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Four swordtail fish in orange, white, black and yellow varieties on a dark background

Swordtails

Wirral Aquatics
Quantity: single
Price:
£4.95
Stock:
Sold out

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Description

Swordtails hail from Central America. Growing up to 16cm in length, these hardy, active fish are best identified by the elongated lower tail fin, or sword found on the male swordtails.

Special requirements: To mimic their natural environment, consider a heavily planted tank that offers lots of shelter and hiding places. Swordtails are familiar with fast moving streams, the fast current that they are familiar with can be created with a strong filtration system. Swordtails are great jumpers so be sure to keep your tank lid shut.

Diet: At Wirral Aquatics we feed our Swordtails EBO pro soft artemia, insect meal and seafood. They also enjoy live food such as daphnia and baby brine shrimp.

Tank compatibility & care

Temperature
16–28 °C
pH
7–8
Hardness
179–447 ppm
Adult size
140 mm
Min. tank
110 L
Type
Fish
Temperament
Semi aggressive
Diet
Omnivore

Compatible tank mates

Hand-picked from the species we stock
Swordtails tankmate overlap
Firemouth
Firemouth
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
20–32 °CpH 6.5–8.536–268 ppm
Albino threadfin acara
Albino threadfin acara
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
24–30 °CpH 6–818–215 ppm
Hoplo
Hoplo
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
18–28 °CpH 6–8357–357 ppm
Assasin snails
Assasin snails
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
22–28 °CpH 7–8100–300 ppm
Rabbit Snail
Rabbit Snail
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
26–30 °CpH 7.2–8.5100–300 ppm
Wild l398 Taneki Tiger Pleco
Wild l398 Taneki Tiger Pleco
Out of stock
Temp °C 16 32
pH 6 8.5
GH ppm 0 300
25–30 °CpH 6–7.50–267 ppm
Every aquarium is different. These are a guide based on water chemistry, adult size and temperament. Individual fish have their own personalities. Introduce new tank mates gradually, keep groups at the right numbers, and watch how everyone settles in. Ask our team if you'd like advice for your setup.

Ordering livestock

We strive to ensure that we honour all orders placed online. However, we are a small, busy shop and tracking livestock inventory can be challenging. If we are unable to fulfil your order, we will contact you as soon as possible to discuss options so that you can decide how you would like to proceed.

If livestock are appearing out of stock on our website, it does not necessarily mean that they are not available in store. If there is something that you are looking for, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss what is possible.

If you would like to view footage of the particular fish that you are looking to purchase, please contact us and we will send footage as per your request.