Aquarium Care Guides
996 articles- Breeding Ivantsoff's Blue-eye (Pseudomugil ivantsoffi)Breeding Pseudomugil ivantsoffi, an endangered Western Papua blue-eye: sexing, plant or mop spawning with daily eggs and rearing the tiny fr
- Breeding Paska's Blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai)Breeding Pseudomugil paskai from the Fly River: sexing, soft slightly acidic plant or mop spawning, daily eggs and fry care.
- Breeding Pacific Blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer)Breeding Pseudomugil signifer: sexing by male finnage, daily adhesive eggs on plants or mops, 10-21 day incubation and fry care.
- Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish Breeding GuideHow to breed Melanotaenia duboulayi, an Australian rainbowfish; a pairing plant-spawner whose adhesive eggs attach to fine vegetation over s
- Ornate Ctenopoma Breeding GuideHow to breed Microctenopoma ansorgii, a Central African bushfish that is a bubble-nester; the male builds a small floating nest and up to 60
- Betta rubra Breeding GuideBreeding the Rubra Betta Betta rubra: a Sumatran paternal mouthbrooder with a female-fin egg catch and a 10-17 day oral incubation; sexing a
- Betta channoides Breeding GuideBreeding the Snakehead Betta Betta channoides: a Bornean paternal mouthbrooder with a 10-21 day oral incubation, covering sexing and fry car
- Betta macrostoma Breeding GuideBreeding the prized Brunei Beauty Betta macrostoma: a cool soft-water paternal mouthbrooder with a long, variable oral incubation period.
- Betta albimarginata Breeding GuideHow to breed the paternal mouthbrooder Betta albimarginata: sexing, soft acidic conditioning, the spawning embrace, oral incubation and fry
- Argentine Pearl Killifish (Austrolebias nigripinnis) Breeding GuideBreeding the cool-water South American annual killifish Austrolebias nigripinnis: peat spawning, a 3-5 month dry diapause, and rewetting to
- Turquoise Killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) Breeding GuideBreeding Nothobranchius furzeri, the shortest-lived vertebrate and an aging model: peat spawning, embryonic diapause stages I-III, and wetti
- Humpback Limia Breeding GuideBreeding Limia nigrofasciata: sexing by the male dorsal hump and enlarged fin, algae-based conditioning, courtship, livebearing of 15-30 fry
- Velvet Red Swordtail Breeding GuideBreeding the Velvet Red Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii), a deep-red livebearer, with sexing, 24-30 day gestation, large broods, fry care an
- Lyretail Swordtail Breeding GuideBreeding the Lyretail Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii), a long-finned livebearer, with sexing, 24-30 day gestation, large broods, fry care a
- Pineapple Swordtail Breeding GuideBreeding the Pineapple Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii), a golden livebearer, with sexing, 24-30 day gestation, large broods, fry care and l
- Albino Guppy Breeding GuideBreeding the Albino Guppy (Poecilia reticulata), a red-eyed livebearer strain, including sexing, gestation, fry care and fixing the albino t
- Half-black Guppy Breeding GuideHow to breed the Half-black Guppy (Poecilia reticulata), a livebearer that drops live fry, and how the half-black trait is fixed by line-bre
- Breeding Cobra GuppyHow to breed the Cobra Guppy strain of Poecilia reticulata: a livebearer with internal fertilisation and live fry; line-bred for the heritab
- Breeding Garra rufaHow Garra rufa reproduces: a prolonged gravel/rock egg-scatterer with no parental care; most trade fish come from commercial farms, possibly
- Tancho Koi Breeding GuideHow to breed Tancho koi (Cyprinus carpio), a pond egg-scattering variety that spawns in spring; the single red head patch comes from selecti
- Showa Koi Breeding GuideHow to breed Showa koi (Cyprinus carpio), a pond egg-scattering variety that spawns in spring; the black-based red-and-white pattern comes f
- Veiltail Goldfish Breeding GuideHow to breed the Veiltail goldfish (Carassius auratus), a long-finned egg-scattering fancy variety triggered by spring temperature change.
- Mahnert's Stone Loach (Schistura mahnerti) Breeding GuideBreeding overview for Schistura mahnerti, a Nemacheilidae stone loach; aquarium spawning is unrecorded, with honest genus-level notes.
- Guntea Loach (Lepidocephalichthys guntea) Breeding GuideLepidocephalichthys guntea is a presumed seasonal spawner not bred in captivity; males show a lamina circularis on enlarged pectoral fins.
- Burmese Border Loach (Botia histrionica) Breeding GuideBotia histrionica is not home-bred; like most botiids it is commercially hormone-induced, with hybrids appearing in the trade.
- Long-fin White Cloud Breeding GuideThe Long-fin White Cloud is a selectively bred extended-fin form of Tanichthys albonubes that spawns as an easy cool-water egg-scatterer.
- Siamese Algae Eater (Crossocheilus siamensis) Breeding GuideThe true Siamese algae eater is not bred in home aquaria; trade fish are hormone-induced on farms or wild migratory spawners.
- Six-banded Barb Breeding GuideBreeding Desmopuntius hexazona, a soft-water egg-scattering barb spawned in dim, acidic conditions with no parental care.
- Clown Barb Breeding GuideBreeding Barbodes everetti, a large Bornean egg-scattering barb in which males develop spawning tubercles and parents eat the eggs.
- Long-fin Zebra Danio (Danio rerio) Breeding GuideBreeding the long-finned zebra danio: standard Danio rerio egg-scattering method, sexing, a dim egg-trap spawning tank and fry rearing.
- Priapus Danionella (Danionella priapus) Breeding GuideBreeding Danionella priapus: sexing by the male genital papilla, a Java-moss nano spawning tank, cone-shaped egg masses and tiny fry care.
- Axelrod's Blue Rasbora (Sundadanio axelrodi) Breeding GuideSundadanio axelrodi is a tiny egg-scatterer from Borneo peat swamps, rarely bred and demanding stable, very soft, acidic blackwater in heavi
- Strawberry Rasbora (Boraras naevus) Breeding GuideBoraras naevus is an egg-scattering continuous spawner with no parental care, breedable in dimly lit nano tanks with fine-leaved cover and s
- Yellow Congo Tetra Breeding GuideBreeding the Yellow Congo Tetra (Phenacogrammus aurantiacus): a Congo-tetra-pattern soft acidic spawn with weakly adhesive eggs; species-spe
- Longfin Black Skirt Tetra Breeding GuideBreeding the Longfin Black Skirt Tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi): black skirt tetra spawning biology, with the long fins as a heritable selec
- Cochu's Blue Tetra Breeding GuideBreeding Cochu's Blue Tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui): subtle sexing, soft acidic peat-filtered water, eggs laid under broad leaves, prompt pare
- Gold Pristella Tetra Breeding GuideHow to breed the Gold Pristella (Pristella maxillaris), an egg-scattering tetra: sexing, a dim soft-water spawning setup, egg scattering and
- Colombian Red Fin Tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus) Breeding GuideHyphessobrycon columbianus is an egg-scattering free spawner with no parental care; a well-conditioned female can lay up to 2000 eggs that h
- Synodontis grandiops Breeding GuideBreeding notes for the Lake Tanganyika squeaker Synodontis grandiops, a brood-parasitic catfish whose home breeding is not established.
- Corydoras napoensis (Napo Cory) Breeding GuideCorydoras napoensis spawns in the classic T-position, the female depositing single eggs in a pelvic-fin pouch; this guide covers sexing, set
- Heterobranchus longifilis (Vundu / Sampa Catfish) Breeding GuideHeterobranchus longifilis is a giant African aquaculture catfish bred by hormone-induced spawning and stripping, not in home aquaria.
- Loricaria simillima Breeding GuideBreeding the Marbled Whiptail (Loricaria simillima): a paternal lip-brooder where the male carries eggs in his lower lip for 10-15 days whil
- Leporacanthicus joselimai (L264) Breeding GuideBreeding the Sultan Pleco (L264): a Rio Tapajos cave-spawner that has been bred in the hobby, with paternal cave care resembling Ancistrus o
- Pseudacanthicus leopardus (L114) Breeding GuideHow to breed the Leopard Cactus Pleco (L114): a cave-spawning loricariid with paternal egg care, demanding warm, soft water and dedicated ro
- Farlowella amazonum Breeding GuideBreeding the Amazon Twig Catfish (Farlowella amazonum): an open spawner laying eggs on glass/wood, with the male guarding and fanning the cl
- Sturisoma panamense Breeding GuideBreeding the Royal/Panamanian Whiptail (Sturisoma panamense): an open spawner laying eggs on glass, with the male guarding and fanning the c
- Panaque cochliodon (L240) Breeding GuideBreeding the Blue-Eyed Panaque (Panaque cochliodon, L240): a large wood-eating cave-spawner where the male guards the clutch. Sexing, setup
- Breeding Hypancistrus contradens (L201)Breeding the L201 Hypancistrus contradens: cave spawning with male brood care following the documented Hypancistrus pattern, plus sexing and
- Ancistrus dolichopterus (L183) Breeding GuideBreeding the starlight bristlenose Ancistrus dolichopterus L183: sexing by tentacles, cave spawning, the male guarding eggs and rearing fry.
- Scleromystax barbatus Breeding GuideBreeding the bearded cory Scleromystax barbatus: sexing bristled males, the cool water-change trigger, egg deposition and rearing the fry.