The Latest Fish Breeds For Your Aquarium

The latest fish breeds for your aquarium adds color and beauty to your fish tank. It feels good to see a variety of beautiful fish combination's in a tank that you can ideally place around some corner of your living room.

It is amusing to watch varieties of fish make faces and play games. Various fresh water fish breeds are easily available that can be utilized to decorate your aquarium. It is possible to get wide range of beautiful fishes that can easily live in fresh water.

Fish breeds need special care as they are highly interactive. It is the duty of their owners to keep the surroundings happy and the aquarium water regularly clean. Some of the varieties are accustomed to salt water while a few easily adopt fresh water. You should maintain a healthy and pleasant freshwater fish aquarium to keep them active.

The method to deal with the different fish breeds is more or less similar. It needs skill to handle these delicate creatures. Normally you can have a right biotope, appropriate plants and right aquatic fish for your aquarium fish care.


How to select a right fish for your aquarium?

For the beginners, it is helpful to conduct a research to see the availability of fishes. Things like needs, requirements and compatibility between the fish breeds placed in the fish tank have to be considered.

Lots of valuable information is available online that gives illustration about fishes by videos and images. Factors like temperature, size and water conditions have to be keeping in mind before buying any particular fish breed.


Mostly preferred fish breeds:

Usually there is a range of tetra fish that are better options for aquariums. For example Paracheirodon Axelrodi is a commonly preferred variety across the world. It grows up to ¼” and has red colored gills.

Tropical fishes are also famous for their utility and entertainment ability. Besides this, you can have African Cichlids, Barbs, Livebearers, Synodontis Catfish, Loaches, Cichlids, Tetras, Mailed Catfish, Labyrinthfish and Rainbow fish.


Points to remember to maintain a fish aquarium:

• Different species of fish tolerate water temperatures ranging from freezing to over 100°F

• Basically there are two types: Saltwater and freshwater. But some are physiologically adapted to both.

• Some varieties of fish breeds live in close groups called a ‘schools’ while some live lonely and come together only for feeding and spawning

• Fish breeds are classified as: Carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous while some are scavengers. Accordingly they are to be selected for fish tank.

Freshwater fish care tips

Fish can live for a longer time compared to other pets, if taken care properly. Beginners can have a lot of queries on how to take care of a fish. In this post are mentioned facts and tips for tasks starting from setting up a tank for your fish to the installation of other accessories in your tank.

• Before buying your fish, research on the type of fish you prefer. Collect all the information you can about the fish you are going to buy.

• Every breed of fish requires a different environment to live in. Buy the tank considering the size of the fish and how big it can get, as well as preplanned your tank for bringing more fishes into the tank.

• When buying the fish, make sure that it is healthy one. They should not display any signs or symptoms of being ill such as cloudy eyes or slim looking bodies.

• Inquire about the water temperature and quality as of the main tank of the pet store. Keep the new freshwater fish in the quarantined water tank for a while. Let them stay there till around two to three weeks before you shift them to a new tank environment.

• Keep the tank away from the windows, doors or any source that heats up. If this is not done, your tank can have drafts and the water temperature might change and affect your fish.

• Check the water quality regularly for the ammonia, nitrite and pH levels. Such imbalances could cause sickness in your fish. You can also add an automatic filter in your tank that would balance and clean the tank every ten days. These freshwater fish care kits can be purchased from the pet store from where you bought your fish.

• Feed your fish with the already prepared fish food available in the market. Store the fish food in a cool and dry place and check for the expiry date on the package.

• With the help of a net, remove the uneaten food everyday. Also clean your net thoroughly before and after you put it into the water to avoid the spread of a possible infection.

• Place a canopy or hood over the tank so that nothing can fall into the water and spoil it. This is done also to avoid the jumping fish falling out of the tank.

• While installing accessories for the freshwater tank, keep in mind that the water conditions should not be made poor by drastic lighting, inside or outside the tank. These lights could lower the resistance of your freshwater fishes to disease.