The threadfin rainbowfish is the perfect species for building a freshwater community tank. They are mostly passive creatures, as long as you make sure the fish grow up with shrimp in their habitat. You may want to keep larger shrimp separately since they may show signs of aggression. Overall, keeping threadfin rainbowfish with shrimp on … Read more
Adding shrimp to your home aquarium can be a great idea if you consider all the pros and cons beforehand. Shrimp will happily eat waste and any food that has not been eaten by the fish in your tank. This means that there will be no leftover food particles floating around in the water, polluting … Read more
When designing your home aquarium it is very important that you research and understand which creatures you can keep in the same tank. The last thing that you want is to invest money into creatures that bully each other or worse still that eat each other! As soon as different species are involved then a … Read more
When starting out your home freshwater aquarium you may be very enthusiastic about the different types of creatures that you can house. Colorful fish, shrimp, and maybe even some snails… However, these molluscs can very quickly become a nuisance for you and the other creatures in the tank as their rate of reproduction is incredibly … Read more
Scuds can be great for an aquarium, but they can also be dangerous for shrimp, snails, and even plants. Even worse is that scuds are good at hitchhiking into a tank via a new fish or plant being introduced into the tank. Because of this, you’ll probably end up with them in your aquarium. If … Read more
Also known as zebrafish, or even striped danio, the zebra danio is a type of minnow that is native to South Asia and is very popular with hobbyists for home aquariums. Here we will detail everything that you need to know about zebra danio fry. We will discuss their dietary requirements, the breeding process as … Read more
Many varieties of aquarium fish, such as goldfish, tilapia, and common pleco will eat duckweed. Adding these or other fish to your tank is one way you can control its growth and have a built-in food source. Other aquatic pets, such as certain types of turtles will also eat it. What Type of Fish Eats … Read more
It is easy to keep the majority of livebearers on the prepared foodstuffs that are widely available for tropical fish, although there are now specific diets available for them too. Flake food is to be recommended, as it appeals to the natural feeding instincts of this group of fish by floating at the surface. Mouthparts … Read more
Vision Each one of the Betta’s two eyes, located on opposite sides of the head, produces a different image. This is known as monocular vision. A Betta (which can focus on objects up to about a foot away) finds it difficult to focus both eyes on a single object. It, therefore, lacks depth perception. In … Read more
You can use just about anything that will hold water for guppies tank, but you should make sure it’s got a large enough opening at the top so you can get things (like the fish and a small net) in and out, and steady enough to not rock around or tip over easily. Some people … Read more