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  Nannostomus eques - Hockeystick Pencilfish

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  • Published: 21-10-13, 01:32 PM
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  Nannostomus eques - Hockeystick Pencilfish

  
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  Name:
  Scientific name: Nannostomus eques
  Common name: Hockeystick Pencilfish
  AKA: Brown/Rocket/Brown-tailed/Diptail/Tubemouth pencilfish/ Poeciliobrycon eques/ Poeciliobrycon auratus/ Nannobrycon
  
  Country of origin: South America - Peru, Brazil, Columbia, Guyana
  
  pH: 4.5 - 7.5
  Temperature: 22 - 28c
  Hardness: 18 - 179 ppm
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  Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis - red finned blue eye

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  • Published: 20-10-13, 05:50 PM
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  Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis - red finned blue eye

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis
  Common name: Red-finned Blue-eye
  AKA:
  
  Country of origin: Australia
  
  pH:
  Temperature: 7 - 28c
  Hardness:
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: high
  
  Maximum size: 3cm.
  
  Diet: Their diet is not well known, but they are believed to be omnivores.
  
  Breeding: Males: red fins Females: clear fins ...

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  Chlamydogobius eremius - Desert goby

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 06:13 PM
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  Chlamydogobius eremius - Desert goby

  
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  Name:
  Scientific name: Chlamydogobius eremius
  Common name: Desert goby/ C. eremius ‘gold’/ Gold desert goby
  AKA:
  
  Country of origin: Australia – Northern Territory & South Australia
  
  pH: 6.8 – 9.0 – prefer 7.5 – 8.0
  Temperature: 3 - 43c – prefer 20 – 28c
  Hardness: 90 – 357ppm.
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: high
  
  Maximum size:6 cm.
  
  Diet: They...

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  Benthochromis tricoti - Giant featherfin

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 06:09 PM
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  Benthochromis tricoti - Giant featherfin

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Benthochromis tricoti
  Common name: Giant featherfin
  AKA: Tang/ Giant featherfin/ Three lined cichlid
  
  Country of origin: Africa – Lake Tanganyika
  
  pH: 8.6
  Temperature: 25 – 26c
  Hardness: very hard
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: high
  
  Maximum size: 25.5cm.
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake or pellet food – they are micropredators....

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  Botia lohachata - Yoyo loach

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 06:05 PM
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  Botia lohachata - Yoyo loach

  
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  Name:
  Scientific name: Botia lohachata
  Common name: Yoyo loach
  AKA: Yo Yo loach/ Reticulate loach/ Pakistani Loach/ Almora Loach
  
  Country of origin: South Asia – India & Pakistan
  
  pH: 6.0 – 7.5
  Temperature: 19 - 27c
  Hardness: 36 – 215ppm
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: high
  
  Maximum size: 15.5 cm.
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake or pellet...

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  Bedotia geayi - Red-tailed silverside

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 05:56 PM
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  Bedotia geayi - Red-tailed silverside

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Bedotia geayi
  Common name: Red-tailed silverside
  AKA: Madagascar rainbow (although this common name is more rightly applied to B. madagascarensis)
  
  Country of origin: Madagascar
  
  pH: 4.5 – 7.5.
  Temperature: 23 – 32c
  Hardness: 0 - 268 dGH
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: high
  
  Maximum size: 10cm.
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake...

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  Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Bala shark

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 05:52 PM
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  Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Bala shark

  
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  Name:
  Scientific name: Balantiocheilos melanopterus
  Common name: Bala Shark
  AKA: Silver Shark/ Silver Sharkminnow/ Tricolour Sharkminnow
  
  Country of origin: Southeast Asia – Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo
  
  pH: 6.0 – 8.0.
  Temperature: 22 – 28cm
  Hardness: 5 – 12 dGH
  Water flow: lstandard
  Oxygenation: standard
  
  Maximum size: 35cm.
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  Bagrichthys hypselopterus - Black Lancer Catfish

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 05:46 PM
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  Bagrichthys hypselopterus - Black Lancer Catfish

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Bagrichthys hypselopterus
  Common name: Black Lancer Catfish
  AKA: Blacklancer catfish
  
  Country of origin: Southeast Asia – Sumatra & Borneo
  
  pH: 6.0 – 7.0.
  Temperature: 22 – 25cm
  Hardness: 10 - 25 dGH
  Water flow: low - standard
  Oxygenation: standard
  
  Maximum size: 30cm.
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake or pellet food – they are detritivorous....

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  Aulonocara spp. - African cichlids

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 05:40 PM
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  Aulonocara spp. - African cichlids

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Aulonocara spp.
  spp.Common name: African cichlids
  AKA:
  
  Country of origin: Africa – Lake Malawi
  
  pH: 7.8 – 8.5.
  Temperature: 22 – 25cm
  Hardness: 10 - 25 dGH
  Water flow: low - standard
  Oxygenation: standard
  
  Maximum size: varies according to species
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake or pellet food – they are omnivores. Some vegetable...

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  Aulonocara nyassae - African Peacock Cichlid

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  • Published: 18-10-13, 05:36 PM
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  Aulonocara nyassae - African Peacock Cichlid

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  Name:
  Scientific name: Aulonocara nyassae
  Common name: African Peacock cichlid
  AKA: Emperor Cichlid/ Peacock cichlid/ Nyasa peacock
  
  Country of origin: Africa – Lake Malawi
  
  pH: 7.8 – 8.5.
  Temperature: 22 – 25cm
  Hardness: 10 - 25 dGH
  Water flow: low - standard
  Oxygenation: standard
  
  Maximum size: 8 cm
  
  Diet: They will eat live, frozen, flake or pellet food –...

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