http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:10:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_165" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rainbowfish"][/caption] Most rainbow fish originate from Australia and belong to the family Melanotaeniidae, while blue eyes are found on New Guinea and belong to the family Pseudomugilidae. (some blue eyes can be found in Australia and virse versa) A number of experts argue that rainbow fish and ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/rainbow-fish/ Livebearers are perhaps the most common of all aquarium fish. They are, together with the ubiquitous goldfish, the most common beginner fish. This is due to the fact that they are hardy and easily spawn in community aquariums, giving the keeper the joy of watching fish babies. They are also ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/livebearers/ Labyrinth fish are fish that can breathe atmospheric oxygen through a special organ called the labyrinth. This an adaptation that allow these fish to live in low oxygen environments in their native Africa & Asia. They are fishes in the Anabantoidei suborder and are also known as anabantoids. Labyrinth fish ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/labyrinth-fish/ The Koi carp, also known as the Japanese carp or Nishikigoi, is an ornamental version of the common carp. Just like the Chinese developed the goldfish from wild carps, the Japanese developed the Koi. The common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was introduced to Japan 400 to 600 years ago but Koi breeding ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/koi-carp/ [caption id="attachment_146" align="alignnone" width="248" caption="Devils hole pupfish"][/caption] Killifish, or killie fish as it is also sometimes spelt, is a collection of small egg laying fish. The group includes families such as Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Rivulidae and Valenciidae. There is a total of approximately 1,300 described species of killifish. Roughly ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/killifish/ [caption id="attachment_143" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Goldfish"][/caption] Goldfish are very popular aquarium fish and are sold in large quantities world wide. It is a man made fish that has been developed through selective breeding over a very long period. Goldfish has been bred in China for at least 1000 years. The regular goldfish ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/goldfish/ Cyprinids are fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. The name of the family is derived from ancient Greek and simply means carp. In this family you find among other things the carps, the minnows and the barbs. It is the worlds largest freshwater family with more than 2400 described species ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/cyprinids/ [caption id="attachment_137" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Betta Fish"][/caption] The name “Betta” has widely come to mean fish of one particular species, the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), but the term is really the name of the entire genus to which this species belong. The Siamese fighting fish is just one of many members ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/betta-fish/ [caption id="attachment_133" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Common pleco"][/caption] The term Pleco traditionally meant Hypostomus punctatus, the Common pleco. However, during the last two decades the pleco keeping world has gone through a renaissance and there is now a wide variety of related species available in the trade. The term pleco has therefore changed ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/pleco/ Harlequin Shrimp - Caridina spongicola Origin: Sulawesi, Indonesia Size: 0.25 to 0.5 in / 0.6 – 1.25 cm Temperature: 78 - 85 °F / 25.5-29 °C pH: 7.0 - 8.5 Behaviour: non-aggressive The Harlequin shrimp originates from the island Sulawesi in Indonesia where it is collected from a number of freshwater lakes. It lives in freshwater ... http://www.tropicalfishaholic.com/harlequin-shrimp/