One of the most frequent errors of the owners of the aquarium is an attempt to combine several warring species of fish within the same artificial reservoir. For example, aggressive aquarium fish such as cichlases with timid blue neons do not exactly get along: cichlases belong to one of the most aggressive species, inclined to defend their territory with or without, and blue neons - the representatives of the most serene and timid fishes - will be constantly in oppression.
In fact, to choose fish for the aquarium in such a way that they live together, it is quite difficult. There are several methods for determining the compatibility of aquarium fish. For example, some classifications are based on the nature and habits of the inhabitants of the aquarium, others are more complex and take into account the features of nutrition, the aquarium layer and other factors.
Some aquarists notice that if fish are originally grown in the same tank, they can get used to each other, even if they are related to the conditionally incompatible types. Of course, this observation does not apply to predators.
A popular classification of species for compatibility of fish will determine which fish live together with each other best.
Group 1. "Robust"
This group includes the following types:
- blue, or ordinary, neon;
- fire tetra (also known as "glowing tetra" or erythrosonus);
- cardinals;
- guppies;
- corridors;
- honey gourami;
- glass shrimps;
- dissociations of heteromorphs.
The best fish of this group exist with the same "timid" representatives.
Group 2. Peaceful, calm species of small fish
- zebrafish;
- the sword-bearer;
- ternesia;
- sickle-shaped neons;
- philomena;
- black neons;
- copper tetra.
These fishes adore "companies", that's why they feel great in aquariums, where there are several fish of each kind of group.
Group 3. "Active goodies"
- barbs;
- macropods;
- acne;
- loaches;
- gurami;
- a shark ball;
- Lalium;
- gold, blue, marble gourami.
These fish are medium-sized, so adults need an aquarium with a capacity of 100 liters. Fish from this group perfectly interact with each other.
Group 4. Pygmy cichlids
These cichlids are relatively peaceful and can coexist with certain species of fish, for example, with apistograms or lamprogols, but still do not place them in an aquarium with timid calm fish.
Group 5. Large cichlids
These fishes are very aggressive.
Group 6. Predators of astronotus
Compatible with the pack (large) and medium and large plectostomus. The aquarium for such fish should be at least 300 liters in volume.
Group 7. Aggressive troubled schools
Fish of this group are preferably held in flocks of 15 fish,
- cichlids mmbuna;
- laboteotropes;
- labiodochromis;
- pseudotrofeices;
- melanochromis;
- iodotrofeusy.
For these fish you need a tropical aquarium with a capacity of at least 300 liters, equipped with a large number of shelters.
Very often ask a question about the compatibility of fish parrots. It is worth to distinguish about what specifically the fish are talking about.
Red parrot (red patroth), he artificially derived a hybrid of cichlids - a fairly large fish, so small fish species (for example, zebrafish) usually become a food for them. With larger species, the red parrot perfectly coexists.