COMMON NAME Rosy Barb SCIENTIFIC NAME Barbus conchonius PH 6.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-72 F 18-22 C HABITAT COMMUNITY FISH TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy to keep good starter fish Males large and brighter coloured than the females
COMMON NAME Odessa Bards SCIENTIFIC NAME Barbus ticto PH 6.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 57-72F 14-22C HABITAT COMMUNITY FISH TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Mature males have black spots towards the edge of the dorsal fin COMMON NAME Zebra Danio SCIENTIFIC NAME Brachydanio rerio PH 6.5 - 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 68-77F 20-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Several varies available long finned and balloon the leopard danio is a morph of Zebra danio COMMON NAME Platy SCIENTIFIC NAME Xiphophorus maculatus PH 7.0-8.2 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-77F 18-25C HABITAT COMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Platy come in many difference colour forms and make great fish to give lots of colour to the aquarium COMMON NAME Angelfish SCIENTIFIC NAME Pterophyllum scalare PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish There are many different varieties available COMMON NAME Molly SCIENTIFIC NAME Peocilia schenops PH 7.5 to 8.2 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-82F 18-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish COMMON NAME Guppy SCIENTIFIC NAME Poecilia reticulata PH 5.5 to 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-82F 18-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish There are many different coloured varieties available don’t keep with fighting fish both sexes of fighting fish will nip the fins of guppies COMMON NAME Swordtails SCIENTIFIC NAME Xiphophorus helleri PH 7.0 to 8.3 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-82F 18-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish There are many different varieties available COMMON NAME Tiger barb SCIENTIFIC NAME Barbus tetrazona PH 6.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 68-79F 20-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Mature males have black spots towards the edge of the dorsal fin and females are large COMMON NAME Siamese fighting fish SCIENTIFIC NAME Betta splendens PH 6.0 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-86F 20-30C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep but sensitive to temperature changes There are many different types available now like crown tails Lyretails Half Moons Tri colours and many more in a variety of colours
COMMON NAME Paradise fish SCIENTIFIC NAME Macropodus opercularis PH 7.0 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 61-79F 16-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish There are black and albino forms available the fish is also a jumper so keep the aquarium covered COMMON NAME Black neon tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi PH 5.5 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 73-81F 23-27C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Females have a more prominent stomach COMMON NAME Red eye tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae PH 5.5 to 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-79F 22-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Females have a more rounded stomach COMMON NAME Glowlight tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hemigrammus gracilis PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 74-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Females are large and stronger with a rounded ventral section COMMON NAME Dwarf gourami SCIENTIFIC NAME Colisa lalia PH 6.0 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep fish but will not tolerate poor water conditions fish is a bubble nest builder There are many different coloured varieties available COMMON NAME Black ruby barbs SCIENTIFIC NAME Bardus nigrofasciatus PH 6.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-79F 22-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Males are larger and more intensely coloured female are fatter and don’t change colour during spawning COMMON NAME Eight banded false barb SCIENTIFIC NAME Eirmotus octozona PH 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-79F 24-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep Perform regular water changes to the aquarium males slender with reddish fins COMMON NAME Oscars SCIENTIFIC NAME Astronotus ocellatus PH 6.0 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-77F 22-25C HABITAT NON COMMUNITY - LARGE COMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Fish needs large filters to cope with the mess they make and large regular water changes needed. Generally easy to keep but grow large and require large tank and tank mates. There are several colour forms available COMMON NAME Mexican sailfin molly SCIENTIFIC NAME Poecilia velifera PH 7.5 to 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-82F 20-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep given the correct water parameters There are many hybrid colour forms available COMMON NAME Silver sharks / Bala shark SCIENTIFIC NAME Balantiocheilius melanopterus PH 6.5 to 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Fish is a jumper and easy startled COMMON NAME Black phantom tetras SCIENTIFIC NAME Megalamphodus megalopterus PH 6.0 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Females are beautifully coloured with red adipose pectoral and anal fins males are smoky glass grey with black fins with a larger dorsal fin COMMON NAME Harliquin rasbora / Red rasbora SCIENTIFIC NAME Rasbora heteromorpha PH 6.0 to 6.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-77F 22-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy fish to keep good starter fish Sexes can be distinguished by the shape of their markings the leading edge is straight in the females and slightly rounded at the bottom with the tip extended on the males male is also thinner COMMON NAME Black ghost knife fish SCIENTIFIC NAME Apteronotus albifrons PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 73-82F 23-28C HABITAT LARGE COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZEUP TO 50cm 19.5 inches SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Not an easy starter fish as they grow too large and very sensitive to water conditions Very long lived fish reports of up to 16 years COMMON NAME White cloud mountain minnows SCIENTIFIC NAME Tanichthys albonubes PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-72F 18-22C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Male is thinner and more intensely coloured COMMON NAME Silvertip tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hasemaina nana PH 5.5 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Male is thinner and more intensely coloured the tip on the anal fish is white and yellow on the females COMMON NAME Rosy tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hyphessobrycon bentosi rosaceus PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-72F 18-22C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish COMMON NAME Discus SCIENTIFIC NAME Symphysodon aequifasciatus PH 5.8 to 6.8 TEMPERATURE RANGE 79-86F 26-30C HABITAT COMMUNITY WITH PEACEFULL SLOW MOVING FISH TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Sensitive fish require good water quality and monitoring Both parents care for the fry and after a few days the feed on a secretion the produce on there skin there are many different colour morph available COMMON NAME Pearl gourami SCIENTIFIC NAME Trichopodus Leeri PH 6.5 to 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 74-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Males are more red in colour and have pointed dorsal and anal fins the hardest of all labyrinth fish and can live for up to eight years COMMON NAME Lemon tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis PH 5.5 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 73-82F 23-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish requires frequent water changes and soft water Male is has a black edge to the anal fin there best colour luminous yellow comes with the proper food like tetra pro colour COMMON NAME Plecostomus SCIENTIFIC NAME Hypostomus punctatus PH 5.0 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish can grow very large COMMON NAME Pristella tetra / X ray fish SCIENTIFIC NAME Pristella maxillaris PH 6.0 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 74-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish The species will not achieve maximum colour in hard water or brightly lighted tanks COMMON NAME Head and tail light tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hemigrammus ocellifer PH 5.8 to 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish There are 2 know sub species of this fish 1 Hemigrammus ocellifer false and (possibly H. mattei ) and 2 Hemmigrammus ocellifer ocellifer COMMON NAME Sterba’s cory SCIENTIFIC NAME Corrydoras sterbai PH 5.8 to 7.2 TEMPERATURE RANGE 70-77F 21-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Males somewhat more slender than the stouter females COMMON NAME Fairy cichlids / lyretail lamprologus SCIENTIFIC NAME Neolamprologus brichardi PH 7.5 to 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-77F 22-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish COMMON NAME Emerald dwarf rasbora / cross banded dwarf rasbora SCIENTIFIC NAME Microrasbora erythromicron PH 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 70-77F 21-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Very sensitive to water conditions if the water is too soft the fish become susceptible to disease Males are more intensely coloured and thinner females are pale and more convex COMMON NAME Red jewel cichlids / Lifalili cichlid SCIENTIFIC NAME Hemichromis lifalili PH 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-75F 22-24C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding providing water is kept around neutral Sexually inactive males are coloured similar females though they have a brighter orange-red hue on the sides of their stomach males in spawning colours a dark red COMMON NAME bristlenose catfish SCIENTIFIC NAME Ancistrus sp. PH 5.8 to 7.8 TEMPERATURE RANGE 73-81F 23-27C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Males have lots of antler type bumps on it forehead females have a row of short thin bristles COMMON NAME Neon tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Paracheriodon innesi PH 5.8 to 8.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 68-79F 20-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy undemanding starter fish Neons can live up to ten years COMMON NAME Silver Dollar SCIENTIFIC NAME Metynnis argenteus PH 5.0 to 7.0 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish but grow very large The anal fin of the male is longer and has a reddish tinge to the front COMMON NAME Coolie loach SCIENTIFIC NAME Pangio kuhlii PH 6.0- 7.5 ( ph 6.0 is preferred ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-86F 23-27C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish There are two sub species which only differ in colour COMMON NAME Clown loach SCIENTIFIC NAME Botia macracanthus PH 6.0- 6.5 ( will tolerate a higher ph ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-86F 23-27C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP - MIDDLE - BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish There are two sub species which only differ in colour COMMON NAME Rummy Nose Tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hemmigrammus Bleheri PH 6.0- 6.5 ( will tolerate a higher ph ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 73-79F 23-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish with frequent water changes COMMON NAME Gold Nugget Plec SCIENTIFIC NAME Baryancistrus Sp PH 6.5- 7.2 ( will tolerate a higher ph ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 71-77F 22-25C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish COMMON NAME Torpedo Barb SCIENTIFIC NAME Sahyadria Denisonii PH 6.8- 7.8 TEMPERATURE RANGE 65-79F 18-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish COMMON NAME Otocinclus SCIENTIFIC NAME Otocinclus Affinis PH 5.0- 7.5 ( will tolerate a higher ph ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 68-79F 20-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish Excellent Algae eaters COMMON NAME Green Barb / Half Striped Barb / Golden Barb ( Yellow Morph ) SCIENTIFIC NAME Barbus Semifasciolatus PH 6.0-6.5 ( will tolerate a higher ph ) TEMPERATURE RANGE 64-75F 18-24C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish The yellow morph is called the Golden Barb and is commonly identified as “Barbrus Schuberti” COMMON NAME Kissing Gourami SCIENTIFIC NAME Helostoma Temminckii PH 6.8- 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-82F 22-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish The fish filter plankton through their gills for added nourishment COMMON NAME Bolivian Rams SCIENTIFIC NAME Microgeophagus Altispinosa PH 6.0- 6.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 72-79F 22-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZEUP TO 8cm 3 inches SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish sexual differences only discernible when fully grown COMMON NAME Black Widow Tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi PH 5.8- 8.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 68-79F 20-26C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish A long finned variety introduced COMMON NAME Ornate Tetra / Bentos Tetra SCIENTIFIC NAME Hyphessobrycon Bentosi PH 5.8- 7.5 TEMPERATURE RANGE 75-82F 24-28C HABITAT COMMUNITY TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM FOOD SIZE SMALLEST ADVISABLE TANK Easy starter fish Male has an extended pointed tail fin
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