotopes exactly, as we are all limited to availability of plants, rock types etc, so occasionally substitutions have to be made. It is not necessary to exactly replicate […]