Posted on 22 July 2022. Tags: Orinoco Angelfish, Orinoco Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum), Pterophyllum altum
The Orinoco Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Altum Angelfish, Deep Angelfish, Orinoco altum or Altum Angel is found in the Orinoco River basin and the upper Rio Negro watershed in Southern Venezuela, Southeastern Columbia, and the Northen part of Brazil. Most Orinoco Angelfish are found in the well oxygenated, extremely […]
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Posted on 22 January 2020. Tags: Chocolate Cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis), tropical fish keeping
The Chocolate Cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Emerald Cichlid is found in the Ucayali, Amazonas, SolimñƒÂ´es, Amapá and Oyapock Rivers in Brazil, Colomiba, Peru, and Venezuela. The Chocolate Cichlid is a peaceful, rarely aggressive species that prefers living in the silt laden, slow flowing rivers and backwaters of their […]
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Posted on 21 January 2019. Tags: Severum (Heros efasciatus), tropical fish keeping
Severum (Heros efasciatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Green Severum, Red Spotted Severum, Golden Severum, Hero Cichlid, and Banded Cichlid are found throughout the main channel of the Amazon, the rio Solimoes, and rio Xingu in South America. Often confused with Heros severus, (previously known as Cichlasoma severum) Severum are a favorite South […]
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Posted on 23 October 2016. Tags: Cichlasoma festivum), Festivum (Mesonauta festivus, tropical fish keeping
Festivum (Mesonauta festivus, Cichlasoma festivum) also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Flag Cichlids or Barred Cichlids, are found throughout much of the river drainages of northern South America. They have been collected from the Rio Tapajós, Rio Jamari, Rio Madre de Dios, Rio Guaporé, Rio Mamoré, Rio Paraguay and Rio Paraná in Venezuela, […]
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Posted on 07 April 2016. Tags: Green Terror Cichlid (Aequidens rivulatus), tropical fish keeping
The Green Terror Cichlid (Aequidens rivulatus) is a South American river cichlid found primarily in the Rio Tumbes in Peru, and the Rio Esmeraldas in Ecuador. Green Terror Cichlids are collected from over a variety of substrates that include mud, sand, gravel, large river rocks, and even thickly layered beds of dead leaves. They are […]
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Posted on 19 March 2016. Tags: Andinoacara pulcher, Blue Acara, Electric Blue Acara, Electric Blue Acara (Andinoacara pulcher), tropical fish keeping
The Electric Blue Acara (Andinoacara pulcher) is a stunning color variety of the Blue Acara cichlid that is native to Trinidad and Tobogo and parts of Venezuela. The Blue Acara is found in found throughout Central and South America from Panama to Columbia and is often confused with the highly aggressive Green Terror (Andinoacara rivulatus) […]
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Posted on 10 January 2016. Tags: Astronotus ocellatus, Oscar, Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), Red Tiger Oscar
The Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a popular South American cichlid species that is also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Tiger Oscar, Marble Cichlid and Velvet Cichlid. Astronotus ocellatus is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and occurs in the Amazon River basin, along the Amazonas, Içá, Negro, Solimões, and Ucayali […]
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Posted on 20 September 2015. Tags: Apistogramma ramerizi, Microgeophagus ramirezi, Papiliochromis ramirezi, Ram Cichlid
Ram Cichlids (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) are a peaceful, social species of Dwarf cichlid that are found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Columbia, South America. There are several color variations of Mikrogeophagus ramirezi that lend to their common names such as German Blue Ram, Electric Blue Ram, German Gold Ram, Butterfly Cichlid, Blue Ram, […]
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Posted on 03 June 2015. Tags: Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid, Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma agassizii), Apistogramma agassizii, tropical fish keeping
The Agassiz’s Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma agassizii) is found in the Amazon River basin from Peru to the Capim River Basin and is also known as Agassiz’s Apisto by tropical fish keeping enthusiasts. Agassiz’s Dwarf Cichlids inhabit the clear, still or slow moving, leaf littered black and white water creeks of their geographic area, and feed […]
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Posted on 02 June 2015. Tags: Apistogramma cacatuoides, Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid, Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides), tropical fish keeping
The Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides) is found in the streams, backwaters and tributaries of the Ucayali, Amazon and Solimões rivers in the Amazon River basin, and from the Pachitea River to Tabatinga in Peru and Columbia. Tropical fish keeping enthusiasts also refer to the Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid as the Double Full Red Cockatoo Cichlid, the […]
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Posted on 16 October 2014. Tags: anglefish, anglefish care, South American Cichlid, tropical fish keeping
Tropical fish keeping enthusiasts the world over covet freshwater angelfish as “the fish to have” in their aquariums. Freshwater Angelfish are cichlids common to the Amazon region of South America and are one of the more popular species used in starting up new single species aquariums. Although they add a lot of grace and beauty […]
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