Popular Freshwater Fish

Popular Fresh Water Fish

Fresh water fish are more commonly known as tropical fish, while seawater ones are called marine fish. Fresh water fishes can survive in a less salty environment. Some capabilities a certain fish should possess to be able to adapt in fresh water environment are as follows: gills must be able to distribute water within the body while keeping their salts well-balanced; their scales should always be intact to prevent death when water becomes excessive in their body due to scale lost; and kidneys should be bigger, larger to assess water that passes through it. Examples of popular fresh water fishes are trout, salmon, three- spined stickleback, eels, sea lamprey, Koi’s, golden white cloud, peacock bass (ocellaris), blue peacock cichlid, electric yellow cichlid, black ghost knifefish, and a lot more.

Usually, fresh water fish are colorful, with different shape and sizes. This is the reason why most fresh water fishes are taken care of as house pet and are displayed in designed aquariums. Fresh water fishes come in different prices as well. It mainly depends on the breed (color, design), where it comes from, life span as well as food and lifestyle. Let us take some popular fresh water fishes and their identity as examples to define each of them.
Mollies fish. They are fishes who eat algae. That’s why their preferred habitat is an aquarium with live plants. They are peaceful and like to take flakes. Their lifespan would be defined as 1-2 years and would grow up to three inches.
Kissing Gourami is known as the most peaceful fresh water fish. They were called as “kissing” because male gouramis tend to lock their mouths in a form like they are kissing. They prefer to eat both live and flakes and it can grow to up to 6-8 inches in 5 years lifespan.
Neon Tetra is a kind of fresh water fish that can be peaceful and can do very well when accompanied by three to five members of the same breed. They are the most popular fish for aquariums. Their lifespan can last up to 10 years and can only grow up to 1 inch in size. They eat flakes.

Sword Tail Platy can be easily recognized and remembered because of their bright red color. The males actually have extended tails that are considered as “sword” which the females don’t have.  They are herbivores and eat flakes as well. Their lives last up to 2 years and grow up to 2 inches in size.
Oscar fishes are peaceful but they eat smaller fish mates inside their habitat. They like rocked home and they like to dig that’s why having live plants on their tank is not ideal. They are carnivorous but will like flakes if they have tasted it since birth. They last up to 10 years and grow up to 12 inches in size.
Male bettas have amazing fin design and color, while females have dark and colorless fins. They liked to be alone in small tanks but females can be joined together. They are good and happy when put in a large tank or aquarium. They love flakes and live foods and can last up to 5 years.
These are only samples of popular fresh water fish. If you would like to start your aquarium, then start searching for your best breed.