Top 6 Tropical Fish Types
Posted by PetLover on Apr 4, 2009 in Fish • No commentsTropical Fish Types
There are so many to choose from this was pretty difficult to put together but here are my top 6 tropical fish types. These are all freshwater – I’ll address salt water another time…
Neon Tetra’s
The Neon Tetra has a light-blue back over a silver-white abdomen and is characterized by an iridescent blue horizontal stripe along both sides from its nose to the base of the adipose fin. It has a further iridescent red stripe that begins at the middle of the body and extends to the base of the caudal fin.
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Most will develop an olive green sheen lining their backs. This fish is completely transparent except for these markings. During the night, while the fish is resting, the blue and red become silver and change back when it becomes active in the morning. It grows to approximately 3 cm (1.25 in) in overall length. They are best kept in shoals of four or more.
Red tailed Shark
Red-tailed black sharks have amazing colors and can quickly become the centerpiece of your aquarium. They are territorial and hostile but can be kept in community tanks with care. They are also quite intolerant of others in their or similar species. Having said that, many of the cyprinid sharks, including the Red-Tail, can be kept in groups if the aquarium is very large, there are many hiding places, and three or more individuals are introduced together.
Elephant Nosed fish
Teh elephant nosed fish is a dark brown to black in colour, with a rear dorsal fin and anal fin of the same length and a forked tail fin. It has two stripes on its lower pendicular and its most striking feature, as you might have guessed, is a trunk-like protrusion on it’s head. This is not it’s nose, but a sensitive extension of the mouth, that it uses for self-defense, communication, navigation, and finding worms and insects to eat. Should be fed on bloodworms.
Guppies
Guppies are just great and come in a variety of shapes and colors. While wild-type females tend to be grey in body colour, males have splashes, spots, or stripes that can be yellow, orange, blue, red, black, or even purple. Guppies are often bred for their natural color, so over the years the domestic guppy has grown weaker. As a result, guppies will sometimes die after 2-3 days after stress or pH shift. A guppy may not survive a sudden increase or drop in temperature.
Black Widow Tetra
This is an undemanding species which is great for first timers. A number of colour and long-finned varieties have been produced. They are generally peaceful community fish only occasionally nipping or being nipped.
Clown Loach
The Clown Loach has a long and laterally compressed body, with an arched dorsal and a flat ventral surface. Its head is relatively large and its mouth faces downward with fat, fleshy lips, and four pairs of barbels. Clown loaches can make a clicking sound when they are happy or angry. The body is whitish-orange to reddish-orange bands.
So thats it! My best 6 tropical fish types. Hope you enjoyed.
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