When you start with a new tropical fish tank, you might have difficulty in choosing the kind of fish you should have. Here in this article, you will find descriptions of three fish Rosy Barb, Striped Hatchet Fish and Swordtail. These fish are most suitable for tropical fish tanks.
Rosy Barb
This fish has a slightly misleading name. This fish is rosy in color only during the mating season. The fish is olive green and silver the other times of the year. It has big scales on its surface too. The males and he females are easily distinguished from each other because females have yellow fins while male have red ones. Also, the males grow larger in size. Condition the fish before mating by feeding them with exclusive live feed. The female should be isolated before the males and put into a separate tank if you are not using a breeding trap. Their fry do not need very special food.
Striped Hatchet Fish
This fish is visible clearly only when the light in the aquarium is sufficient. Hatchet’s feed should contain some live feed along with the dry feed. If you want to have hatchet in your aquarium you will need to have open areas at the top because this fish feeds at the surface. Their females are generally thicker. The fish is silver and olive green in color. Hatchet does not breed easily. If you want them to breed then you should have floating plants. Spawning mats are required for the eggs otherwise the fish might eat them. The fry are however, easier to take care of.
Swordtail
This fish has sword shaped fins. They are green and red in color. As the fish grows up, its sex can change from female to male. It likes algae and needs a large tank where it can swim around. They produce around 60 young fish during the breeding season which is quite a lot. Breeding trap is necessary for them. The fry can be given tubed live feed after few days of hatching.
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