Fish

  • Barred Pencilfish

    General information These fish have 5 black vertical stripes and only reach up 1.6 inches. To keep these fish in captivity, water temperature should range from 72°F to 79°F and water pH should be below 7.0. The tank should have plants, floating vegetation and open spaces for swimming. They aren’t recommended for the community aquarium…

  • Blackstripe pencilfish

    General information These fish are silver with a dark horizontal stripe that goes from the nose to the caudal peduncle, also, the base of the tail fin and the anal and ventral fins are red. They can reach up to 2.5 inches and are extremely slender. To keep these fish in captivity, water pH should…

  • One Lined Pencilfish

    General information These fish are silver and have a dark band going from the mouth to the tail, this band is edged by a thin gold stripe, also they have an orange or red tail fin. They can reach up to 2.8 inches. To keep these fish in captivity, water temperature should range from 72°F…

  • Three Lined Pencilfis

    General information These fish are silver and have three horizontal stripes that go from the mouth to the tail fin. They can reach up to 2.4 inches. To keep these fish in captivity water temperature should range from 72°F to 82°F and water pH should be between 4.0 and 7.5. The tank should be densely…

  • Diptail Pencilfish

    General information These fish are very slender, they are light gray and have five rows of dark spots on their back and a red and black markings on the anal fin. They can reach up to 2 inches. To keep these fish in captivity, water temperature should range from 73°F to 82°F and water pH…

  • Coral Red Pencilfish

    General information These fish are red  with two horizontal black lines and only reach up to 1 inch. To keep these fish in captivity, water temperature should range from 72°F to 82°F and water pH should be between 5.8 and 7.0. The tank should have a dark substrate, plants and floating plants. They are peaceful…

  • Golden pencilfish

    General information These fish are gold with a silver band along the flanks, this band is edged by a red band on its upper side and edged by a black band on the lower side. To keep these fish, water temperature should range from 69°F to 80°F and water pH should be between 5.0 and…

  • Green Filefish

    General information The Green Filefish is an extremely rare and hardly ever seen filefish. Green Filefish have a mostly green body with brown markings and black spots. Green Filefish will do best in tanks with lots of live rock and some substrate for them to find small inverts to pick on between feedings. Green Filefish…

  • Fringed Filefish

    General information The Fringed Filefish is a unique looking fish found in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. It has a yellow white and brown body which resembles seaweed in the wild. Fringed Filefish are mostly considered reef safe but may pick at some soft corals and smaller invertebrates. Take caution when adding a Fringed Filefish…