Wednesday 21 September 2011

Swordtail Fish

About the Fish





one of the most popular fresh water aquariums fish and in the wild life the fish is olive green color  unlike the orange color that we know  . sword tail fish or (xiphophorus hellerii) lives in north and central America .


Description 




the name sword tail come from the male long part of the tail which is looks like sword while females don't have it . male's sword tail fishes grow up to 14 cm while females grow up to 16 cm .

Behavior 

Sword tail fish is one of the peaceful fishes its one of the highly produced fishes so it very easy to get your aquarium full of these fishes in short time they may be aggressive against long fins fishes like gold fish or fighter and the best mates are platy and mollys also guppy fish .
Temperature and PH



the fish prefer Temperature of 17 to 28 C and PH from 6.5 to 7.7 

Tank size



an adult fish should be kept in 30 litter Tank or larger to give free space for fishes to swim.
  
Diet




the fish is omnivorous so it feeds on plants and other live foods like Crustacea and Annelid worms




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