Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the labyrinth index How to look afterBetta splendens Siamese fighting fish Regan, 1910 (Other members of the genus Betta) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Betta splendens live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the livebearer index How to look afterPoecilia sp. Endlers Livebearer This fish may not be a seperate species from the guppy (Other members of the genus Poecilia) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 20-29 C FOOD: Feed Poecilia sp. […]

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 […]

Most aquarium fish fit into one of the categories below, but some don’t. For the full list please see the alphabetical fish index, or search for fish by country of origin. Catfish Characins Cyprinids Cichlids Killifish Labyrinth fish Loaches Livebearers Rainbowfish

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterMegalomphodus megalopterus Black Phantom Tetra Eigenmann, 1915 (Other members of the genus Megalomphodus) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-28 C FOOD: Feed Megalomphodus megalopterus live and dried foods. Black Phantom tetras relish […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterLamprologus ocellatus Gold shell-dwelling cichlid (Steindachner, 1909) (Other members of the genus Lamprologus) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-28 C FOOD: Feed Lamprologus ocellatus small live-foods and fine grade dried […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterArnoldichthys spilopterus Arnolds red-eyed characin, Red-eyed tetra, Niger tetra (Boulenger, 1909) (Other members of the genus Arnoldichthys) ADULT SIZE: 8 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Arnoldichthys spilopterus small live-foods and fine […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterScleromystax barbatus Bearded catfish, Banded cory, Giant cory Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Other members of the genus Scleromystax) ADULT SIZE: 10 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 20-25 C FOOD: Feed Scleromystax barbatus live and dried […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the rainbowfish index How to look afterMelanotaenia trifasciata Jewel rainbowfish (Rendahl, 1922) There are many strains (color varieties) of the jewel rainbowfish; some are very different from others more images here (Other members of the genus Melanotaenia) ADULT SIZE: 12 cm WATER CONDITIONS: […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the labyrinth index How to look afterTrichogaster microlepis Moonlight gourami Gunther, 1861 (Other members of the genus Trichogaster) ADULT SIZE: 14 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Trichogaster microlepis live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the killifish index How to look afterNothobranchius furzeri Furzers Notho Jubb 1971 (Other members of the genus Nothobranchius) ADULT SIZE: 8 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 25-30 C FOOD: Feed Nothobranchius furzeri predominantly live foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Zimbabwe, […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the labyrinth index How to look afterBetta splendens Siamese fighting fish Regan, 1910 (Other members of the genus Betta) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Betta splendens live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the killifish index How to look afterAphyosemion striatum Striped killifish (Boulenger 1911) (Other members of the genus Aphyosemion) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-28 C FOOD: Feed Aphyosemion striatum small live-foods and fine grade dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterSynodontis schoutedeni Jaguar catfish David, 1936 (Other members of the genus Synodontis) ADULT SIZE: 14 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Synodontis schoutedeni live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from […]