Types and groups of freshwater ornamental fish in aquaristics
Types, groups and subdivisions of ornamental fish in aquaristics provide a quick overview of how and which ones can best be socialized. In the following we will introduce you to the different groups and also name one of the most well-known representatives of the respective genus. Here we provide an overview of the individual...
Suggestions and stocking examples for an aquarium
Suggested stocking and stocking Examples for a 54, 60, 100, 120, 200, 240 and 300 liter aquarium: As already explained in our guide to stocking and socialization, we would now like to list a few examples of how to stock a tank accordingly. We divide these suggestions into the individual sizes of aquariums. It...
Foliage in the aquarium: oak leaves and beech leaves
Foliage and oak leaves in the aquarium: the imitation of nature is one of the top priorities in aquaristics. Be it in terms of habitat or feeding the ornamental fish. With leaves in the aquarium you have a number of opportunities to get one step closer to nature. Find out what these can be...
Buy Artemia breeding or feed
Breed Artemia or rather buy Artemia? We would like to get to the bottom of this question in today's article, which deals with the feeding of ornamental fish. Be it what Artemia are and what you can best use them for. Or how to breed Artemia yourself...
Feed amount and frequency of ornamental fish
Feed amount and feed frequency: How much feed do the fish need? Can you overfeed your fish? Two questions which are very important in aquaristics, because the question of the frequency of feeding and the question of the quantity is usually not really answered by the pet shop...
Gourami, Gourami and Dwarf Gourami (Trichogaster)
The large family of labyrinth fish / climbing fish presented at Aquaristik.org: Today's guide is about the group of gourami. We don't want to go into a special species like the blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus), dotted gourami, marbled gouramis, thick-lipped gourami, mosaic gourami, moonlight gourami, honey gouramis or the dwarf gourami, but try...
Blackfin Molly (Poecilia sphenops)
Black Molly, Silver Marble Molly, Goldpuder Molly, Silver Molly and many more of the well-known blackfin fish can be found in domestic freshwater aquariums. These colorful viviparous ornamental fish are particularly popular in community aquariums. Today we present everything you need to know about Molly's ornamental fish. Profile, attitude and breeding are also highlighted....
Swordtail Xiphophorus Helleri
Everything worth knowing about swordtails: After we have already presented the most well-known live-bearing ornamental fish such as platy, molly and guppy and also the corresponding genera, we don't want to forget the swordtail. Therefore, in addition to the profile, there is information on the keeping, way of life, appearance and breeding of the swordtails. Nice...
Use cleaner fish in the aquarium
Put cleaner fish or disc cleaner fish in the aquarium: are there any cleaner fish at all? What are cleaner fish supposed to be? We have to ask ourselves these questions when we were asked about cleaner fish. Again and again one reads questions about stocking with disc cleaner fish. But do they even exist or...
Buy ornamental fish: What do you have to consider - shopping guide
Buy ornamental fish Buying guide: Do you buy fish online today? Or where do you buy fish? Where are the best prices? Lots of questions and here you will find the answers to them. Only recently we were able to present you with tricks and tips for buying plants and today it's about...
Dead fish in the aquarium: You should carry out these measures first
Dead fish in the aquarium - first aid measures: Like us humans, ornamental fish do not live forever and also die. A dead fish in the aquarium is basically not bad and happens regularly. Every aquarist should know that. On the one hand, the life expectancy of many ornamental fish is not exactly high and on the other hand...
Suggestion for stocking 54 / 60 liter aquarium
Filling a 60 liter aquarium: Again and again, the question of the right stocking and the socialization of ornamental fish is omnipresent and beginners in particular find it difficult to choose the right stock and the right stocking density. The small pools in particular make a selection all the more difficult. That's why we want...
Suggested composition Stock 100 liter aquarium 80 cm
Stock 80 cm edge length aquarium and 100 liter aquarium: examples of what stock in a 100 liter aquarium could look like are rudimentary, especially for beginners. They are usually unsure about the right stocking and also the optimal stocking density of the ornamental fish in the aquarium, so that we...
Harlequin rasbora Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Harlequin rasbora presented - Everything about keeping, breeding, socializing and caring for the harlequin rasbora. Some call them harlequin barbs and others call them rasbora. No matter what name is used, these fish from the group of barbels are certainly one of the most popular in our domestic freshwater aquariums. The...
Daphnia – water fleas feed in the aquarium
Daphnia as food: Today we would like to present a special treat for our ornamental fish, because daphnia or water fleas should not be missing from the diet of guppy or killifish. Daphnia also like to eat other types of fish. In addition, you can easily breed the animals yourself, provided you do so...
Cherry spotted tetra Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
Cherry spotted tetras or Perez tetras are certainly one of the most popular fish in community aquariums. Only in freshwater, of course. These fish have no place in brackish water. We will explain the detailed profile of the cherry spotted tetra and the keeping, breeding, origin and care in the following chapter. Let's always start with the origin...
Tubifex: Eat mud tube worms
Tubifex feed Live food or as dry food: ornamental fish enjoy a varied diet and the so-called Tubifex are also on the menu of many fish. In German, these microorganisms are also called mud tube worms or stream tube worms. The word Tubifex comes from the Latin and consists of tubus "tube"...
Honey gourami Colisa chuna
Introduction to the honey gourami of the group Trichogaster chuna or the honey gourami Colisa Chuna: Today we want to introduce you to a special representative of the large group of gourami. The honey gourami is certainly very popular with many aquarists. In this profile of the honey gourami, we will take a closer look at keeping, breeding, appearance and origin. How...
Suggestion for stocking 200 / 240 liter aquarium examples
Stocking 200 liter aquarium: Which fish can I put in a 200 / 240 liter aquarium, many will ask, which exactly this size either wants to buy or already has at home. We will explain stocking suggestions and examples of filling in more detail below. As always there is...
Red mosquito larvae
Everything about the red mosquito larvae (red muelas): Feeding fish with red mosquito larvae is the order of the day for many aquarists and in many aquariums. But what are red mosquito larvae anyway? Where do these occur? Can you breed red mosquito larvae yourself? How should you feed red mosquito larvae? What fish eat...
Platy or mirrorfish Xiphophorus maculatus
Platy or mirrorfish presented in the profile: Beginners love not only the guppy but also the platy. The platy can be found in almost every tank with a volume of around 60 liters or more. It is not only considered an excellent beginner's fish, but is also included in almost all suggested occupations. That's why we want the Platy...
Feeding ornamental fish - varieties and types of fish food
Feeding the ornamental fish: The diverse feeding options are a real test, especially for beginners in aquaristics. Here you very quickly lose track and are faced with the question of what is the right food for your ornamental fish, shrimp, crabs or snails. Therefore, in our first article on...
Alder cones in the aquarium: effect, collect yourself or buy?
Bring alder cones into the aquarium but why? Alder cones belong in every shrimp aquarium, at least that's what you read again and again from nano aquarium owners. But what effect do the alder cones have that makes them so important and that they belong in the aquarium? Should you also put these in a normal aquarium? How...
Storage of ornamental fish feed and fish feed
Storage of ornamental fish food and fish food: If you buy high-quality fish food and want to store the ingredients properly, you should pay attention to a few things. In this article you will learn what is important if you want to store fish food for a long time without compromising the quality. Especially if you want to buy in larger quantities to...
Catfish Ancistrus: Everything about the blue catfish
The blue catfish plecos: Today we want to answer all questions about the blue catfish. Be it the origin of the catfish, the keeping conditions, such as water values or the size of the tank and everything that needs to be said about breeding. The blue catfish is often kept in domestic aquariums. Most of time...
Blue-eyed pseudomugil
Fork-tailed blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), dwarf blue-eye (Pseudomugil tenellus), spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), Ivantsoff's blue-eye (Pseudomugil ivantsoffi), Paska's blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai “Red), red neon (Pseudomugil sp Red Neon), butterfly Rainbow fish (Pseudomugil signifer) and other species belong to the silverside family and some species are also kept in aquariums as ornamental freshwater fish. Everything you...
Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and Endler's guppy (Poecilia wingei): All about guppies
Guppy or Endler guppies: It can be said that this fish, which we want to introduce to you today, is probably the most well-known in freshwater aquariums. Not only because of its easy breeding, but above all because of its appearance. The guppy or Endler guppy is found in almost all aquariums and looks...
Socialization of ornamental fish: Which fish go well together in a community aquarium?
Again and again all beginners are faced with the problem of socializing their ornamental fish. Keeping aquarium fish in groups and socializing with others is not easy, because a few things have to be considered, such as water requirements and values, social behavior, origin and also territorial behavior. In...
Stocking levels of an aquarium - how many fish per cm and liter of aquarium water - stocking density
Stocking density and stocking strength of an aquarium: One of the most important questions when setting up an aquarium, apart from the technology and the aquarium itself, is the question of how many and which fish I should use. This guide is all about how much. Again and again one reads how much...
Scalar Pterophyllum scalare
Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare), marbled angelfish, Manacapuru redbacked angelfish, smoked angelfish, veiled angelfish, gold-headed angelfish, black angelfish and many other species of angelfish, as they are also called, that can usually only be distinguished by their appearance , attitude, care, background and needs examine concerns. On the Pterophyllum...