Our Fish
Our Tropical Fish Tank now has several species of fish. The popular fish with the class are the Angel Fish, Neon Tetra and Borneo Sucker. The other fish are the Rummy Nose Tetra, Corydoras Julii and Black Widow Tetra.
Click on the picture to see updating pictures of 2R’s Tropical Fish Tank
Click here for a great aquarium site with lots of information (click the pictures to find the fish and the information).
May 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I love the fish.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Did you know that the Corydoras Julii like to gulp air? You will often see them racing to the surface of the water to gulp some air and then race back down to the bottom of the tank. When the air is in the stomach the wall of the stomach will absorb the oxygen for them to breathe. This is not the main way they breathe as they will still use their gills to absorb oxygen from the water.
The Corydoras Julii also like to play dead.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
The fish are so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep on feeding them and please please don’t let them die.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The tank is cycling and it is likely that we will have an ammonia spike and possibly loose a few of the less hardy fish.
The ammonia is produced from the fish’s poo and wee. Since the natural bacteria that converts the ammonia in the tank has not yet had time to grow in numbers the ammonia levels will go up.
To help reduce the loss of fish I am introducing bacteria from a bottle and I also have some special stuff that can quickly reduce ammonia levels when they do go high.
Lets hope it all works.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
MARBLE ANGEL FISH
- They are happy eating flake food, but really enjoy mozzie larvae and chopped up earthworms.
- Their scientific name is Pterophyllum scalare. (you pronounce it terro fillum scal are ee)
- the family name is chillade.
- there is no external difference between boys and girls….. you just have to wait to see who lays the eggs.
- the angel fish is peaceful when small but when they are big they eat smaller fish.
- small angel fish like to hide.
- some angel fish live up to 15 years.
- no two marble angel fish are the same.
- I think the marble angel fish is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Click here to see a wonderful video of Angel Fish.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:03 am
NEON TETRA
- The Binomial name (fancy way of saying scientific name) is Paracheirodon innesi.
- The Family name is Characidae.
- It is native to streams in southeastern Colombia, eastern Peru, and western Brazil.
- It likes warm-flowing (21–29°C) freshwater streams.
- It has a light-blue back over a silver-white body with an iridescent (glowing) blue and red horizontal stripe along each side. During the night,the color disappears as the fish rests—it reappears once it becomes active in the morning.
- Neon tetras are omnivores (meaning it eats meat and vegetables).
Reference: Wikipedia.org
May 17th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I love all of the fish and my favourite is the Angel fish.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
The scientific name is for a difrent tipe of a Corydoras Juli is
Hemichromis Bimaculatus.The family name is Cichlidae.These are two tipes
of species.African and Cichlids.The maximum size of it is 5 inches.
They usually live in African streams and rivers but you can also keep them
in a tank but remember it has to be 30 gallons.African and cichlids need to
have plenty of hiding spots.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I would love to have more fish.
May 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
TIGER BARB
- they are fine with normal fish food
- they are small enough to fit in the tank
- and i’m sure everybody will like them
May 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Ewan,
We would need to find out more information about the Tiger Barb if we want to put it in our aquarium. I thought I read something about barbs being aggressive to other fish.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am
That video of the angle fish is so rocking MR REES
May 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
tHE RUMMY NOSE TETRAS SIENATIFIC NAME IS Hemigrammus rhodostomus.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I don’t know very much about the tiger barb because my granddad had them.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Maybe someone else can find out about the Tiger Barb.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
My grandma has some fish.
She has 3 baby guppys
2 zebra trtras
3 neon tetras
4 guppys
and she use to have a angel fish but it died
i’ve also heard that angel fish will eat neon tetras
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Your grandma’s aquarium has a good mix of fish.
You are right about Angel Fish eating the Neon Tetras. At the moment our Angel Fish are very small. It hopeful that they will get used to the Neon Tetras swimming about and not eat them when they get bigger. If they do we will need to return the Angel Fish back to the shop.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Rummy Nose Tetra
Did you know that Rummy Nose Tetras need to be keep in a big
Area. They can be sensitive to rapid changes in the water conditions.
Rummy Nose Tetra should be kept in schools.
Rummy Nose Tetra will accept most food sources including flake food.
Rummy Nose Tetra are hard to breed. They require very soft and slightly acidic water to breed. Fishes that are aquarium breed are often easier to breed. They are egg scatterers and should be removed from the breeding aquarium once the egg laying is completed. The fry hatches within a few days
May 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I’m going to get some fish
i want to get some tiger barbs (only two or three)
some guppys (two males and two females)
I want a corydoras julii
and i would like some neon tetras
a clown loach
and a pakistani loach (or the yo-yo loach)
a angel fish
i don’t know about the rummy nose tetra because i have a small tank
when i was three we had goldfish. I saw all the fish sleeping and i thought they were dead. so i flushed them down the toilet.
May 25th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
That sounds great Ewan, except the bit about the goldfish.
You will need to be careful with the barbs and watch they don’t nip at the other fish.
The Clown Loach is one of my favourite fish and will grow very big. I have seen them the size of my foot.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I really like the Fish Mr rees. I just can’t resist looking at them.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I really like the fighting fish.
I also like the neon tetras, guppy ’s and the pakastani loaches.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
The Tiger Barb is silver/gold with black stripes and orange accented fins. They are a very lively, playful fish that prefers to be in schools.
They prefer a well-planted tank of at least 30 gallons with soft, slightly acidic water. Rocks and driftwood can be added to the aquarium, but leave plenty of space for swimming. The Tiger Barb is a very active fish that may pester or even nip the fins of larger, slower moving fish.
It is best, when trying to breed the Tiger Barb, to house a number of Barbs in the same aquarium until they pair off. After a pair has developed, the female will lay the eggs and the male will follow behind to fertilize. The fry will be free-swimming after about 5 days. Feed the fry newly hatched brine shrimp until large enough to accept crushed flake food.
The Tiger Barb needs to be fed a variety of foods including vegetables as well as meaty foods. Feed a quality flake food as well as live and frozen foods such as brine shrimp and bloodworms.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
he Betta is without a doubt, one of the most popular freshwater tropical fish. And it is easy to see why. The Betta is, first and foremost, brightly colored in shades of vibrant hues unparalleled among freshwater fish. Second, this member of the Belontiidae family is hardy when kept in ideal water parameters. Finally, despite their seemingly delicate beauty, Betta splendens requires simple care, which makes them a favorite of both beginning and advanced hobbyists.
Betta splendens is often referred to as Fighting Fish or “Siamese” Fighting Fish, since it has been bred over the years to be both colorful and combative, especially towards other males. As such, only one male Betta should be kept in an aquarium. However, smaller, shorter-finned - though often equally as colorful - females may be housed together with caution. The Betta should be housed with peaceful fish that will not nip at the Betta’s glorious, flowing fins.
An ideal environment for the Betta is a well-filtered aquarium that holds a steady temperature of between 75° and 86°F. Though the Betta is often sold in small bowls in department stores, for best care, Betta splendens should be kept singly in aquariums of at least 3 gallons. It also prefers a variety of hiding places amongst the foliage of freshwater plants.
The Betta can be bred in the home aquarium. For breeding purposes, males and females can be temporarily housed together. Once laid by the female, the eggs are placed inside a bubblenest and tended by the male Betta. Fry appear in about 24 hours and must be fed very small food initially, such as crushed or powdered flakes and newly hatched brine shrimp. Fry will also take finely chopped hard-boiled egg yolk.
Provide the Betta with a carnivore diet consisting of a quality flake food, frozen or freeze dried bloodworms and brine shrimp
May 28th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
e Lohachata Botia Loach, sometimes referred to as the Yoyo or Pakistani Loach. These fish can be identified by their four pairs of barbels, protruding from the mouth area, along with their silvery/gold coloration with black irregular striping.
The Lohachata Botia Loach is sometimes referred to as a scaleless fish they do infact have small scales that are embedded in there skin. The Lohachata Botia Loach is an active scavenger that is a semi-aggressive fish that enjoys the company of its own species, or other semi-aggressive fish. It will school with others of the same age and size. The Lohachata Botia Loach appreciates caves, holes, and other places to hide, especially when it sleeps. Because it originates from streams, it requires water currents in the aquarium.
The breeding habits of this species are not known, and successful captive breeding has yet to be recorded.
Botia lohachata requires small amounts of food several times a day. Younger Lohachata Botia Loaches will eat most prepared foods while older ones may be more finicky.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
The True Rummy-Nose Tetra gets its name from the red blushing across its nose and face. But its beautiful coloration does not end there. Hemigrammus bleheri has a mirror-like silver body and a jet-black tail striped with white. This color pattern adds a simple, yet striking beauty to any freshwater aquarium. The True Rummy-Nose Tetra is a peaceful omnivore that makes an excellent addition to community aquariums with non-aggressive tankmates.
Also known as the Banded Rummy-Nose Tetra, this fish native to South America thrives in well-planted systems. In addition to plants, decorate the aquarium with scattered rocks and driftwood to simulate its natural habitat. As with other shoaling fish, a school of six or more True Rummynose Tetras creates an impressive aquarium display. For best care, offer a variety of foods, including brine shrimp or daphnia, freeze-dried bloodworms and tubifex, micro pellet food, and high quality flake diets.
The True Rummy-Nose Tetra will breed occasionally in the home aquarium and a hospital or “breeding tank” will be necessary to rear the fry. Slightly acidic water is best for optimal breeding conditions. After the eggs begin to hatch, removing the parents will be necessary to reduce the number of lost fry.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:43 am
BETA FISHB
beta fish or betta fish are not big eaters but can be feed once or twice a day. They can be fed floating flake food, freeze dried blood worms, live black worms, or frozen brine shrimp.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am
betta fish
Betta fish is one of several genera in the Family Osphronemidae. The most famous Betta is the Siamese Fighting fish (Betta splendens). The word Betta comes from a local Siamese name for Siamese Fighting fish, “Ikan Bettah”. The contemporary Thai name for this fish is Pla-kad. Since Bettas – especially the Betta splendens – are so popular among aquarists, we have given these fishes their own section here at AC Tropical fish. If you want to read about the other genera in the Family Osphronemidae, you will find a lot of useful information in the Gourami section of the articles library.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
BETTA FISH
The Spotted betta, Betta picta, is the type species for the genus Betta, but as mentioned above the most commonly kept and well known Betta is another species – the Betta splendens. When the term Betta is used in everyday language it often refers not to the genus but to this particular species. Betta splendens is also called Siamese fighting fish and the males are highly territorial and will fight each other viciously if placed in the same aquarium. Betta splendens have been extensively bred and can today be obtained in numerous variations. There exist at least 13 different colourations and an abundance of tail configurations. A male Betta splendens can be easily recognised by his long and flowing fins. The females are without such extravagances, and they are also considerably smaller than the males – 1.5 inches compared to the 3-4 inches of the male.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
BETTA FISH
Beta fish or betta fish are not big eaters but can be feed once or twice a day. They can be fed floating flake food, freeze dried blood worms, live black worms, or frozen brine shrimp
May 29th, 2008 at 11:59 am
JUMPING FISH
People and sturgeons are colliding,” Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission official Karen Parker said.
Sturgeon, which is one of the oldest genera of fish in existence, have been leaping out of the water without warning and striking people.
“If it hits you, it is like being hit with a brick,” boater Karen Parker said
May 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
JUMPING FISH
Within the last 24 months, wildlife experts have documented more than 12 random strikes within a 40-mile stretch from the Suwannee to Manatee Springs.
Allie Katrick, 14, of Brevard County, Fla., was recently on a jet ski with her friend Kori Snitker, when a sturgeon leaped in front of them. The sturgeon’s thick armor-like skin sliced into her knee, requiring stitches.
The teens said they had a close call with a 200-pound sturgeon the day before the injury in an area where the fish were not expected to be.
“Even the locals were commenting they had not seen sturgeon that far north,” a witness said
May 29th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
NEON TETRA
The Neon Tetra is a popular fish among aquarists, and they are often referred to simply as ‘neons’. There is a slight difference between the sexes, the male being slightly slimmer than the female, who has a more rounded body.
Neon Tetras have a dark olive-green back and the abdomen is silvery-white. They are most recognisable by the two iridescent stripes on their side. The blue-green stripe starts at the Neon Tetras nose, and finishes at the end of the top fin. Below it is a red stripe which begins in the middle of the body and goes right down the tail. Neon Tetras are very similar looking to Cardinal Tetras, and they are often mistaken for each other.
Neon Tetras are small, peaceful fish, so do not keep them in an aquarium with any large aggressive fish which may trouble them. They are at their happiest with other Tetras, so ensure that there are at least 5 Neon Tetras together. They will also happily shoal with other tetras, like the Cardinal Tetra, Rummy-Nose Tetra and Glowlight Tetra.
Neon Tetra are great for the novice aquarist, as they are easy to keep, and should live anywhere from five to ten years in an aquarium. Neon Tetra can be bred in aquariums, and will lay a relatively small number of eggs which hatch within 24 hours. As with many fish, Neon Tetra will eat their eggs and their young, so it is advisable to remove the adults after spawning
May 29th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
NEON TETRA
The Neon Tetra is a pelagic freshwater fish native to tropical parts of northern South America. The Neon tetra originates from westerns Brazil, south-eastern Colombia and eastern Peru and wild Neon Tetras can be found in the headwaters of the River Amazon, Tiger, Napo and Yarapa. It is present in both blackwater and clearwater stream tributaries. You can however not find Neon tetras in the whitewater rivers that run from the Andes. The Neon Tetras have bright colours and an iridescent stripe in order to be visible in dark blackwaters.
A lot of Neon Tetras are caught from Rio Solimões. Rio Solimões is a name attributed to an upstream part of the great River Amazon; a part that starts at the border of Brazil and Peru and ends when the river converges with Rio Negro. (In Brazil, the name Rio Solimões is sometimes used even further upstream, but the name Rio Marañón is more common for those parts.)
The South American blackwater and clearwater streams and rivers have very soft and somewhat acidic water. The flow through tropical regions and the water temperature stays around 20 – 26° C (), sometimes higher. The commercial bred Neon Tetras have often been adapted to conditions that are very different from those found in their native habitat.
Today, an introduced population of Neon Tetra is established in Singapore
May 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Everybody, i have got a website for you!
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com
Have fun!
May 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I love the fish mr rees
May 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Great website Ewan!
May 29th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Zoe,
I don’t think I want to be swimming anywhere near that sturgeon.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
GUPPY
Guppy females are much larger and rounder than males. They even do not look like one species. Females are dull grey and males are very colorful and have large fins. There are many types of Guppy fish and with breeding you can get new variants. In size they are: 4.0 - 6.0 cm ( 1.6 - 2.3 in).
Guppy fish can be feed a wide variety of foods (flakes, Spirulina, lettuce, spinach, freeze dried foods, mosquito larvae). They eat almost everything. Guppies have small stomachs and can only consume a little bit of food at one feeding. By the way, it is entertaining to watch them eat larvae, which are almost as big as Guppies. They eat them like big spaghetti. It is best is to feed them in small amounts at least 3 times daily.
When males and females are together they will breed. The males will perform a courtship display in front of the female by spreading their fins and curving their body. The Guppies are livebearers. Fry can fend for themselves immediately after they are born. As a matter of fact, the guppy fry are a delicacy to most fish. Floating plants are good hiding places for fry. Female guppies mature in about 3 months, males mature sooner. A female’s period lasts about 4 weeks. They are quick breeders, so if you have only Guppies in the tank, they can over breed.
Guppy
guppy
fish require fairly warm temperatures (23-24 °C, 82-84°F), but they can live in water between 19.0 - 29.0°C (69 - 86 °F) and quiet vegetated water for survival. They are community fish. It is good to have more than 5 Guppies in a tank. It is recommended to have 1 male to 3 females. They seem to be annoying to other fish in the tank, because they often follow other fish around incessantly, but they do no harm. Only sometimes other fish bite their fins. And some big fish can eat them. So be careful what fish is in the tank with them. The water in the tank should be the pH 7.0 - 8.5 and DH of water dGH 12.0 - 18.0 °N.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I am going to get some fish.
these are what im going to get:
5 bristlenose catfish
a few guppys
1 angel fish
6 neon tetras
2 clown loaches
3 albeno corydorus
3 rummy nose tetras
thats alll
come to my fish party at june the 20th
hope you love them!
June 5th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
A name for our yellow one could be golden or something
June 6th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Sounds like it’s going to be a great aquarium Ewan.
June 7th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I love the fish.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:53 am
I looooooooooove the movie of the Angel fish.
June 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
IV’E GOT FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are a few species in my tank and I got 7 fish on Sunday!
The fish are:
Albino corydorus
feeder fish
bristlenose catfish
im going to get neon a rummynose tetras next week!
come to my fish party at 21st june
(Sorry Ewan you cannot put contact information here.)
if you want to see one of my fish click the link below
http://www.google.com.au
Then type albeno corydorus or feeder fish or bristlenose catfish or neon tetra or rummynose tetra or guppy. Then you’ll see what my fish are like!
June 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I think a name for the fish is kay/belinda and kayla:)
June 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I think some names for the angel fish are Andy and jef:):)
June 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
A name for the white angel could be Cutie:)
June 19th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I woudn’t mind some more fish
I would like swordtails
platys
cardinal tetras
June 19th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Coolies:)
June 19th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
A name for any fish could be swimma
June 19th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I think a good name for the fish are. wiggle flash ellie and flinly or chairle
June 19th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
an name for the shiney blue betta could be Mavel
June 20th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
A name for the stripy Angel fish could be Stripy.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
We have lot’s of pretty fish in our class. I had Two fish’s.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I would call one of the fighting fish Shark and one of the angel fish’s Angel
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I have neon tetras!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
June 24th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Bob bob bob bob bob
:) 
July 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
My mum loves fish. She’d love to take one home.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
My brother luke likes the fish.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
HI my fish are crazy! i put hats on them:(
July 17th, 2008 at 10:50 am
You put hats on them?
July 21st, 2008 at 10:22 am
I have a khuli loach!!!!!
in my tank i have
2 albino corydorus
1 bristle nose catfish
1 khuli loach
2 black widow tetra
2 glowlight tetra
4 neon tetra
2 guppys
3 feeder fish
July 21st, 2008 at 10:29 am
A name for the yellow crowntail could be Oscar
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
i like the name UNO for the short fin betta
and UFO for the one next to it
and bluey for the butterfly fighting fish
July 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I love the fish alot!
August 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
I am coooooooooooooooooooooool
oh and so are the fish!!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Did you know that Siamease fighting fish are in the same group as gouramis and paridise fish?
The family name is abantoid or abantid
When angel fish are about 7cm they are harmless until they are larger if not feed enough it will prey on smaller fish
The Corydorus Julii is one of the most common corydorus available
The disc shaped fish is a black widow tetra
Balck widow tetras grow 5.5 cm
Angel fish grow 10 cm
Rummynose tetras grow 5.5 cm
Neon Tetras grow 4 cm
Corydorus julii grows 7cm
Siamease fighting fish grow 7 cm Females grow 5 cm
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I once saw a Corydoras Julii go into the Chinese tempel when the chopstic olympics was on.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
The common name for the corydorus julli is the lepoard corydoras.
Khuli loaches like do dig into the gravel.
Glowlight tetras glow-in-the-dark.
Borneo sucker fish are a type of suckerfish. Suckerfish are a type of fish that rasp of alge. If there no powerful swimmers, the suck on the on the ornaments or the glass wall. They can grow large!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
KHULI LOACH
- They happily eat flake food, but really enjoy live food such as bloodworms, tubifex and glassworms.
- They are exelent commuity fish
- They like do dig into the gravel.
- They have such a eel-like aperance that it is almost impossible to catch them in a planted tank.
- Khuli loaches are a big help if you overfeed your aquarium.
- They do well in a 50 litre tank or more.
- They like to be kept in groups.
I hope we could have some in our tank!