bosemani Rainbow Fish for sale at Joes Aqua World 98-33-89-89-01

Rainbow Fish Facts

Average Adult Size	1 to 6+ inches long, depending on species
Average Life Span	depends on species
Diet	omnivore
Minimum Aquarium Size	20+ gallons, depending on species
Water Temperature:	72-82°F

Diet

A well-balanced Rainbow Fish diet consists of:

• Flaked, pellet, frozen or live food.
• Avoid exclusive food which is not nutritionally complete.

Feeding

Things to remember when feeding your Rainbow Fish:

• Depending on species and size, feed small amounts 2-3 times daily, no more than fish can eat in 3-5 minutes.
• Thaw frozen food before feeding.

Housing

• Keep in an appropriate size aquarium; provide plants, rocks, caves and decor for hiding places and plenty of room for movement.
• Stable water quality, water temperature, and pH levels are critical to the health of aquatic life. If you are unsure of your water quality or pH levels, 

Characteristics

• Males and mature fish are generally more intensely colored.
• Juveniles of both sexes are often very different in coloring from adults and can appear like separate species.
• Rainbows are very active and require plenty of space.

Habitat Maintenance

• Daily: check filter, water temperature and other equipment.
• Weekly: check water quality at least once a week.
• Monthly: change 10-25% of the total volume of water every 2-4 weeks, or as needed.
• Introduce new inhabitants to the aquarium gradually.

Butterfly loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) hillstream loach for sale at Joes Aqua World 98-33-89-89-01

Butterfly loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis)

butterfly hillstream loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) is a small and very unusual fish. If you want to keep it in a tank you’ll have to recreate the conditions like the ones the fish used to have in the wild.

Chinese butterfly loach inhabits in Jiangxi river system (West river), in the South of China, main tributary of Zhu Jiang river (Pearl River). This species was described in the upper part of Guizhou province and it’s widely spread in independent region Guangxi and in Guangdong province.

The fish inhabits mainly in depthless rivers with fast flow and upstreams highly saturated with oxygen, small tributaries of rivers and streams; zones restricted with crests and sometimes with waterfalls.

Bottom substrate is mainly composed of small rocks, sand, gravel and roundstones. In such places there no even streamside vegetation. The water is crystal clear there with small amount of dissolved oxygen.

Such water and sunlight are good for biofilm development which consists of different types of microorganisms and algae. The biofilm covers all stones and rocks surface like a blanket.

Temperature: the fish inhabits in humid, subtropical area where the air temperature is seldom lower than 15,5 °C and it can be significantly higher in summer.

The tank water temperature range 17-24˚C is considered preferable for Beaufortia fishes care. However, the experience shows that the fish is rather good with higher temperature 68°F to 75°F (20 to 23.8°C) (including 30˚C but not for a long term) at the condition of high water aeration.

In such case it’s also good to raise the intensity of water circulation. Hillstream loaches group are mountain river loaches united by common conditions of inhabitance in the wild, therefore they require strong water filtration in a tank.

Such a filtration and powerful flow imitating violent natural stream can be created by installing a filter or a pump that ideally should be able to pump more than 10 water volumes per hour.

Of course, high aeration and flow are desirable in the tank, however some aquarists consider that high flow is necessary only during the adjustment cycle.

Later the fishes can do with common water flow created by the filter or they can even do without the filter provided with sufficient amount of oxygen in the water.

Bottom substrate can be made of gravel, sand or their mixture. Loach needs numerous rocky covers therefore it’s obligatory to add flat rocks, pebbles and roundstones, where the fish eagerly feeds by browsing soft algae from them.