Rasbora Photo credit: Silver Rasbora/Wikipedia When taken well care of, they can live for up to five years.Ħ. These small schooling fish are commonly found in the southern Philippines.Īn aquarium filled with plants is suitable for their hiding places. You can set-up subdued lighting on its aquarium to highlight its metallic gold and silver hues. Puntius Barbs are easy to care of because they are omnivorous, meaning you can feed them even relish vegetables like squashed peas. Mollies require eating two to three times a day, but beware not to overfeed other species when you mix them together in a tank. They consume vegetables and algae in their natural habitat. They are a close relative to Guppies and can be found in the freshwater stream in some parts of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia. There are a lot of guppy breeders in the Philippines and most of them are in Bulacan. Most people prefer to have male guppies because their tail coloration is more vibrant than the females’.
A standard heater and filter are also required. If you’re planning to have a guppy, your aquarium must have a lot of plants where they can hide. They have evolved to live alone but when it comes to reproduction, they spawn easily once mixed with the opposite gender. Guppies appear to be very attractive because of their large and colorful tails that are attached to their small bodies. These fish naturally love to live in really clean water, which requires owners to set up an aquarium with canister filters, ensuring that the water acidity suits its preferred range at 6.5-7.8pH. Complete with water and battery-operated tank, they roam around the local market or nearby neighborhood to sell goldfish and other kinds of water species. In the Philippines, there are vendors who sell goldfish using their motorcycle with a side cart. Moreover, goldfish are a very sociable kind of species, otherwise, isolation can lead them to illness or death. It is also important to keep your water quality clean to avoid the transmission of diseases. When you want to include goldfish in your tank, it requires a well-equipped tank with proper filtration and airflow to create a comfortable environment for the fish. It is actually ill-advised to put a goldfish in a bare fishbowl. According to the Fishkeeping World, these species are not very welcoming to foreign fishes, but since they still prefer to swim together with their kind, this helps them lower their aggression and stress levels. Many fish hobbyists love its colorful appearance and “distinctively shaped heads”. In the Philippines, you can find Flowerhorn cichlids at pet shops around Manila.
They are man-made hybrids that came from the family of South African Cichlids. 1.Flowerhorn cichlids Photo credit: Wikipedia
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