📖 Fish Care Guides
Free care guides for all our fish species. Everything you need to keep your fish healthy and happy.
Betta Fish Care Guide
Halfmoon, Crowntail, Plakat, Dumbo Ear
🏠 Tank Setup
Bettas need a minimum 5-gallon tank with a gentle filter and heater. Avoid strong currents as bettas have delicate fins.
- ✓Use a sponge filter for gentle water flow
- ✓Keep water temperature at 76-82°F (24-28°C)
- ✓Add Indian almond leaves for natural tannins
- ✓Provide hiding spots with plants or decorations
- ✓Never keep two males in the same tank
🍽️ Feeding
Feed high-quality betta pellets 2-3 times daily. Only give what they can eat in 2 minutes.
- ✓Premium betta pellets as staple food
- ✓Frozen bloodworms 2-3 times per week as treats
- ✓Fast one day per week for digestion
- ✓Avoid flake food — pellets are better for bettas
- ✓Soak pellets briefly before feeding
💧 Water Care
Perform 25% water changes weekly. Use a water conditioner to remove chlorine.
- ✓pH: 6.5-7.5 (slightly acidic preferred)
- ✓Test water parameters weekly
- ✓Use Seachem Prime as water conditioner
- ✓Avoid complete water changes — 25-30% weekly
- ✓Cycle the tank before adding fish
🏥 Health
Watch for fin rot, ich, and bloating. Healthy bettas are active and colorful.
- ✓Signs of illness: lethargy, clamped fins, white spots
- ✓Indian almond leaves help prevent infections
- ✓Keep tank clean to prevent diseases
- ✓Quarantine new fish before adding to community
- ✓Salt baths can treat mild infections
Guppy Care Guide
Moscow, Cobra, Endler, Dumbo Ear
🏠 Tank Setup
Guppies are community fish that thrive in groups. Minimum 10-gallon tank for a small colony.
- ✓Keep in groups of 6+ for best behavior
- ✓Ratio: 1 male to 2-3 females to reduce stress
- ✓Heavily planted tanks are ideal
- ✓Temperature: 72-82°F (22-28°C)
- ✓Good filtration is important for colonies
🍽️ Feeding
Guppies are omnivores. Feed a variety of high-quality flakes, pellets, and frozen foods.
- ✓High-quality flake food as daily staple
- ✓Baby brine shrimp for fry
- ✓Blanched vegetables (zucchini, peas) weekly
- ✓Feed 2-3 small meals per day
- ✓Remove uneaten food after 3 minutes
🧬 Breeding
Guppies breed easily and prolifically. Females can store sperm for months.
- ✓Separate pregnant females to breeding box
- ✓Gestation: 21-30 days
- ✓Fry are born free-swimming and independent
- ✓Feed fry crushed flakes or baby brine shrimp
- ✓Provide dense plants for fry to hide in
💧 Water Care
Guppies prefer slightly hard, alkaline water. Weekly water changes keep them healthy.
- ✓pH: 7.0-8.0 (slightly alkaline)
- ✓Weekly 25% water changes
- ✓Guppies tolerate a wide temperature range
- ✓Good aeration improves guppy health
- ✓Avoid sudden parameter changes
Flowerhorn Care Guide
Kamfa, ZZ, Golden Base, Red Dragon
🏠 Tank Setup
Flowerhorns are large, aggressive fish. They need a minimum 55-gallon tank kept alone.
- ✓Minimum 55 gallons — bigger is always better
- ✓Keep ALONE — they attack other fish
- ✓Bare bottom or large gravel substrate
- ✓Strong filtration (canister filter recommended)
- ✓Temperature: 80-86°F (27-30°C)
🍽️ Feeding
Flowerhorns need high-protein food for growth and kok (head hump) development.
- ✓Specialized flowerhorn pellets as staple
- ✓Feed 2-3 times daily for growth
- ✓Frozen shrimp and bloodworms as supplements
- ✓Avoid low-quality food — it stunts growth
- ✓Fasting one day per week is beneficial
🏔️ Kok Development
The kok (nuchal hump) is the defining feature. Genetics, diet, and water quality all contribute.
- ✓Genetics is #1 factor — buy quality fish
- ✓High-protein diet supports kok growth
- ✓Clean water with frequent changes
- ✓Reduce stress — keep alone with minimal tank mates
- ✓Kok development peaks at 1-2 years old
💧 Water Care
Flowerhorns produce heavy bioload. Strong filtration and frequent water changes are essential.
- ✓pH: 7.0-8.0
- ✓Water changes: 30-40% twice per week
- ✓Canister filter rated for 2x tank size
- ✓Monitor ammonia and nitrite — should be 0
- ✓Flowerhorns are messy eaters — clean substrate often
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