- Today we looked at the information for our life that we are going to be putting in our tank.
Common Name: Green Cabomba or Fanwort
Scientific Name: Cabomba aquatica
Who Named it, what year: Asa Gray, Julius Hermann Shultes, and Norman C. Fassett. - 1930
Where is it found in the Wild: Central and South America.
Scientific Name: Cabomba aquatica
Who Named it, what year: Asa Gray, Julius Hermann Shultes, and Norman C. Fassett. - 1930
Where is it found in the Wild: Central and South America.
Average Height: 1' 8"
Optimal Temperature: from 18°-32°C 64.4 º F -25.6º F
Lighting Requirements: 1.5-3 Watts per gallon
Optimal pH: 6.5-7.5
Other Notes on Care:
-Benefit from regular CO2 injection and a good quality substrate that is rich in all of the macro- and micronutrients
- Does not like frequent trimming and transplanting. So once we plant it we should leave it alone.
Notes on Propogation:
Cuttings
Taxonomic Information:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: Cabomba
Species: Cabomba caroliniana
Genus: Cabomba
Species: Cabomba caroliniana
Fish Species Information Sheet
Common Name: Guppy
Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
Who Named it, what year: Rev. J. L. Guppy, 19th-century clergyman of Trinidad who first presented specimens to the British Museum, in 1960
Where is it found in the Wild: South America and the Caribbean
Description of its natural habitat: Guppies are often found as isolated Feeding populations where they find hapless prey.
Average Adult Size: 6 inches long
Description of any Sexual Dimorphism: Guppies exhibit sexual dimorphism. While wild-type females are grey in body colour, males have splashes, spots, or stripes that can be any of a wide variety colors.
Optimal Temperature: 72 to 76 F
Optimal pH: 7.0ppm
Other Notes on Care:
Notes on Breeding: You will have to observe your female guppies closely for a few weeks, before you will be able to predict that one of them will release her babies soon. I wish I had a better answer for you, but I think you will have to patiently watch your female guppies. The babies may need to be born in a birthing net.
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Fish Species Information Sheet
Common Name: Swordtail
Scientific Name Xiphophorus hellerii
Who Named it, what year: heckle,1848
Where is it found in the Wild: rivers and streams, but is also found in warm springs and canals
Description of its natural habitat: Central america
Average Adult Size: 10-12 cm
Description of any Sexual Dimorphism: caudal fins
Optimal Temperature: 70 to 82
Optimal pH: 7 to 8
Other Notes on Care:
Notes on Breeding: Men way more colorful, women bear fry well
Taxonomic Information:
Kingdom: anamalia
Phylum: chordata
Class: actinopterygii
Order: cyprinodontiformes
Family: poeciiliedae
Genus: xiphophorous
Species: Xiphophorus hellerii
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