Have You Shown Your Fish Some Love Lately?

It’s the season of love!
Show your fish some love by sending them on a romantic get away, using the Marine Net Breeder, or give them some time away from the Fry with the Penn-Plax Baby Hide-Out. Instead of a box of chocolate, get some food for the whole fish family.

And for Valentine’s Day, we’d like to highlight a favorite fish among hobbyists, a species that is loyal to their mate: The Clownfish!

Do your fish need some alone time to work on their relationship? Invest in the Marina Fish Net Breeder. This easy to assemble “isolation tank” is perfect for breeding fish, pregnant live-bearers, or to isolate fry. And when your fish are done with their romantic get away, it can be disassembled and stored flat.

If your fish need some alone time away from the fry, invest in the Penn Plax Baby Hide-Out. These fake plants provide secure cover for fry, no matter what part of the water column they hide in. The Baby Hide-Out is buoyant, and will float upside in the aquarium. However, the base can also be covered in gravel, to keep it on your aquarium floor. It is a low maintenance, secure way to give fry their own area of the aquarium.

If your fish have successfully bred, or some fry are on the way, invest in some First Bites! Young fish need small, high protein food to help them grow strong. Unlike many other fry foods, Hikari’s First Bites won’t pollute your tank.

As your young fish grow, so will their appetites. Hiker’s Baby Brine Shrimp is a great source of natural algae, and are loaded in with multi-vitamins. This small frozen food is perfect for any small fish, regardless of age.

During the month of Love, we’d like to highlight fish that mate for life: the Clownfish.

Clownfish often pair up when they are juveniles, and have no sex. As they grow, the larger fish will become female, and the smaller of the pair will become male. Like humans, mated pairs will share a home (in this case, an anemone) and will both take part in caring for the eggs.

However, clownfish have a unique response to the death of their mate. If the female in a pair dies, the male will change his sex to female and pair off with a smaller male.