Firemouth cichlid (lat. Thorichthys meeki) is a tank fish of Cichlidae family. This species was named after American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek.
Aquarium fishes: American cichlids
Freshwater angelfish – how to keep, care, feed and breed
Angelfish (lat. Pterophyllum scalare) is a large, gluttonous fish that likes eating juveniles and prawns, though it’s rather good-looking and it has quite an interesting behavior.
Its high and flattened from sides body, rather varied coloring and large size – all these made freshwater angelfish one of the most spread and popular fishes among aquarists.
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Flowerhorn care and keeping
Flowerhorn cichlid is a unique fish with a very interesting behavior, temper and completely unusual appearance. Those who decided to keep fish in a tank have never regretted it.
Cichlids as a rule aren’t very critical when choosing their couple match, therefore they can make couples not only with their kind, but also with completely different cichlid types.
Oscar fish: how to keep and breed this aggressive fish
Oscars (lat. Astronotus ocellatus) is a large and bright colored cichlid from South America. Besides its large size and attractive color, oscars is also considered to be a very clever fish with interesting behavior. This fish is rather small at juvenile stage, but it grows fast to reach max size (up to 35 cm) and of course it attracts attention of any aquarist. Astronotus is one of the fishes which can be described as the fish with some kind of intellect and a character.
Fish will watch you doing your business in the room and you’ll see that it does it more consciously then other small cichlids.
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