Types of aquarium fish

The aquarium can become not only a house for your pets, but also a luxurious addition to the design of your apartment. In addition to a variety of aquatic plants and attractive accessories, the main decoration can be themselves aquarium fish. It is necessary to carefully study the description of existing species of aquarium fish and buy pets you like. And we will try to help you with the choice.

There are a lot of species of aquarium fish, let's look at the most popular and common ones.

The most popular species of peaceful aquarium fish are guppies . These very unpretentious fish will be ideal pets for beginners aquarists. Guppies come in a variety of colors, undemanding in nutrition and conditions of detention. These fish are viviparous.

Also very common are such fish as neon . They feed mainly on live food, but no less willing to eat dry and frozen food. Neons are of several types: black, red, ordinary and blue. These fish are very friendly and mobile, for their maintenance any aquarium will suit.

Perfect neighbors for the neon will become similar to them in terms of nutrition and content cardinals .

Very popular among aquarium skalarii . But beginners in this matter it is better to start with simpler fish. The fact that the scalars are very demanding in matters of care, nutrition, and they need the aquarium is not small in size. But if you are not afraid of difficulties and there is the opportunity to purchase the aquarium of the right size - the scalars will give you a lot of positive emotions, because these are very beautiful fish with a rather unusual shape of the body.

Goldfish become frequent inhabitants of aquariums. Among the most famous types of aquarium goldfish are such species as a telescope, a red cap, an ordinary goldfish. In conditions of detention they are rather unpretentious, omnivorous. Goldfish grow large enough, so they need a large aquarium. Expect that, for example, 4 fish require an aquarium with a volume of 60 liters.

In addition to guppies, viviparous aquarium fish include the following species:

• swordsmen;
• pecilia;
• xenotoxes;
• Limitations;
• molds.

These are the most common representatives. These fish are also not demanding in terms of content and are almost omnivorous. In addition, there is a rich selection of varieties of different colors and sizes.

There are also very small exotic fish, no more than two centimeters in size. For example, Killy-Fish, Tanganyi lamprecht, rice fishes, etc. But as an aquarium fish they are extremely rare, as the conditions for their maintenance are quite specific.

The most popular species of labyrinth fish are cockerels, lalius and macropods . All these fish without a problem get along with most peaceful aquarium fish and are undemanding in content issues. Labyrinth fish can breathe atmospheric air and, moreover, are exemplary parents.

The most common predatory Aquarium fish include:

• snakeheads;
• piranhas;
• astronotus;
• armored pike;
• spotted Indian knife.

Predatory fish, especially if they are large, will bring to the aquarium exotic and spectacular. Just do not be as neighbors to populate them with peace-loving fish, if you do not want to, of course, check out the hunting instinct of predators in action.