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Albino Pacu
Size: Approx 8"
Minimum Tank Size: 600+ gallons
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Peaceful
Aquarium Hardiness: Very Hardy
Water Conditions: 74.0 to 82.0° F, 2 – 15 dGH, pH 5.0-7.8
Max. Size: 40″
Color Form: Yellow, Red
Diet: Omnivorous (primarily Herbivorous)
Compatibility: Aggressive to small fish
Origin: Amazon and Orinoco River basisns
Family: Characidae (Serrasalmidae)
Life Span: 25 years or more
Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced
Indo-Pacific Tarpon
Size: Approx 6"
Minimum Tank Size: 100 gallons
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Aggressive
Water Conditions: 71-82° F, KH 8-10, pH 6.5-7.5
Max. Size: 60”
Color Form: Silver, Olive Green
Diet: Tarpon are aggressive feeders, but despite their size, they will often eat surprisingly small prey, including shrimps, crabs, and worms.
Compatibility: Only fishes that are bigger in size
Origin: Found in marine, brackish and freshwater from the Red Sea to Africa, India, Madagascar, Taiwan, Japan and Australia
Family: Megalopidae
Lifespan: 40 Years
Aquarist Experience Lever: Beginner
MBU Puffer
Size: Approx 14-15"
Minimum Tank Size: 100 gallons
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Aggressive
Water Conditions: 75-79° F, pH 7.0-8.0
Max. Size: 24”
Color Form: Yellow/Brown
Diet: Carnivore that feeds primarily on mollusks, snails, shellfish, and other similar animals
Compatibility: Aggressive to keep with other fish. They’re best when living in solitude.
Origin: Congo river in Africa
Family: Tetraodontidae
Lifespan: 10 Years
Aquarist Experience Lever: Advanced
Topaz Puffer
Size: Approx 4-5"
Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Aggressive
Water Conditions: 75-82° F, pH 7.2-8.2
Max. Size: 7”
Color Form: Yellow with dark brown/black spotted or stripe
Diet: Small meaty frozen foods: Mysis shrimp, mosquito larvae, brineshrimp, chopped krill/prawns, cockle & mussel meat
Compatibility: Non-Community
Origin: Mangrove swamp habitat in Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka
Family: Tetraodontidae
Lifespan: 15 Years
Aquarist Experience Lever: Advanced
Vampire Tetra
Size: Approx 4-5"
Minimum Tank Size: 200 gallons
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Aggressive
Water Conditions: 75-82° F, KH 2-12, pH 6.0-8.0
Max. Size: 48″ in wild, 12" in captivity
Color Form: Silver-gray fish with some dark hints on the side of its tails and fins
Diet: Carnivorous
Compatibility: Freshwater Barracudas, Black ghost knives/African knifes Paxu or Large Catfish can be used as tank mates for Vampire Tetras. In the fish tank, a school of half a dozen of Vampire Tetras will be able to keep it solely. But they will be aggressive towards other tank mates.
Origin: Araguaia River of the Amazon Basin
Family: Cynodontidae
Lifespan: 2 years
Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced
Electric Blue Acara
Size: Approx. 2"
Minimum Tank Size: 55 gallons Care Level: Moderate Temperament: Semi-aggressive Aquarium Hardiness: Hardy Water Conditions: 71-82° F, KH 5-25, pH 6.0-8.0 Max. Size: 6″ Color Form: Blue, Tan Diet: Omnivore Compatibility: OK with peaceful like size species Origin: Central and South America, Farm Raised Family: Cichlidae Lifespan: 7-10 years Aquarist Experience Level: Beginner
Fossorochromis Rostratus
Size: Approx. 3"
Minimum Tank Size: 100 gallons Care Level: Easy Temperament: Aggressive/territorial Aquarium Hardiness: Hardy Water Conditions: 77-81° F, pH 7.5-8.5 Max Size: 10" Color Form: Black and white Diet: Unfussy but live and frozen foods should comprise a large proportion of the diet. It particularly relishes invertebrates of any kind, such as brine shrimp, prawns and bloodworm, but is not a piscivore and will generally refuse fish meat. Origin: Africa; endemic to Lake Malawi. Family: Cichlidae Lifespan: 5-8 years Aquarist Experience Level: Intermediate
Black Wolf Fish
Size: Approx. 8"
Minimum Tank Size: 120 gallons
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Aggressive
Water Conditions: 76 – 82° F, pH 6.8-7.5
Max. Size: 50″
Color: Black
Tank Compatability: Aggressive and likely to attack most tankmates. Fast-moving, similarly sized fish should be introduced with caution.
Diet: Predator and fish eater. Can be weaned onto frozen foods over time.
Origin: Wild Colombia
Family: Erythrinidae
Lifespan: Up to 8 years
Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced
Black Ghost Knifefish
Size: Approx. 3-4"
Minimum Tank Size: 75 – 200 gallons
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi Aggressive
Aquarium Hardiness: Hardy as adults
Water Conditions: 73 – 82° F, 5 – 19 dGH, pH 6.0-8.0
Max. Size: 20″
Color: Black
Tank Compatability: Mid level swimmer, aggressive to smaller fish
Diet: Omnivorous and will readily consume a variety of live foods – such as meat and worms, or flaked foods
Origin: Panama and South America
Family: Apteronotidae
Lifespan: Up to 15 years
Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced
