Pterois Volitans [SCORPAENIDAE] [LIONFISH]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Pterois Volitans

Geographic Origin: Western Pacific.

Nutrition Format: Carnivorous. Small fish, shrimp, frozen baits.

Behavior: Moderate aggressive. Most of the time a fish is peaceful but hunters will hunt small fish.

Behavior to Their Type: Moderately aggressive

Gender Discrimination: It is difficult to determine the difference between male and female.

Reproduction

Male fish live with harem. A male mates with many female. They spawn in the evening after an all-day courtship. They leave about 2000 eggs and that eggs can be found in the form of a few artillery. The offspring will be released within 36 hours. The calves are fed with plankton.

Living Medium

Light: Normal
Salinity: 1025
Temperature: 22 ° C - 28 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 38 cm.
Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 300 liters

Reef Compatibility: Compatible, attention should be paid to nitrates.

pH: 8.2 - 8.5

General Comments: These fish has very interesting looking. They are touted as nitrate bombs, also they eat too much and grow more in the aquarium. That causes pollution in aquarium, because of that if you feed lionfish, you must check regularly quality of water. They hunt small fish and shrimp in the tank. You must be very careful while feeding and moving because their spines are poisonous. They are more active in night.

What you need for a good goldfish aquarium?

I started to write this blog to give you information about specification of fresh and saltwater species. If you have an aquarium you must know that lots of thing about your fish to ensure them good living medium.

As you know that goldfishes are one of the most popular aquarium fish. I gived general information about goldfish and 7 common misconception about them before. And now I will inform you about "What you need for a good goldfish aquarium?"

What you need for a good goldfish aquarium?

What is the size of a good golfish aquarium?

As I talked that before, keeping golfish in a bowl is one of the biggest mistake. They need space in aquarium because of that for each goldfish you need to at least 40 liters aquarium. I recommend that keeping them as a pair. Hereunder, if you want to keep goldfish you must have at least 80 liters aquarium.

Is the filtration necessary for a good goldfish aquarium?

Yes, it is obligatory. Because, goldfishes produce lots of waste and its easily poison water quality. If you want to keep your fish healty, your aquarium must have a good filtration system. Bio-wheel filtration is recommended. In addtion, filtration system must cycle twice whole water in aquarium.

Which heating system is required for a good goldfish aquarium?

Goldfishes are durable fishes. But you need to careful about temperature of aquarium. It is recommended that placing a small heater to aquarium.

Which gravel and decorations must be placed in a good goldfish aquarium?

They are herbivorous, so if you keep them in real planted aquarium they will eat all plant. You can use plastic plant, but quality of this plant is important. Some low quality aquarium decorations may poison the water. 

Goldfishes are scavengers and they tend to put gravel in their mouth. Therefore, you must land gravel to aquarium. Size of gravel is important, they must be big enough and rounded to protect goldfish to choke. 

What is the other important point for a good goldfish aquarium?

A good air pump is also important for a good goldfish aquarium. And if you keep goldfish having water test kit is recommended. In addition, aquarium must be lighted with lamp that not produce too much heat.

Procambarus Alleni [CAMBARIDAE]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Procambarus alleni

Geographic Origin: America / is a species native to Florida.

Nutrition Format: Both carnivorous and herbivorous. 

Behavior: In the aquarium that has over population, they can catch fish to eat.

Behavior to Their Type: Moderately aggressive.

Swimming Level: Floor and Decor.

Gender Discrimination: Clamp of males are longer and more colorful.

Reproduction

They disappear, when they are ready for reproduction. Then eggs female adherent manner reappear. It is necessary to separate the men. Female protect eggs 1 month long and do not eat anything, because of that they must be feed good before reproduction. Nearly 50 puppies off are sized to be fed with the Artemia. If there is insufficient floor area in the aquarium, they can eat each other if . 

Living Medium

Temperature: 18 ° C - 22 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 15 cm.

Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 100 liters.

Water Hardness: Medium - Hard

pH: 7.5 - 8.5

General Comments:  Their life is approximately 2-3 years. Aquarium must be well-ventilated with  air stone, otherwise they drowned. Ammonia and nitrite zero, if the nitrate is required is relatively small. They can take a very hard way to clamp your hand.

Champsochromis Spilorhynchus [Malawi Chiclid]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Champsochromis spilorhynchus

Geographic Origin: They are spread over a wide area of Lake Malawi.

Living Area: Shallow, sediment-rich areas.

Nutrition Format: Carnivorous

Behavior: Moderate aggressive

Behavior to Their Type: Aggressive

Swimming Level: Bottom-Medium

Gender Discrimination: Males are larger than females have red anal fin with blue colors.

Reproduction

They do incubators in the mouth.

Living Medium

Temperature: 24 ° C - 26 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 40 cm.

Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 400 liters

Water Hardness: 9-15 °

pH: 7.5 - 8.5

General Comments: They fish in large sandy area. They are ruthless and large predators. They should not be in the same aquarium with small fish.

Siganus Vulpinus [SIGANIDAE]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Siganus vulpinus

Geographic Origin: Western Pacific: western Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Kiribati. Lately there has been in Tonga.

Living Area: Usually in coral reefs and lagoons, maximum depth of 30 m.

Nutrition Format: Herbivore, diet consists of fresh vegetables and a variety of undesirable algae. Some soft and hard coral polyps are likely to bite and eat. They will accept flake of high quality vegetable. Cyanobacteria, sea algae, the algae in tank including hair algae will be completely eliminated.

Behavior: Peaceful

Behavior to Their Type: Moderately aggressive

Gender Discrimination: It is difficult to determine the difference between male and female.

Reproduction

They shed plain eggs. It is difficult to produce. It is believed that the partnership lasted until his death the couple.

Living Medium

Light: Normal
Salinity: 1020-1025
Temperature: 22 ° C - 26 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 25 cm.
Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 300 liters

Reef Compatibility: Caution should be. If the problem if it is not well fed, otherwise they may bite some LPS and soft corals (usually zoanthids and button polyps).
Water Hardness: 8 - 12 ° dH (medium - hard)

pH: 8.1 - 8.4

General Comments: Foxface rabbitfish, popular for beginners and experienced aquarists, attractive and durable fish. Usually found in the form of single or dual in rich regions of the lagoon and coral reef. They have noise like mouth to eat algae and other plant foods. There are poisonous spines in the dorsal and anal fins. Because of that must be dealt with caution. Poison is not as strong as a lion fish bites but it causes a bad pain. Because of poisonous dorsal spines predators leave them alone. They have color changing ability, when thwt are stressful or in unfamiliar environments they turn their color to dark brown.

ASTROPECTEN BISPINOSUS [ASTROPECTINIDAE]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Astropecten bispinosus

Geographic Origin: Mediterranean Sea

Nutrition Format: Plankton and micro-organisms sand niggle in the fed.

Behavior: Peaceful

Behavior to Their Type: Peaceful

Living Medium

Light: Normal
Salinity: 1.023 to 1.026
Temperature: 22 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 21 cm.
Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 60 liters

Reef Compatibility: Compatible

pH: 8.1 - 8.4

General Comments: This species live in the deep sea water. During the day, fed by filtering water. Maintenance is a kind of hard, because there is not enough belenebil micro-organisms in the aquarium will usually die from starvation.

Ancistrus Claro [LORICARIIDAE]

General Specifications

Latin Name: Ancistrus claro.

Geographic Origin: Brazil

Nutrition Format: Carnivorous - Herbivores.

Behavior: Peaceful.

Behavior to Their Type: Peaceful.

Swimming Level: Bottom, also act in the glass and accessories.

Gender Discrimination: It consists of spines on the mouths of men.

Reproduction

They shed plain eggs, retain their eggs.

Living Medium

Temperature: 24 ° C - 28 ° C

Maximum Sizes: 7 cm.

Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 80 liters

Water Hardness: 2 - 10 ° d

pH: 6 to 7.6

General Comments:  It is active during the day. Man and female access reproductive maturity at same time.