Beautiful Maanvis Pictures | Angel Fish

These following pictures below are the photo gallery of Maanvis fish (Pterophyllum scalare), which includes ornamental fish cichlid species with distinctive appearance, which is graceful, gentle, and beautiful.

If Discus fish got nickname as 'King of Freshwater Aquarium' then the Maanvis fish nickname was 'Queen of Freshwater Aquarium' or also said as 'Angelfish'.

From the results of interbreed made by hobbies or breeder, maanvis produced a variety of colors, like black and white (BW), black, tricolor, yellow, and albino. Currently, the famous maanvis fish species are yellow plain white with red eyes light up. Prices of this type are relatively expensive than other maanvis types.

Maanvis including the ornamental fish types which are easily to breeding because quite often lay eggs. Maanvis also quite tolerant with a variety of water conditions. So it is quite easy in care. But, to get best quality of maanvis fish, its required special attention because of the long tie of maanvis fish was frangible. Besides the fish skin is easily scratched, and the long fins on the maanvis fish is perishable, easily rotten or torn.

The damaged fins of maanvis can usually be repaired with a good care when the fish are immature, but when it occurs in adult maanvis fish, the such damages could not recover.

Koi Fish Pictures and Tattoos Design

These following photos are the koi fish pictures that has a Latin name Cyprinus Carpio and it’s a freshwater ornamental fish species which have long been used as pet fish. Therefore, it would not be surprised if the koi fish is very popular among almost all over the world hobbies. The selling price of koi fish is also very varied, ranging from cheap to very expensive.

Many people believe Koi fish is a freshwater ornamental fish origin from China and growing rapidly in Japan since 200 years is then up to now. This ornamental fish belongs to long-lived fish. It is said that the most long koi fish age found in Japan, reaching the age of 226 years. Knowing the age of koi fish is to count in the ring in the scales. For the breeder in Japan, the cultivation of koi fish is considered more art than business. So, the trend of breeding koi fish is always evolving all the time.

The koi fish photos show you that koi's body shape is cylindrical elongated like a torpedo with a wide range of colors and very interesting. Usually the jury in the koi fish contest assessing the beauty of Koi by its color because the colors of koi fish characterized the fish type, eg. types of koi Kohaku dominated by red and white or colored of koi sumi means black type. Colors on koi fish also have different patterns and also creates its own tastes among hobbies include to the tattoos design ideas which became quite popular and sought after.

With the shapes, colors and the patterns of koi make this fish a very beautiful ornamental fish when viewed from above, so it is more suitable reared in fish ponds are placed in the yard of the house. Here are the best koi fish pictures taken from different angles to show you the beauty of this ornamental fish and including a number of koi fish tattoo designs that apparently inspired many tattoo artists around the world ... Enjoy...

Frontosa : Cichlids from Lake Tanganyika

Frontosa characteristic lies in her zebra-print black and white with vertical lines or a combination of dark blue, silver, and yellow. These colors make the cyphotilapia frontosa be varied. Another characteristic is at the head of frontosa that similar with lou han fish, which it has a lump on his face.

Frontosa fish usually have a fat body shape and looks sturdy. however, cyphotilapia frontosa has a graceful carriage because including the slow-moving ornamental fish type, which is happy to swim slowly. For an ornamental fish, frontosa favored because of the kind of peaceful, benign, and not fierce so the owner can freely do appear or feeding frontosa without fear of being hit.

African cichlids Frontosa lives at great depths (bottom dweller) in Lake Tanganyika and often suffers from swim bladders problems for wild caught fishes. They are mostly restricted to the rocky areas in the wild. They are rather intolerant of poor water condition and demand regular, frequent water but small water changes.

Frontosa Fish Profiles :

Distribution : Lake Tanganyika (Endemic)

Size : Up to 14 inches for Male, smaller for female. Growth rate appear to be slow under captivity.

PH : 8.6 to 9.5

Temperature : 22 to 29 0 C (higher temperature for breeding).

Hardness : Hard to very hard, alkaline water.

Diet : Piscivore. Flake, freeze fried & frozen and pellet food. Live food such as prawns and earthworms. Not advisable to give them floating food.

Breeding : Open polygamous, mouth brooder.

Sexual Difference : Males are much larger with longer flowing fins and well developed nuchal hump (not always accurate).

It's best to keep frontosa in groups from small as the males are very intolerant of each other. Growing them up together has the advantage of establishing the "pecking" order early to prevent over-aggressiveness to establish dominance in the tank.