Essential Tropical Fish

Anne Finlay

Description

Essential Tropical Fish: Species Guide is the essential guide to identifying and selecting tropical fish for your aquarium, providing a resource for both beginner and enthusiast. 

Compiled from years of experience selling fish in the local pet store and the fish trade, this book contains profiles for the most commonly available tropical fish, answering questions such as how big the fish gets, ideal water conditions, compatible tank mates, recommended tank sizes, tank setup needs, and dietary requirements for each species.

If you’ve ever been in a tropical fish store and unsure what fish to get, what species or what to ask the shop assistant, this book will give you the knowledge you need.

It is our hope that fish keeping will bring you as much fun and enjoyment as it has brought us over the years.

Sujets

• Especie
• Beginners
• Species
• Fishkeeping
• Tropical fish
• Profile
• La Mutante
• Aquarium

Informations

• Publié par: Elluminet Press Ltd
• Date de parution: 22 novembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781911174783
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Essential Tropical Fish
Species Guide
Anne Finlay

Essential Tropical Fish: Species Guide
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Temperament
Care Difficulty
Water Parameters
Temperature
Water Hardness (KH)
pH
Livebearers
Platy
Guppy
Endler’s Livebearer
Molly
Sword Tail
Loaches
Bengal Loach
Big Blue Botia
Burmese Polkadot Loach
Clown Loach
Dwarf Chain Loach
Horse-face Loach
Kuhli Loach
Skunk Loach
Yoyo Loach
Zebra Loach
Weather Loach
Cory Catfish
Banded Corydoras
Blackstripe Bondi Corydoras
Blue Corydoras
Bronze Corydoras
Dwarf Corydoras
Hognosed Brochis
Emerald Cory
Elegant Corydoras
Julii Corydoras
Bandit Corydoras
Panda Corydoras
Peppered Corydoras
Salt & Pepper Corydoras
Schwartz’s Catfish
Sixray/False Corydoras
Sterba’s Corydoras
Albino Corydoras
Plecos
Bristlenose Plec
Common Plec
Gold Nugget Plec
Leopard Sailfin Plec
Zebra Plec
Albino Sailfin Plec
Royal Plec
Blue Phantom Plec
Clown Plec
Other Catfish
Otocinclus Catfish
Panda Garra
Pictus Catfish
Whiptail Catfish
Featherfin Catfish
Striped Raphael
Banjo Catfish
Characins
Black Phantom Tetra
Black Neon Tetra
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Blood-fin Tetra
Buenos Aires Tetra
Congo Tetra
Emperor Tetra
Glowlight Tetra
Golden Pristella Tetra
Lemon Tetra
Neon Tetra
Penguin Tetra
Red-eye Tetra
Red Phantom Tetra
Rummy Nose Tetra
Serpae Tetra
Silver Dollar
Labyrinth Fish
Chocolate Gourami
Dwarf Gourami
Giant Gourami
Paradise Fish
Pearl Gourami
Three Spot Gourami
Golden Gourami
Pygmy Sparkling Gourami
Silver/Moonlight Gourami
Kissing Gourami
Siamese “Betta” Fighting Fish
Cyprinids
Black Ruby Barb
Checker Barb
Cherry Barb
Clown Barb
Flying Fox
Golden Barb
Odessa Barb & One-spot Barb
Red Line Torpedo Barb
Tiger Barb
Tinfoil Barb
Bala Shark
Red-Tailed Black Shark
Ruby Rainbow Shark
Siamese Algae Eater
Harlequin Rasbora
Danios
Giant Danio
Pearl Danio
Glowlight Danio
Zebra Danio
Glofish Danio
Angels & Cichlids
Altum Angelfish
Koi Angelfish
Gold Angelfish
Green Terror Cichlid
Oscar
Rams
Convict Cichlid
Jack Dempsey Cichlid
Bumblebee Cichlid
Blue Dolphin Cichlid
Kribensis Cichlid
Discus
Common Discus
Royal Red Discus
Red Checkerboard Discus
Rainbow Fish
Red Rainbowfish
Boeseman’s Rainbowfish
Neon Rainbowfish
Neotropical Electric Fish
Black Ghost Knifefish
Elephant Nose
Miscellaneous Fish
Common Hatchet Fish
Three-lined Pencil Fish
Butterfly Fish
Panchax Killifish
Parrot Cichlid
Unit Conversions
Conversion Tables

About the Author

Anne Finlay has had a life long fascination with tropical fish from an early age, starting off with keeping gold fish then moving on to tropical and marine fish.
This led to studying them further at college and working at a public aquarium maintaining the tanks and advising people on the various species.
Her experience of the hobby and the fish trade keeps her abreast of the latest developments and has become the basis for writing this book.
Fish are fascinating to watch and hope you enjoy them as much as we have.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all the staff at Luminescent Media & Elluminet Press for their passion, dedication and hard work in the preparation and production of this book.
To all my friends and family for their continued support and encouragement in all my writing projects.
To all my colleagues, students and testers who took the time to test procedures and offer feedback on the book
Finally thanks to you the reader for choosing this book. I hope it helps you to use your mac with greater understanding.
Have fun!


Introduction

Throughout this book, each fish is categorized according to its temperament and difficulty of care or care level. This should hopefully help you when selecting fish for your tank.
This book contains the most common species found in most aquatic stores and is by no means exhaustive. A lot of species of the same family are very similar, they just have different markings so their needs and requirements are the same. If a particular fish is not in the book, look for a similar species.
First things to take into consideration are, the fish’s adult size, its temperament, compatibility with other tank-mates, and care difficulty. These are indicated in the book.


Temperament
Peaceful: Species within this category do not pose a real threat toward other fish, and are very passive and sometimes reclusive in nature.
Semi-Aggressive: Species within this category are normally active fish, and may occasionally chase or show aggression towards one another or similar shaped tank mates.
When placing Semi-Aggressive species in your aquarium, be sure to introduce them after the smaller, more passive fish have been established.
Aggressive: Species within this category are normally territorial and bold fish that should be housed with fish that are of the same demeanour.
Aggressive fish should be housed in a species only aquarium, and if you’re adding them to displays with semi-aggressive tank mates, they should be the last fish introduced into the display.


Care Difficulty
Easy: The fish in this category are not too demanding in the care that they require.
Most of these fish do not have any special feeding requirements and can tolerate a wide range of water conditions.
Moderate: Fish in this category demand a bit more care and attention. Some of these fish may have special feeding, lighting parameters and may require water conditions closer to those found in their natural habitat.
Difficult: Fish in this category demand a higher level care and attention with pristine water quality. Many of these fish have special feeding, water and lighting requirements.
They should only be added to an aquarium that is well established and running for many months. These species should be among the last additions to your collection.


Water Parameters
One of the easiest ways to keep your fish healthy is to maintain their ideal water conditions.
Make sure your aquarium has the correct water parameters and environmental requirements for the particular species you are interested in keeping. We have included some general water parameters for each species covered in this book. You can test these parameters using a test kit, which is readily available in most pet stores that stock fish.
While most aquarium