Aquarium Care Guides
1688 articles- 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
- Climbing Perch Breeding GuideHow to breed Anabas testudineus, an Asian climbing perch; a flood-season spawner with very high fecundity whose male guards the eggs at the
- Three-stripe Croaking Gourami Breeding GuideHow to breed Trichopsis schalleri, an Indochinese croaking gourami that is a bubble-nester; the male builds and guards a surface or cavity n
- Spike-tailed Paradise Fish Breeding GuideHow to breed Pseudosphromenus cupanus, a small Indian and Sri Lankan labyrinth fish that is a secretive cave bubble-nester tended solely by
- Day's Spike-tailed Paradise Fish Breeding GuideHow to breed Pseudosphromenus dayi, a small Indian labyrinth fish that is a secretive cave-spawning bubble-nester; the male alone tends the
- Black Paradise Fish Breeding GuideHow to breed Macropodus spechti, a Vietnamese black paradise fish that is a bubble-nester; the male builds a surface nest and guards floatin
- Red-back Paradise Fish Breeding GuideHow to breed Macropodus erythropterus, a Vietnamese paradise fish that is a bubble-nesting anabantoid; the male builds a surface nest and te
- Vaillant's Chocolate Gourami Breeding GuideHow to breed Sphaerichthys vaillanti, a Bornean blackwater gourami that is a paternal mouthbrooder, with the male carrying eggs and fry for
- Trichogaster fasciata Breeding GuideBreeding the Banded Gourami Trichogaster fasciata: a bubble-nesting labyrinth fish producing 500-1000 eggs, with sexing and fry care.
- Betta anabatoides Breeding GuideBreeding the Giant Betta Betta anabatoides: a large Bornean paternal mouthbrooder endemic to Indonesian Borneo, with sexing and setup.
- Betta unimaculata Breeding GuideBreeding the Howong Betta Betta unimaculata: a large stream-dwelling paternal mouthbrooder with a 10-14 day oral incubation and large free-s
- 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 foerschi Breeding GuideBreeding Foersch's Betta Betta foerschi: a Bornean paternal mouthbrooder with an unusual female-fin egg catch and 8-14 day incubation.
- Betta picta Breeding GuideBreeding the Painted Betta Betta picta: a paternal mouthbrooder with a short 9-12 day oral incubation and large free-swimming fry; sexing an
- Betta pugnax Breeding GuideBreeding the Penang Betta Betta pugnax: a robust stream-dwelling paternal mouthbrooder with a 9-16 day oral incubation and large free-swimmi
- 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 brownorum Breeding GuideBreeding Brown's Betta Betta brownorum: a tiny Coccina-group bubble-nester needing very soft acidic water, with sexing and fry care.
- Betta coccina Breeding GuideBreeding the Cherry Betta Betta coccina: a blackwater bubble-nester from Sumatran peat swamps, with sexing, spawning and fry care.
- 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
- Betta simplex Breeding GuideBreeding the Krabi mouthbrooder Betta simplex: a paternal mouthbrooding wild betta from Thai limestone springs where the male incubates eggs
- Aphaniops mento Breeding GuideBreeding the Persian killifish Aphaniops mento: a hardy hard-water Middle Eastern toothcarp that spawns on vegetation during the warmer mont
- Aphanius fasciatus Breeding GuideBreeding the Mediterranean killifish Aphanius fasciatus: a brackish-tolerant seasonal spawner that lays eggs on the bottom and submerged pla
- Aphanius iberus Breeding GuideBreeding the Iberian toothcarp Aphanius iberus: a brackish-tolerant, Near Threatened seasonal spawner that lays eggs on plants from spring t
- Lacustricola pumilus Breeding GuideBreeding the dwarf lampeye Lacustricola pumilus: a non-seasonal East African plant-spawner that lays adhesive eggs continuously, hatching in
- Procatopus nototaenia Breeding GuideBreeding the large-finned lampeye Procatopus nototaenia: a crevice-spawning Cameroonian killifish that wedges eggs into moss, mops or bogwoo
- Procatopus similis Breeding GuideBreeding the lampeye Procatopus similis: a crevice-spawning African killifish that pushes eggs into narrow gaps and needs strong, well-oxyge
- Cubanichthys cubensis Breeding GuideBreeding the Cuban killifish Cubanichthys cubensis: a non-seasonal plant-spawner whose females deposit up to ten adhesive eggs daily on plan
- Laimosemion xiphidius Breeding GuideBreeding the sword-tail rivulus Laimosemion xiphidius: a non-seasonal blackwater killifish that lays eggs among plant material and is not pr
- Epiplatys lamottei Breeding GuideBreeding Lamotte's killifish Epiplatys lamottei: a non-annual West African plant-spawner from the upper Niger drainages of Guinea and Liberi
- Epiplatys multifasciatus Breeding GuideBreeding the many-banded panchax Epiplatys multifasciatus: a non-annual plant-spawner of the multifasciatus group, regarded as the hardest E
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus Breeding GuideHow to breed the six-barred panchax Epiplatys sexfasciatus, a non-annual West African plant-spawner: sexing, breeding setup, egg collection
- Daget's Killifish Breeding GuideHow to breed Epiplatys dageti, the red-chinned panchax, a non-annual West African killifish that spawns in mops or fine plants, hatching in
- Dwarf Panchax Breeding GuideHow to breed Aplocheilus blockii, the smallest Aplocheilus, a surface killifish that lays eggs in mops or fine plants, hatching in about 10-
- Day's Panchax Breeding GuideHow to breed Aplocheilus dayi, a Sri Lankan surface killifish that lays eggs on plants near the bottom in shallow tanks, hatching in about 1
- Blue Panchax Breeding GuideHow to breed Aplocheilus panchax, a widespread Asian surface killifish that lays large eggs on plants near the surface, hatching in about 12
- Plumed Lyretail Breeding GuideHow to breed Fundulopanchax filamentosus, a West African killifish that spawns on plants or mops, with eggs incubating in water over roughly