Fish & Plants

 

                                                                        
The Aquarium Factory receives shipments of fish for sale all over the world. Four fulltime livestock operators ensure all your fish, whether they are tropical, cold water, natives, axolotyls, sea horses, marines, cichlids or fancy goldfish, have been hand selected for their health, vitality and popularity.

The Aquarium Factory Staff, as seen on many wildlife television programs throughout Australia, giving presentations on how to care for and look after your fish and are only too happy to help you in the shop to choose the correct filtration and aquarium to suit your needs.

The Aquarium Factory specialises in lighting and correct plants for your aquarium. New shipments of plants twice weekly assures you variety and quality. Plant food, anchors, iron kits, CO2 diffusers, Root Therm and many plant accessories can be shown to you.

We stock over 500 different species.

MARINE FISH OF THE MONTH

Each month we choose one fish from our wide selection based on unusual characteristics. This month's marine fish is:

Blue mandarin

Scientific name: Synchiropus Splendidus
Size: Wild 100mm / 4 inch.
Sexing: Males have larger dorsal and anal fins also are found to have brighter colours.
Diet: Small crustaceans and algae  
Difficulty: 8/10

The blue mandarin is a bottom dwelling fish that tends to burry itself in the substrate to hide from predators. The mandarin can be a bit difficult to get to eat on artificial foods ie: flakes and pellets. The mandarin can be very shy in new tanks it may disappear for an amount of time. It is also recommended to keep 1 mandarin to a tank.

FRESH WATER FISH OF THE MONTH

Each month we choose one fish from our wide selection based on unusual characteristics. This month's fresh water fish is:

Neon Rainbow.

Scientific name: Melanoteania preacox
Size: 2” (5 cm).
Temp: 23 – 28 degrees celcius
Water conditions: slightly hard and ph 6.6 – 7.0
Origin: New Guinea, Irian Jaya

The perfect tank setup for the neon rainbows is a peaceful community tank with open swimming space. The neon rainbows tend to take what ever you present ie: flakes, pellets, live, frozen. sexing the neon rainbows is quit easy as the males are brighter in colour and have red in the fins and females have yellow.

PLANT OF THE MONTH

Each month we choose a plant of the month as well.

Tiger Lotus


Scientific name
: Nymphaea Lotus Zenkeri
Temp: 22 – 30 degrees Celsius
Light level: medium – very high
Growth rate: slow – medium
Difficulty: medium

The tiger lotus is a very Gorgeous display plant that makes a perfect feature in a small aquarium it sometimes sends leaves 2 the surface that need to be cut back so the plants below get some light. Best maintained under very high light to get best results. the tiger lotus very in colours you may get patches of purple or red and brown are common on a green leaf or green and red leaf colour.