Fish Gallery #1

Welcome to my first mini fish exhibit. All photos have either been taken with the new Ricoh R3, or my trusty old Olympus C-750. I recommend using macro mode with flash as fish almost never stay still.

Tip: Pre-focus on a plant or the substrate and snap the fish when it passes by. Focusing directly on the fish itself is very difficult and are only possible for very slow swimmers. For less grainy photos, try to set as low an ISO setting as possible.


A variant of the the molly (Poecilia latipinna) with a nice patterned body and high "sail" fins.


Freshwater spotted green puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis). This fish is a carnivore and eats only frozen or live food. It has sharp teeth for cracking open snails (one of their favourite foods). Try not to keep them with smaller or similar sized fish as this little fella tends to take chunks of fin off other fish when they are not looking!

My puffer has been found guilty (caught in the act) of fin chomping and is now in solitary confinement in a seperate mini-tank.


A male swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) in bright orange colour.


A bunch of Tiger (Barbus tetrazona) and Schubert (Barbus 'schuberti') Barbs. They are extremely hyperactive. Make sure you do not keep them with long finned fishes. They will nip the fins and kill your fancy fish!

I got some of them a few weeks ago and promptly returned them to the fish shop!


A pair of Black Widow Tetras (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi). These fish grow very fast when well fed. They have grown almost a centimetre within a month after adding them to the tank.


One of a pair of glowlight tetras (Hemigrammus erythrozonus). Ideally should be kept in a larger shoal.


A pair of marbled angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare), black on white and white on black.


One of a pair of butterfly cichlids (Microgeophagus ramirezi) which originates from the Amazon. Beautiful colours, shy nature and tend to inhabit the middle to bottom zone.


Suckermouth Catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus) bought from a local fish farm for S$3. Loves algae tablets and may sometimes swim upside down "sucking" on the surface to feed on flakes! Fish_