MOLLY FISH ANGEL FISH Scientific Name: Mollienisia lapipinna, M. Scientific Name: Pterophillum scalare vetifeara and M.sphenops. Common Name: Angel Fish Common Name: Sailfin, Molly and the liberty fish Water: pH: 6.5-6.9 respectively. Attainable Size: 6 inches Attainable Size: 4 inches, 5inches and 3 inches Origin: It originates from the slow flowing rivers and respectively streams of South America Origin: Mexico, Yucatan and Gulf coast Feed: It accepts most prepared food eg. Flaked food, respectively. black worm, chopped earth worm and several dried ORNAMENTAL Environment: Fresh and brackish water food. Water : pH: 7.0 to 7.5,Temperature: 70 to 80°F FISHES Company: Mollies require plenty of space and DANIO react badly to over crowding, Scientific Name: Devario aequipinnatus Aquarium: Aquarium should be so placed as it Common Name: Gaint Danio receives a lot of sunlight. It should be large, well Attainable Size: 4 inches lighted and thickly planted. Environment: Fresh water Feed: Although Mollies prefer vegetarian foods, it Origin: India, Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh and exhibits omnivorous food habit. Nepal Breeding: Mollies are live bearer. Company: Can be kept in community aquariums with GOLD FISH small and medium sized inhabitants Scientific Name: Carassius auratus auratus Water : pH: 6.0 to 8.0,Temperature: 18 to 24°C Common Name: Gold Fish, Fantail Aquarium: It accepts most water conditions provided Attainable Size: 59 cms extremes are avoided. It prefers densely planted Origin: Central Asia, China and Japan. aquarium with a lot space to swim. It should be kept in Environment: Fresh water a group of not less than ten. Water :pH: 7.5 to 8.5,Temperature: 17 to 28°C Feed: It accepts most food sources. Company: Can be kept with other large non- Breeding: Easy to breed. Can be breed either in pairs aggressive species if aquarium is large enough to or in group. The parents should be removed as soon as accommodate. the eggs are laid to avoid them eating the eggs. Aquarium: As it grows big, it requires a large aquarium. A well planted aquarium is preferred. It Department of Fisheries is a bottom dweller. Himachal Pradesh Feed: Omnivorous, accept dry food, likes to eat small insects and also like vegetable food. Gold fish feeds on a large variety of food. Contact Address: Matsya Bhawan, Directorate of Fisheries, Himachal Pradesh. Breeding: Gold fish breeds easily in garden ponds Changer, Bilaspur (H.P.) PIN: 174001 and also in spacious aquariums with plenty of Phone/ Fax : 01978-224068, oxygen and feathery leaves. A substrate spawner is Email id : [email protected] necessary as the parents eat their own eggs. It is Website : hpfisheries.nic.in preferred to remove the parents after spawning. jk0 eq0 fg0 iz0] f'keyk&655&eRL;&2015&23&07&2015&&500 izfr;kaA KOI CARP ZEBRA DANIO Scientific Name: Cyprinus carpio carpio Scientific Name: Danio rerio Common Name: Koi Carp Common Name: Zebra Danio Attainable Size: 48 inches Attainable Size: 2 inches Environment: Fresh and brackish Water Environment: Fresh water Company: Can be kept with most large non- Origin: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and aggressive species Pakistan. Water : pH: 7. 0 -7.5, Temperature: 3 -32°C Feed: Accepts all kind of food that is small enough. Fry Company: Can be kept with Tetras, Gouramis, Aquarium: Requires a very large aquarium with a accepts fine flake food. small Cichlids, Cat fish, Live Bearers, Barbs and lot of space to swim on the surface. Areas with Breeding: live bearer. Females give birth to fry once other Minnows plants are appreciated if your aquarium can every 2 to 2.5 weeks. Water : pH: 6.0 to 8.0,Temperature: 18 to 24°C support both plants and open area. Aquarium: It is a very hard fish. It likes to live in a Feed: All kinds of food. PLATY group of six or more. It is a surface dweller. Breeding: Females are rounder in spawning Scientific Name: Xyphophorus maculatus Feed: Accepts flake foods and live foods like condition. Move eggs to a separate aquarium Common Name: Platy bloodworms and brine shrimp. since parents eat them. Attainable Size: 2 inches Breeding: Move male and female to separate tank Environment: Fresh water with a substrate of round marble. Eggs will fall in GUPPY Origin: North and central America the marbles so the parents can't eat them. Fry Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata Company: Can be kept in most community usually hatch in thirty six hours. They become free Common Name: Guppy Fish aquariums. Don't keep with large aggressive fish. swimming in three days. Attainable Size: 2.5 inches Water : pH: 7.0 to 8.0,Temperature: 20 to 26°C TICTO BARB Environment: Fresh and brackish water Aquarium: It should be kept in schools in aquariums Scientific Name: Puntius ticto Origin: South America, Venezuela, Trinidad, decorated with dense plants with open areas to swim Common Name: Ticto barb, Odessa barb Northern Brazil and Ghana. in. Attainable Size: 4 inches Company: Can be kept in most community Feed: Accepts all food that is small enough. Environment: Fresh water aquariums. Don't keep with aggressive fish. Breeding: Live bearer. Females give birth to fry once in Water : pH: 6.5 to 7.0,Temperature: 14 to 22°C Water : pH: 7.0 to 8.5,Temperature: 18 to 28°C every four to six weeks. Each broad contains upto 70 Origin: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Aquarium: Best kept with a lot of plants and free fry. The fry accepts small flake food. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand swimming space. Company: It is a schooling fish . It should be kept in SIAMESE FIGHTER FISH a group of more than six. Scientific Name: Betta splendens Aquarium: It likes an aquarium with dense Common Name: Fighter Fish vegetation and free area to swim in. Attainable Size: up to 75 mm Feed: They accept most flake foods and live foods Origin: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and indeed such as bloodworms, chopped earthworms and entire South East Asia brine shrimp. Water : pH 6.5-7.5,Temperature: 24-29°C Breeding: The Odessa barbs are egg scatterers and Company: Usually aggressive to other male mates, do not engage in parental care. Approximately 150 can be kept with other species eggs are released in batches of roughly 20 at a Feed: Omnivorous. Small live and dried food, flake time. After one day the eggs will hatch. The fry will food and chopped earthworm. become free swimming in twenty four hours.