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Siamese Fighting Fish/"Betta"
Betta splendens
Siamese Fighting Fish/"Betta"
Betta splendens
Size: 2-2.5"
Temp: 76-81F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: solo, never multi-♂s
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Chao Phraya and Mekong Basins
Adaptable fish💪💪💪
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants & heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Chinese Paradise Fish
Macropodus ocellatus
Chinese Paradise Fish
Macropodus ocellatus
Size: 2-3.25"
Cool 55-73F❄️❄️❄️
Highly cold tolerant
Location: Top/mid
Society: solo or ♀♂pair, never multi-♂s
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Yangtze–Pearl River region, China; Korea and Japan
Adaptable fish💪
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants & heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Some will hunt baby/adult shrimps, others completely ignore them.
Blue Gularis Killifish
Fundulopanchax sjoestedti
Blue Gularis Killifish
Fundulopanchax sjoestedti
Size: 5-5.5”
Temp: 68-78F❄️🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 2 ♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Carnivore
Will eat small fish
Home: West Africa
♂'s Agressive
LID: Loves to jump💞
Short lifespan in 1<year wild, up to 5 years in captivity at cool 70-74F and expert care.
Royal Tetra
Inpaichthys kerri
Royal Tetra
Inpaichthys kerri
Size: 1-1.5”
Temp: 74-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Aripuanã & Madeira Basins
Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
Size: 2-2.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid water
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Colombia
Pastel Lily Tetras
Psalidodon xavante
Pastel Lily Tetras
Psalidodon xavante
Size: 3-4”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
fmr. Astyanax xavante
🚫🦐
Discus
Symphysodon spp.
Discus
Symphysodon spp.
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 6-8”
Warm 82-86°F🔥
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+, large to huge tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Sensitive🥲🥲🥲
Likes tall plants🌱
Slow movement🐌
Special care-Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Can make a clicking sound🎶
🚫🦐
Zhou's Scarlet Goby
Rhinogobius zhoui
Zhou's Scarlet Goby
Rhinogobius zhoui
Size: 1.5"
Cool 65-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 2+♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Guangdong, China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
♂'s defend a territory
Multies
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Multies
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Prefers hardwater- High pH
Size: 1.5–2”
Temp: 76-79F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 6+, a colony fish
(recommended: species only tank)
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Lake Tanganyika
Will dig up plants🌱
Needs empty shells as a home
Very territorial defends its shell home
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Can make a clicking sound🎶
Purple-fin Hillstream Loach Pseudogastromyzon laticeps
Purple-fin Hillstream Loach Pseudogastromyzon laticeps
Size: 2.5"
Cool 68-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm
Home: Guangdong, China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Kribensis Cichlids
Pelvicachromis pulcher
Kribensis Cichlids
Pelvicachromis pulcher
Size: 3-4”
Temp: 75-82F🌴
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: ♀♂ pair, monogamous💍
Eats: Omnivore
Home: West Africa
Adaptable fish💪
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱
Territorial while breeding
Can make a clicking sound🎶
Neon Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon lepidogaster
Neon Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon lepidogaster
Size: 4"
Cool 64-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: Borneo
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
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