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Corydoras Catfish. The Peppered Cory
is a delightful, modestly sized catfish that is perfect
for a beginner's aquarium. It is an armored catfishe
with two main rows of overlapping, bony plates on its
body. They are a schooling breed that should be
kept in groups of at least three to best observe their
natural behaviors. They will be seen continuously
and industrially searching the substrate for food.
Thye will accept a wide variety of meaty and herbivore
aquarium fare, including flakes and pellets, especially
those specifically designed for cory catfish. |
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Harlequin Rasbora. One of the
classic aquarium fishes, the Harlequin Rasbora is
considered by many to be the Rasbora and an ideal
choice for the peaceful community. The distinctive
black triangle on its side is a hallmark of the species.
It prefers an environment with areas of dense vegetation
and driftwood, lots of open space for swimming, a dark
substrate, and a cover of floating plants to produce
subdued lighting. The Harlequin Rasbora will
enthusiastically accept most prepared foods, including
good-quality flakes and pellets, but will need
occasional feedings of frozen and live foods. |
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Bloodfin Tetra. The Bloodfin Tetra
is great schooling fish and a relatively long lived
tetra—up to 10 years. Males have a small hook on
the anal fin and a more slender body. Bloodfin
Tetras are extremely active schooling fishes that should
be kept in groups of at least four or five. They
mix well with most other community tank residents,
including barbs and other tetras. It is not
particularly finicky and will accept a varied diet of
all types of commercial meaty fare, including flakes,
pellets, freeze-dried, frozen and live foods. |
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Peppered Corydoras
Catfish |
Harlequin
Rasbora
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Bloodfin
Tetra
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Gold Barb. The Gold Barb is an
active, out-going fish. Decades of selective
breeding have transformed the rather plain wild fish
into glittering aquarium beauties. The Gold Barb
is a typical Barb—an active schooling species that is
best kept in groups of at least three. It is a
great fish for a community setting with other peaceful
and active species. The Gold Barb is a hearty
eater that will accept just about any aquarium fare,
including flake and freeze-dried foods. |
Black Neon Tetra.
The Black Neon Tetra boasts one of aquaria's most
beautiful and unusual coloration. The body of the
iridescent Black Neon Tetra is an elegant blend of deep
obsidian black paired with a contrasting bright, neon
horizontal stripe of yellow-green. A fluorescent
orange marking above its eyes completes the telltale
markings of the Black Neon Tetra. Praised for its
peaceful nature, the Black Neon Tetra is a great
addition to any soft water community aquarium. The
Black Neon Tetra will accept many small foods such as
brine shrimp or daphnia, freeze-dried bloodworms and
tubifex, micro pellet food, and a high quality flake
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Lemon Tetra. The Lemon Tetra is a
subtle beauty, with a translucent body with a faint
yellowish tinge. But it is the intense yellow
coloration of this fish’s anal fin that makes it so
popular among tetra enthusiasts and gives it its species
name—pulchripinnis means “pretty fin.” Lemon
Tetras are a peaceful, schooling fish that are easily
maintained in a community tank with other schooling
characins of a similar size, as well as other
mild-mannered community tankmates. Provide a
varied diet that includes all types of prepared foods
like good-quality flakes, as well as freeze-dried,
frozen and live foods like Daphnia and bloodworms. |
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Gold
Barb |
Black Neon
Tetra |
Lemon
Tetra |
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Silver Angelfish. The stately and
ever-graceful Angelfish is an icon of the aquarium
hobby, even recognized by non-aquarists. They do
best in their own species tank or in large community
aquariums where they have room to establish their own
territory and plenty of structure in the form of tall
plants and driftwood. Angelfish are carnivores and
voracious feeders that will accept a wide variety of
frozen and prepared foods. When young, they live
in schools, but pair off at about 9 months of age, after
which the pairs typically become quite territorial and
aggressive. |
Tiger Barb. The The Tiger Barb is a
wonderful little fish with distinctive stripes and a
spirited personality. A large school makes an
impressive display. It looks best against a
background of aquatic plants. It makes little
difference if the plants are live or plastic, as the
Tiger Barb is not known to be tough on greenery.
What is important is to leave plenty of open areas for
swimming. Tiger Barbs are good eaters that will
accept any aquarium fare they can fit in their mouths,
including flakes and pellets. Supplement their
diets with frozen and live foods, such as brine shrimp
and black worms, and include vegetable matter like
Spirulina-based foods. |
Zebra Danio. The Zebra Danio has
been kept by tropical fish fanciers for more than a
century and still ranks as one of the best-liked and
hardy beginner’s species. When kept in schools, as
it should be, it puts on a constant show of flashing
stripes without threatening other peaceful fishes.
It prefers a well-lighted aquarium with good circulation
and lots of open area in the center for swimming.
The Zebra Danio will accept most aquarium foods,
including flakes, freeze-dried and frozen. |
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Silver
Angelfish |
Tiger
Barb |
Zebra
Danio |
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Cherry Barb. A classic aquarium
species, this small, slender Barb is torpedo-shaped with
chameleon-like color variations in different conditions
and different strains. The female is often light,
iridescent pink, while the male is darker. The
anal and tail fins of the male are bright cherry red.
The Cherry Barb is a timid, schooling species that
should be kept in groups of at least four with smaller
community tank residents. The Cherry Barb feeds
mostly on vegetable matter, but will accept a wide
variety of prepared aquarium fare, including
good-quality flakes. |
Serpae Tetra. A mainstay of the
tropical aquarium world for decades, this is a great
community tank fish and beautiful fish than can be
recommended to beginning aquarists. It should be
kept in groups, ideally 5 to 7 or more. It prefers
quiet waters with plantings offering shelter along the
back wall, some driftwood structure, and open swimming
space in midground and front. It will take most
fish foods, including bloodworms, brine shrimp, mosquito
larvae, and dried preparations. |
Red Tail Black Shark. The Red tail shark is
very popular in freshwater tropical aquariums. It is
very beautiful with a vibrantly red tail that contrasts
against a pitch black body. It is best to keep
only one of these fish in your tank because they will
become very aggressive and territorial towards each
other. Provide your Red Tail Shark with many
hiding places to help make them feel secure and have a
tight fitting hood because they are also known to be
excellent jumpers. They love to scavenge and will
accept most fish foods including flakes, frozen, freeze
dried and live foods. |
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Cherry
Barb |
Serpae
Tetra |
Red Tail
Black Shark |
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