Ornamental Fish

Ornamental fish is quite well known by the public as aquarium decorations. Development of ornamental fish in Indonesia progressing steadily risen, largely a freshwater fish native to Indonesia. Of the many species of ornamental fish, not everything has to be cultivated. In the ornamental fish bred should be noted that each type has characteristics and living habits are different, for example in the way of breeding, nesting or preparing a nest.

Live bearer fish farming is very easy and has a high success rate. For one pair of fish can produce 50 to 100 acres of fish for spawning once, at a price of Rp perekor. 25,-up to Rp. 75, -. This is also a type of fish that can be ornamental fish exports such as fish Guppy. With proper maintenance techniques and high persistence will get results with a very beautiful color.

Types of Ornamental Fish

1.       Cupang Fish

WOOOW, the beauty of Bengkulu, Indonesia .. Interesting is not it? of course, everyone will surely love the fish picture like this, even to own and maintain it .. indeed all people would recognize the beauty of these fish that can win national and international championships.

2.       Lou Han

Lou Han is one of the much-loved ornamental fish in Indonesia and came from the family Cichlidae. Siklid a large family consisting of hundreds of species. Intermarriage between Lou Lou Han Han shown to produce fairly good quality with certain physical characteristics, namely the aspect of color, tattoo and beauty of form. One of the factors that influence the color change of Lou Han fish is by artificial feeding in addition to genetic factors such fish. There are a lot of Lou Han feed products on the market and offer the advantages of each other for growth, change color, and appearance of the development nonong pearl scales, so to confuse the consumer to select it. There is also a market strategy that makes the feed a dual or three functions. The study was conducted to test different brands of feed Lou Han on the market to changes in color, especially red fish Red Diamond Lou Han, in addition to knowing the growth (weight gain) of fish.

3.       Rainbow

Rainbow fish is a fish species that attracted many people because of these fish can also be an export commodity. There are two types is quite famous rainbow rainbow Irian (Melano Tacnia maccaulochi and Rainbow Anlanesi ogilby Telmatherina ladigesi ahl Irian Rainbow basically silvery color with a dark metallic color whereas the rainbow Sulawesi essentially olive yellow, with yellow color of the bottom of this fish species, including fish egg laying by gluing on aquatic plants.

4.      Corydoras

Corydoras is one freshwater fish species are in great demand and ornamental fish lovers have export opportunities. Besides being used as a freshwater fish, can also be utilized as raw material for cosmetics in the developed world.
Although these fish originated from South America, but has long been successfully cultivated in Indonesia. This fish is known for easy cultivation. Short and stout body shape, more arched back than the abdomen, both sides are equipped with fish such as bone plates are arranged in two rows, having two pairs of whiskers located in the upper jaw and lower jaw and body size can reach 12 cm. Corydoras fish can be cultured in ponds that contain low oxygen in the water. Suitable environmental conditions for these fish species were: pH 6-8, temperature of 21.5-28 o C.
In the fish Corydoras necessary maintenance tools and equipment in the form of materials, namely: - Parent fish Corydoras female and male
- The container maintenance include:
/ Bak maintenance of the male and female mass, as well as a place of spawning, or aquarium that measures 60 × 40 × 40 cm.
/ Bak larval rearing and seed mass
- Feed
/ Feed the parent form or Chironomous tubifex worms and mosquito larvae.
/ Feeding the larvae of Artemia nauplii
/ Food for Corydoras fish rearing up ready for the market is tubifex worms

5.       Severum

Severum fish Cichlasoma severum is one freshwater fish species from the northern United States (S. Arhazone). He was short, stout and flattened by varying the base color yellowish brown body, black or brown. Of these fish also have high economic value. Severum fish can be kept in aquariums or cement tanks of water quality necessary for the maintenance of fish severum namely: PH. : 5.5 - 7, the water temperature of 21-25 ° C.
Severum's been able to dipijahkan after measuring 12-15 cm. Male parent of a female can be distinguished from the color and size of the male parent is more brightly colored with a stem larger than females. Foods that can be given these types of fish include: water fleas, larva, silk worms, etc..

6.       Discus

Discus fish (Symphysodon disc) is one type of freshwater fish from the river Amazon (Brazil). Species of fish has an economic value of good and very unpopular in many countries.
Discus Fish in Indonesia are able to be cultivated and highly developed because of potential to be marketed in addition to the local market, can also be an export commodity. Characteristic of the discus fish is benetuk his body flat, round fish like pomfret with a base color sorrel. Discus fish can be cultured in the Aquarium for a pair of discs can be placed in a tank measuring about 75 x 35 x 35 cm qualities needed to live and develop the discus fish in clear water, a temperature of 28-30 ° C pH (acidity) 5 - 6 except that the content of dissolved oxygen should be high enough that is greater than 3 ppm (parts per million). Discus fish can already be bred after the age of 15-20 months. The foods that are common to eat water fleas, larva, worms (artificial food) in the market.

7.       Goldfish

Goldfish is one of the ornamental fish are very popular among fans. Because the fish species have been known for decades in Indonesia. In fact, the first may be kept as ornamental fish. Even so, a new type of fish is experiencing rapid growth in demand around the 2000s. Fish originally from China, its shape is very cute and fun. Moderate to large size is 20 cm. However, in Indonesia this kind of fish similar to carp. This fish is like crawling in the bottom and only the occasional swim. There are a variety of colors in goldfish, such as red, yellow, black, white, and some are a mixture of various colors. In addition, these fish also have a very diverse species or varieties. Generally rounded body shape or fat. More round is usually more popular with fans. In some species, the head chef mas lion (lion head) and the eyes of the balloon, has no dorsal fin. There is also a tail fin has one and two, open or bloom and length. While that type of fin buds and blooms, not sold or not liked.

Arowana fish families including the "ancestor", ie fish families Osteoglasidae or "bony-tongue" (bony tongues), because the bottom mouth of the bone that serves as a tooth. Arowana thinking about a variety of nicknames, such as: Fish Dragon (Dragon Fish), Barramundi, Saratoga, PlaTapad, indolent, Siluk, Heaven, peyang, Tangkelese, Aruwana, or Arowana, depending on the place. Arowana fish is a fish that came from the subtropics and tropics, so that the arowana many found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand. Habitat is the river - large river with a current which is quite heavy. Arowana wild caught have now been very rare. The number of arowana a drastic decline, let alone supported by the number of water pollution as it is now. Arowana outstanding now been confirmed as the result of breeding employers who do nursery proven quality and quality genes. Arowana fish Asian Arowana or (Scleropages formosus) is one of the most favorite fish in the world. With a strong physical resistance, great price and the arowana lovers everywhere to make arowana fish legend. Arowana fis the type of asia
that colored silvery has the Latin name (Scleropages formosus) is a favorite fish for ornamental fish hobbiis nationwide. with color there amazing the silver, gold, red and green. Arowana become a favorite for many people because of the scales which maintains mempesona.Konon arowana fish can also carry this thing Hokky which causes the price of arowana fish in the market is always high and stable. Unlike the ornamental fish other species whose price fluctuates.