Ich or White Spot Disease

Many aquarium fishes are susceptible to fish disease. The most common fish diseases are caused by various parasites such as Protozoans, Cestodes, Nematodes, Trematodes, Crustaceans, and Acanthocephalans. Generally, fishes serve as a host for the different type of parasites causing disease. Types of Fish Disease There are different types of fish disease: Parasitic Disease: Parasitic … Read more

Beautiful Aquarium Fish: Harlequin Rasbora

The harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), is a very fashionable and nice-looking cyprinid aquarium fish.  It is hardy fish with brilliant body coloration. In 1904, it was first described by Duncker and it has placed in Cyprinidae family (Minnows or carps)) under Order Cypriniformes of Class Actinopterygii (=Ostecihthyes). It is now listed as Least Concern (LC) … Read more

Bronze Corydoras Fish Info

Bronze corydoras is an incredibly eye-catching fish among the aquarium enthusiasts which is also referred to as Brown Cory, Bronze catfish, Gold Lazer Cory, Light Spot Corydoras,  Bronze Cory, Green Corydoras, or Albino Cory etc. It is a silurid fish under Callichthyidae family of class Actinopterygii. Body flank is often greenish in color which gives … Read more

Beautiful Glass Catfish Info

Glass catfish is an exceptionally eye-catching aquarium fish among the pet fish keepers because of its glass-like fleshy body. This amazing fish was first discovered by well-known ichthyologist, Dr. Tyson Roberts in 1989. It is a ray-finned fish of Siluridae family under order Siluriformes of class Actinopterygii (=Osteichthyes). The genus name ‘Kryptopterus’ came from Greek, … Read more

Cockatoo Cichlid Facts And Care

The cockatoo cichlid is an exceptionally appealing fish because of its toughness and lovely tinge. It is a ray fined fish under Cichlidae family of order Perciformes. It (Apistogramma cacatuoides) was first exposed by the Dutch ichthyologist J. J. Hoedeman in 1951.  It is not listed as threatened species on the IUCN Red Data Book. … Read more

Bandit Corydoras (Corydoras metae) Information

Bandit corydoras is an exceptionally well known tropical freshwater aquarium fish among the aquarium fish keepers. It is a silurid catfish which belongs to the Callichthyidae family under class Actinopterygii. It (Corydoras metae) was first depicted by Ichthyologist Carl Henry Eigenmann in 1914. The genus name “Corydoras” comes from Greek ‘Kory’ means helmet and Greek … Read more