Non Aggressive Freshwater Fish for Aquariums
#1- Angelfish
These are triangular shaped fish, which are usually silver in color with black stripes. However, golden, yellow, plain silver and brown colored angel fish are also available. The most beautiful are the:
•Koi Angelfish
•Marble Angelfish
•Gold Pearlscale
•Sunset Blushing Veil Angelfish
These fish can recognize their owner and are known for being intelligent. Costs range from US $10.00 – $80.00, depending on the rarity of the species. The Albino ones are more expensive.
#2- Barbs
Barbs are semi aggressive in nature when left alone, and must always be kept in a group of 6 – 8 fish of the same species. These fish come in a huge variety of colors, are very small, and look very pretty. Here are the popular subspecies:
•Cherry Barb
•Rosy Barb
•Tiger Barb
•Green Tiger Barb
•Hexazon Barb
•Denison Barb
•Gold Barb
•Snakeskin Barb
The Denison barb is by far the most expensive, and can cost up to US $35.00 for each fish. While the rest of the subspecies cost anywhere between US $2.00 – $7.00 only.
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