Ammannia gracilis is a rather old plant in the aquarium hobby. With the requirements of growing bright red and it becoming rather large, many people aren't bothered growing this plant.
Pimelodella Gracilis
Species Information
Native to Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata basins.
Neolamprologus gracilis
Origin and locale/variety: Wide distribution, Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Geographical varieties within the lake are just beginning to be identified.
Scientific Name(s): Poecilia sphenops, Gambusia modesta, Gambusia plumbea, Lembesseia parvianalis, Mollienesia altissima, Mollienesia gracilis, Mollienesia macrura, Mollienesia pallida, Mollienesia sphenops altissima, Mollienesia sphenops macrura, ...
Feeding: Hemiodus gracilis (Slender Hemiodus) will accept most food types but prefers live food.
Breeding: we have no information about how to breed Hemiodus gracilis (Slender Hemiodus) in aquariums.
Geographic Distribution
Neolamprologus gracilis
Data provided by FishBase.org
Scientific Classification ...
Ammania gracilis (B2,D,G,S1,S2,V)
Ammania latifolius (R)
Ammania senegalensis (A,B1,G,J,R,S1,Y)
Bacopa amplexicaulis (W)
Bacopa caroliniana (A,An,B1,D,G,J,R,S1,S2,V,Y) "Giant Red Bacopa" ...
Chaetocerous gracilis is a 6-9 μm solitary diatom with four large spines. It is frequently used in large quantities in commercial shrimp culturing.
A couple of Ammania gracilis roots were also planted on the left side until they grow new leaves and then decide were exactly fit better.
SYN: Hemigrammus gracilis
PD: The body color is silver. An iridescent orange to red stripe extends from the snout to the base of its tail. The front part of the dorsal fins are the same color as the stripe. Other fins are silver to transparent.
Some of the slender suckermouth catfish, such as the Whiptail - Dasyloricaria filamentosa and the Farlowella - Farlowella gracilis, are quite delicate species.
Long-Whiskered Catfish
Catfish don't have long whiskers for looks.
Slender rainbowfish, Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978.
Lake Tebera rainbowfish, Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi Allen, 1981.
Irian Jaya rainbowfish, Melanotaenia irianjaya Allen, 1985.
Strickland rainbowfish, Melanotaenia iris Allen, 1987.
Mollienesia gracilis
Mollienesia macrura
Mollienesia pallida
Mollienesia sphenops altissima
Mollienesia sphenops macrura
Mollienesia sphenops pallida
Mollienesia sphenops vantynei
Mollienesia vantynei
Mollienisia sphenops
Platypoecilus mentalis ...
gracilis, but several authorities believe this is incorrect, and consider the fish offered as F. acus to in fact be the subject species. The sketch of F. acus [here F. vittata] and F.
It consisted of Procatopus gracilis, P.similis, P abberans and P.nototaemia species. Both Procatopus and Lamprichthys are called lampeyes in the aquarium hobby. Lamprichthys live only in Lake Tanganyika.
Synonyms: Hemigrammus gracilis, Auct, 1954
First European import: 1933, probably from the USA
Description: See picture ...
Most of these species get in excess of 12". Some of the slender suckermouth catfish, such as the Whiptail - Dasyloricaria filamentosa and the Farlowella - Farlowella gracilis, are quite delicate species.
It is best kept either in a species tank, or with established robust Lamprologines or a large school of Cyprichromis. It is believed that this species originated from a natural crossing of N. splendens and N. gracilis.
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