Tag Archive: fish care

Jan 24

Auriga Butterflyfish Care

Threadfin Butterflyfish

The Auriga Butterflyfish or Threadfin Butterflyfish, is a beautiful marine fish that comes from tropical locations in the wild. This saltwater fish is great for beginners and is easy to care for! These fish have gorgeous coloration of white, yellow and black. They have a black band that runs from the top of their heads …

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Nov 16

It’s the CORAL BEAUTY

Coral Beauty Angelfish

The Coral Beauty Angelfish is a beautiful fish! …No wonder why beauty is in its name. They have very vibrant colors and will make an excellent addition to any peaceful marine aquarium. Coral Beauties have a deep blue body with orange and yellow accents in the center. This is one of the easiest angelfish to …

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Oct 12

Banana Wrasse Care

Banana Wrasse

The Banana Wrasse is a beautiful saltwater fish that comes from Fiji and Vanuatu in the wild. In the aquarium, they should be housed in at least a 125 gallon fish tank. They have beautiful colors and will make a great addition to your marine tank! Before buying this fish make sure that your aquarium …

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Sep 25

Bursa Triggerfish Care

Bursa Triggerfish

The Bursa Triggerfish is a beautiful saltwater fish that comes from Indonesia. Their colors are stunning with a gray body, an orange line, yellow and blue stripes with a black spot on the bottom half of their body. Bursa Triggerfish are pretty aggressive fish so be sure you use caution when choosing tank mates and …

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Sep 21

HEY, IT’S DORY!

Blue Tang

The Blue Tang fish is probably the second most popular aquarium fish, right behind the clown fish as number one. This is due to the very popular Disney movie, Finding Nemo. I, myself am a huge fan of Finding Nemo! Dory is the name of the Blue Tang fish in this movie and has become …

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Sep 11

Golden Mbuna Cichlid Care

This is what I call the Black and Yellow Fish! Mainly because I’m from Pittsburgh! But, the Golden Mbuna or Golden Malawi Cichlid is a beautiful yellow, black, and white cichlid that comes from Lake Malawi in Africa. In the wild, they like to hide out in rocky areas with sandy/fine gravel bottoms. You will …

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Sep 07

The Beautiful Catalina Goby

The Catalina Goby is a gorgeous orange, red, and blue fish that comes from the eastern pacific coast of the United States. In the aquarium you can expect them to perch on top of live rock near their territory, they will stay close to the bottom of your tank. Catalina Gobies are very peaceful fish …

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Aug 30

UNIQUE Aquarium Fish!

Today, I wanted to talk about a few unique or different looking types of fish that you can keep in your aquarium. Let’s make a list of some weird fish, feel free to add a comment with a unique fish that you have seen in the aquarium hobby! 1. Ranchu Goldfish – Oh man this …

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Aug 28

Beautiful Rainbow Fish!

The Boesemani Rainbow is a beautiful freshwater fish that comes from Thailand. They are very popular in the aquarium hobby due to their amazing colors. Males have a blue head that fades into orange and yellow! Females aren’t as colorful but they have a beautiful silver coloration that will make a great show piece in …

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Aug 23

Compressiceps Cichlid Care

The Compressiceps Cichlid is a beautiful freshwater fish that comes from Lake Malawi in Africa. They are also known as the Malawi eye-biter, which makes it the only known predator to eat its prey tail first. It is given this name because it is known to bite the eyes out of other fish before eating …

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