Interesting Fresh and Saltwater Fish
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Betta brownorum
This wonderful mouth-brooding betta shipment from the peat swamps of Indonesia arrived in perfect condition. This is a peaceful betta species that prefers a well-planted aquarium (driftwood, live or artifical plants, rocks or caves, etc) with other mild- mannered |
Betta brownorum |
aquarium fish. Betta brownorum requires soft water with a temperature range of 75-84 degrees.
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Apistogramma agassizi 'Fire Red' |
Apistogramma agassizi 'Fire Red'
If you desire a brightly colored peaceful dwarf cichlid for your community aquarium then this may be just the fish for you! We have these in adult pairs in limited quantities. Only one pair of apistogramma should be kept per aquarium but they are completely safe with other peaceful aquarium fish. If you neglect your aquarium, you should not purchase these fish. |
They require clean soft water that is low in organics (do your partial water changes!). These are accepting all types of prepared foods.
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A. cacatuiodes 'Double Orange'
As with the afore mentioned apistogramma species, these are also available only in pairs. This is one of the larger growing apistogrammas though they are still completely peaceful with other community tank mates. The same care should be taken with water quality as with other apistogramma species. |
Apistogramma cacatuiodes 'Double Orange'
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Super Red Kribensis |
Super Red Kribensis
This is considered one of the most beautiful of the Pelvicachromis pulcher otherwise known as the kribensis. Though this fish is somewhat feisty with smaller fish, they do quite well with species like sharks (redtail black, bala, rainbow), most gouramis, silver dollars and similar species. For the most intense coloration, offer this species an environment with plenty of caves from rockwork and/or |
driftwood. They require soft clean water to thrive and a well-balanced diet to display best health and coloration. Kribensis are hardy aquarium fish that move actively throughout the lower areas of the aquarium. They can be extremely territorial when breeding.
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Zorro Catfish
The actual name for this rare catfish is Platystomatichthys sturio but for obvious reasons we will use the common name Zorro Catfish. Though this fish has the appearance of a shovelnose catfish, it is actually more closely related to catfish like the spotted pictus. The �nose� of this fish is turn upward as if it ran into a wall |
Zorro Catfish |
at full speed. We can find no information as to why this fish has this �bend� in its upper jaw. The Zorro Catfish should only be kept with larger fish as it grows to about 18� and will swallow any fish that it can get into its mouth. Though they are only accepting live food at this time, it will likely begin to accept frozen meaty foods as they become accustomed to captivity. These fish are from the Amazon Basin in Brazi
where the water is soft and dark with tannins. Other than eating small fish, this catfish is quite peaceful and should not be kept with aggressive large cichlids. Instead, we suggest housing this fish with larger eels, knifefish, silver dollars, severums, geophagus species and other larger growing fish that are mildly aggressive.
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Blue Bellus Angelfish |
Blue Bellus Angelfish
Genicanthus bellus is one of the most lovely of the species. These are hardy angelfish but they are expensive. Angelfish of the Genicanthus family are one of the only angelfish groups we consider completely reef-safe. Pictured is the
female Bellus Angelfish but we also have a male in stock as well (pictured below). When offered a |
well-balanced diet of frozen and dried foods, this hardy family of angelfish will thrive for years in the aquarium. These are peaceful angelfish and should only be housed with other peaceful species.
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Ghost or White Ribbon Eel
While the Blue and Black Ribbon Eels very rarely live long in captivity (they refuse to eat), there is a similar looking eel just without the flashy colors called the Ghost Ribbon Eel (Pseudechidna brummeri) that will even accept food from the hand of its owner. Preferring meaty foods like silversides and fresh shrimp, these |
Ghost or White Ribbon Eel |
| eels will also eat small slender bodied fish that will fit into its mouth. Now this is not an eel to house with evil triggerfish and groupers but it will thrive with larger broad bodied fish on the more mellow side. The picture just does not do this elegant eel justice as it glides about the aquarium searching for food. |
Black & White Priolepsis Goby |
Black & White Priolepsis Goby
As juveniles, you may not give this wonderful goby a second look but once it reaches its mature color patterns as pictured here, this fish puts on a show in the aquarium. This rarely imported oddity spends nearly all of its time swimming completely upside down! We assume this is due to its love for hovering upside down under rock ledges waiting for the next feeding. Priolepsis nocturna is a hardy fish that is completely peaceful and also reef safe. These fish are only available a few times of the year. They eat all types of frozen foods. |
Clown Triggerfish
It is that time of the year again with the baby clown triggerfish are in abundance. Though these guys are fairly peaceful at this size, they will eventually mature and develop the typical aggressive nature displayed by most triggerfish species. But when they are small, they are easily beaten up by more aggressive species so be careful who you house them with as babies. |
Baby Clown Triggerfish
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Lineatus Clown Tang |
Lineatus Clown Tang
Now that Sri Lanka has returned to somewhat normalcy, fish dealer are beginning to receive fish once again from this area of the world. Clown tangs from Sri Lanka are more expensive but they are hardier than clown tangs clooected from other seas. Clown tangs can be belligerent and are best kept with larger more bold species like larger marine angelfish, |
squirrelfish, niger triggerfish and similarly mannered species. This is one of the most beautiful tangs but be aware that they are tough and territorial.
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