Platy's

Platy's are usually very cool looking fish. They usually cost around four dollars and they are supposed to breed a lot. Though in my tank they have never breed. I have had them for around three to four months. Platy's will almost always swim at the top of the tank. I have only seen them about three times when they haven't been in the top five inches of the tank. If you have a local fish store that sells freshwater fish they will most likely have Platy's. Thank you for reading my article, if you have any questions please comment.

Clown Triggerfish

Clown triggerfish fish are hardy aquarium fish. Sometimes juveniles have a hard time getting used to their new tank. Make sure you feed your clown triggerfish enough food so it will be healthy. You should probably feed your clown triggerfish three or more times a day. You should feed it frozen krill, frozen mysids, and cut seafood. When this fish is a juvenile you can keep this fish with non aggressive fish but, as it gets older it might kill other fish in the tank. You should only put one of these fish in a tank and they shouldn't be in a reef aquarium.  When this fish is a juvenile it can be kept in a ten gallon tank but, when it's fully grown it should be kept in a seventy five gallon tank. If you want other fish to be in the tank it should be at least one hundred eighty gallons. The temperature in the tank should be in between seventy four and eighty two degrees. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a clown triggerfish. Thank you for reading my post. If you have any questions please comment.

Coral Beauty

The coral beauty angelfish is good for all levels of experience with aquariums. This fish does really well in aquariums especially with live rock. This fish will eat grated frozen seafood, frozen fish eggs, frozen mysid, and frozen food for herbivores. This fish is not mean compared to other fish this size. If other fish are being mean this fish will have a difficult time acclimating if it hasn't already. If you have two of them you should introduce them at the same time. You can put this fish in a tank as tiny as fifty five gallons. These fish should be kept in a tank with a temperature between seventy four and eighty two degrees. If you have any questions please comment.

Picasso Trggerfish

The Picasso Triggerfish can be pretty easy to keep as long as you feed this fish enough. You should probably feed this fish around three to five times a day. When this fish becomes an adult you can feed it less. You should feed this fish frozen krill, frozen mysid shrimp, and chopped seafood. You will know if you don't feed this fish enough because the back muscles and the belly will look squeezed inward. As a juvenile this fish is pretty well behaved but, as it gets older it wants to hurt other fish. This fish can be kept with bigger fish. You should only put one of these fish in a tank. You should not put this fish in a reef aquarium. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a Picasso Triggerfish. If you have any questions please comment.

Yellow Tang

One really good fish for a saltwater aquarium is the yellow tang. This fish is durable and will not catch most fish diseases. If you're thinking about having a yellow tang, your tank should be at least 125 gallons. If you were thinking about buying other tangs, you should buy them all at the same time so, they don't fight. They will usually do great together if you do this. Yellow tangs will pretty much eat anything you feed them. This fish should be fed a plant diet. This includes zucchini, romaine lettuce, and nori. These foods should be on a clip on the side of the wall of the tank so, the yellow tang can eat it. This fish usually grows to about six to eight inches. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a yellow tang. If you have any questions please comment. Thank you for reading this post.

The Discus

Discus are schooling fish that are peaceful. This fish should be kept in a tank with its own kind because of the high temperature it needs to survive. The only fish they can be kept with are other fish that do well in the heat. They should not be kept with angelfish because they can get diseases from them. Discus should be in a tank with soft substrate and floating plants. They should be in a tank that is thirty five gallons or more. Make sure you pay attention to the quality of the water in the tank. You should do water changes pretty often. Also, you should feed your discus live food so it's color is brighter. You can feed them flakes but, you should not feed them flakes all the time. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a discus. If you have any questions, please comment.

The Dogface Pufferfish

The dog face puffer is a cool fish that is difficult to take care of. One of the most biggest challenges with this fish is its teeth growth. The dog face puffers teeth naturally get worn down by algae and stony corals. Their teeth will not be able to function if you don't provide them with these foods. The dog face puffer comes in a lot of different colors. The most common one is a gray body with a white strip and a brown chin. This fish can grow up to twelve inches in length. This fish can do well in tanks with semi aggressive fish. After taken fish is acclimated you could put fish in like triggerfish. You can also put fish that are not as aggressive with this fish. You should not put fish like scorpion fish and frogfish because it would eat them. Also, this fish can unfortunately eat sea anemones, stony corals, crustaceans, sea urchins, and snails. Unfortunately, sometimes the dog face puffer will die even if you do everything right. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a dog face puffer. Thank you for reading my post. If you have any questions please comment. 

The Neon Tetra

The neon tetra is one of the most easiest fish to take care of. The neon tetra is a schooling fish and will do better when kept in groups. In my fish tank I have three of them. They are usually pretty hardy, so you should not have to worry about that. The neon tetra will eat food that you feed your other fish. They are tropical freshwater fish just so you know. If you have other aggressive fish in your tank, they may start swimming towards the bottom of the tank like my neon tetras. You can acclimate this fish how you acclimate the rest of your fish. The neon tetra is compatible with a lot of different fish. If you have read my previous posts you can see the other fish this fish is compatible with. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of my neon tetras. This picture was taken about five months ago. Thank you for reading this post please come back to read more. If you have any questions please comment.

How to Take Care of Your Fish Tank

Once you have different fish in your tank than your starter fish. You should start changing your filter every two to four weeks. Though it depends on what kind of fish tank you have. I have a twenty gallon Marineland fish tank. If your tank is very different from mine I would recommend asking the fish store you go to about this. I also change my bio wheel around everyone six months. Again if you have a different fish tank you should ask the fish store. When you need to buy supplies Marineland sells very good quality things. Thank you for reading my posts, please come back to read more. If you have any questions please comment.

The Red Tailed Shark

The red tailed shark is a very aggressive fish. Even though it is so aggressive my glass catfish and my rummy nose tetra are doing great getting along with this fish. Sometimes my red tailed shark will chase my small chiclids around but, the red tailed shark doesn't hurt them. I also keep small tetras with them and they are also all get along. This fish will eat regular tropical freshwater food. Even though it is called the red tailed shark its tail can also be orange. My red tailed shark has an orange tail. On the top of its fin you will see it has a little white which is completely normal. The red tailed sharks lifespan is from six to ten years. They will grow to be around to be four to six inches maximum. If you go to the bottom of this page you will see a picture of my red tailed shark. Thanks for reading my post, please come back to read more.

Strategies For Keeping Your Fish healthy and Safe

One strategy for keeping your fish safe is by putting a towel over any part of your fish tank that a fish could possibly jump out of. If you have a smaller tank use a smaller towel. I had two fish jump out of my tank before I used the towel. But, since I have used the towel no fish have jumped out. Another thing that is very important for freshwater and saltwater tanks is that the kh is just right. I would recommend testing your water for kh and other things about one a week. When you go on vacation and you don't know how your fish are going to be fed buy an automatic fish feeder. I have used it many times and it has been successful. I wouldn't recommend using the automatic fish feeder every day. In case you're wondering the automatic fish feeder takes batteries. The automatic fish feeder usually cost around twenty dollars. Thanks for reading my posts please come back to read more posts. Also if you have any questions please comment.

The Glass Catfish

The glass catfish is one of the most sensitive fish in the freshwater category. The glass catfish is one of the only catfishes that swims regularly. It is also one of the only fish that is see through. If you go to the bottom of this post you will see a picture of my glass catfish. I have had the glass catfish for about five and a half months. During the time I have had this fish, it has had ich twice. That is one of the reasons I keep ich medicine in my house. When you are feeding your fish you might notice there is food near him and he is not eating it. That is because their eyesight isn't that good. If they are hungry they will rely on their antennas which have feelers on them. Thanks for reading my posts I hope you keep reading them. If you have any questions please comment

What To Do When Your Fish Gets Sick

If you don't already have fish medicine I would recommend buying one at your fish store next time you go. The reason for that is because if a fish gets sick then you can easily cure the fish. Towards the beginning of having an aquarium is when the most fish usually get sick. Signs of different sicknesses. There are a lot of fish diseases one of them that I know of is not curable. That one is when the fish starts spinning like crazy and then it will go back to normal. Then it will keep happening for a few weeks until the fish dies. That diseases takes place in the brain. So  the best thing you could do is bring it to your aquarium store and they will let it die their so it doesn't spread. Another disease is called ich which you probably know of. This is when a fish gets white dots or smudges on its body. This disease is curable. The medicine is not to expensive so I would recommend keeping some of that inside your house. If you have a really expensive fish and it is sick I would recommend calling your fish store for immediate help in case they know of a medicine that will have a better chance of curing the fish. Thanks for reading my post. If you have any questions please comment.

The Emperor angelfish

The Emperor angelfish will vary on its hardiness in aquariums. Usually Adult Emperor angelfish have a harder time acclimating than juvenile Emperor angelfish. Something that will make it harder for an Emperor angelfish to acclimate is if there are reef bullies in the tank. For the larger Emperor angelfish they will be more reluctant to eating aquarium foods. Juveniles will usually be less reluctant to eating aquarium foods. You must feed the Emperor angelfish one to three times a day. The juvenile Emperor angelfish will not cause problems unless kept with a young or juvenile Emperor angelfish or one that looks like it. Young ones do not catalyze from other attacks from fish unless it is from a similar angelfish. This fish will chase other angelfish like the butterfly angelfish. If your aquarium is around two hundred and forty gallons you can probably keep an adult and juvenile Emperor angelfish in the same tank. When the juvenile is becoming an adult they may start fighting. You should probably have some good hiding spaces in case the fish gets scared. At the bottom of the page you will see a juvenile on the top and an adult on the bottom. If you have any questions please comment. Thank you for reading my post. Please read my other posts if you haven't already.

What Fish You Should Get When You Get Your First Fish Tank

When you get your first fish tank the first thing you do is find a place that has good fish tanks. Then when you go inside you should probably have an idea if you want freshwater or saltwater. Usually saltwater fish tanks are harder to take care of. Then if you pick freshwater you should get a log and a rock for fish to hide in. If you get a saltwater tank with real coral in it that should be okay. If you want to you could put a saltwater rock in your tank. When you go into the store you should probably know what size of fish tank you want your where you want it. I don't know that much about saltwater starter fish so I would recccomend asking at the store. My favorite freshwater starter fish is the golden shark. Another good one is the Australian Rainbow fish. If you go to the bottom of the page you will see that the top picture has the Golden Shark and the bottom picture has the Austrailian Rainbow Fish. If you have any questions please comment.

The Golden Dojo Loach

The Golden Dojo Loach is a very interesting fish compared to other fish. One thing that is interesting about this fish is that it doesn't move a lot. For example this fish can stay still for a few hours at a time. Or other days they can be moving around a lot. The Golden Dojo Loach rarely will swim in the tank. When this fish moves it looks like it is slithering because it mostly will move on gravel. If you go to the bottom of this page you will see a picture of my Golden Dojo Loach. This tropical freshwater fish will eat pretty much what you feed your other fish. This fish doesn't eat algae so don't expect it to. The Golden Dojo Loach lifespan is mostly from seven to ten years. They can grow to about twenty centimeters which is equivalent to about 7.8 inches. The Golden Dojo Loach will get a long with a lot of fish. For example I have a Common Pleco and a Golden Dojo Loach living together.  Be careful if you put in a really big fish with the Golden Dojo Loach because it might think it's a worm. Also some websites say you need a fifty five gallon tank but I have a twenty gallon tank and he looks very happy. Don't be suprised if you see it on the top of a real or fake plant or a heater because they do a lot. This fish is not sensitive like the rummy nose tetra. This fish can be called many different names another popular one is the weather loach. If you have any questions please comment. Please come back and read more of my posts. If you are interested in a fish and don't know a lot about just comment and my next post will be about that fish. Also tell people you know to look at my posts.

The Achilles tang

The Achilles Tang is a very hard fish to keep because of a few reasons. One reason it's hard to keep is because that it swims consistently. It also swims very fast which can be challenging. The Achilles tang should have a pretty big tank and have a lot of space. This fish requires a lot of water movement. If the conditions of the water are not right they will easily die unfortunately. This fish can cost usually between $180 and $380. The Achilles tang does live well in live reef tanks. It should be the only tang in the aquarium. This fish has a herbivore diet, it should be fed a wide variety of food. You should have some of the following foods on a clip on the side of the fish tank: zucchini, nori, and romaine lettuce. The Achilles tang is pretty much always eating. This fish can grow to eight to ten inches and lives between three to thirteen years maximum. You should keep this fish in waters between seventy and seventy four degrees fahrenheit. Here is a picture of an Achilles tang. I only have a freshwater tank so all of the saltwater fish pictures are off the internet. Remember if you have any questions or problems please comment. Thank you for reading my post.   

What To Feed Your Tropical Freshwater Fish

I feed my fish a variety of foods. I feed them flakes, bloodworms, and brine shrimp. It is good to change up the food because it keeps the fish usually healthier. It is not always good to feed your fish just the flakes. For example if you feed a red tropical freshwater fish flakes it wouldn't embrace its color as much. But, if you feed the red fish blood worms it would embrace its color more. It is very easy to feed fish frozen food. I am a 12 year old boy and I have no problems with feeding my fish. Almost all tropical freshwater fish eat the same food except for the ones that eat algae. How to feed your fish frozen food. The first thing you do is get your fish food and put it in a reusable plastic container. Then put some water in the container so it can thaw out. You should thaw out the food for about ten minutes. Instead of dumping the fish food buy a turkey baster and slowly feed the fish so there is less food wasted. I don't feed my Common Pleco anything because there is enough algae in my tank. But if you want to feed algae eaters food give them algae pellets or something similar to that. If you have any questions about how to feed your fish or anything about fish just comment. Or if you want me to write about anything. Thank you for reading my post.

The Common Pleco

One of my favorite fish currently in my fish tank is the Common Pleco. This fish is very different from other fish in a few different ways. This fish can live from ten to thirty years! Also, the Common Pleco's size is gigantic. It can grow to between twelve to eighteen inches. You do not have to worry about this fish eating other fish because it is an algae eater. If you were to buy this fish I would recommend buying a real wooden log becaus the Pleco likes to chew on it. I think that you can pretty much put the Common Pleco in you fish tank after you start putting more fish in your tank. The Common Pleco does not move around much. But, don't worry because that's what all Common Pleco's do. If you read my previous post you can acclimate this fish the exact same way. Usually when you buy a Common Pleco they will be pretty small compared to what they grow to. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will see a picture of a Common Pleco. My Common Pleco is currently hiding and I wouldn't be able to get a good picture. So I am using a picture on the Internet. My Common Pleco is only about four to six inches. But I have seen it grow a lot since I bought it. I do not feed the Common Pleco because there is enough algae in the tank. But if your worried there isn't you can feed it some algae pellets or something like that. The Common Pleco is compatible with my other fish. I have a golden dojo loach and they never fight. Also the Common a Pleco is a tropical fresh water fish. Thank you for reading my post. If you have any questions or concerns about your Common Pleco please comment.

The Rummy Nose Tetra

In my house I have a 20 gallon aquarium and one of the fish that are in my aquarium is the rummy nose tetra. The rummy nose tetra is a very fragile fish. You can easily tell if the fish is stressed out if it's nose is not red. When the rummy nose tetras nose is red then it is not stressed out. The more red its nose is the less stressed out the fish is. The rummy nose tetra life expectancy is from 3-10 years maximum. I would acclimate this fish for around the same time you do with your other fish. I acclimated this fish for a total of 25 minutes and it was successful. The first step of acclimating a fish is by floating the bag on top of the water for around ten to fifteen minutes. Then I use a turkey baster and double the water in the bag which for an average bag it is around two to two and a half times. Leave the bag there for about another ten to fifteen minutes. If you go to the bottom of the page there is a picture of my rummy nose tetra. The rummy nose tetra can grow to about 1.75 inches (4.45 centimeters). The scientific name for this fish is the Hemigrammus bleheri. If you are thinking about buying this fish for a very new aquarium I would not recommend it. I got this fish about eight to nine months after I had the tank running. Remember this is a tropical freshwater fish. If you have any questions please comment and come back and read more posts.

 

What my blog is about!

My blog is going to be about a bunch of different species of fish (freshwater and saltwater). It is also going to have facts about how to take care of an aquarium. I will also talk about how beginners probably should get their new fish tank. Also, if you have any questions just put in a comment. Or if you want to learn more about a fish also comment. Thank you for reading my first post. Please come back to look at more posts.