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With its shimmering bronze body, bold black lateral stripe, and golden-edged fins, it’s a visual standout in any tropical aquarium. Often mistaken for its close cousin, the Siamese Algae Eater, the Flying Fox brings both beauty and utility to planted tanks — especially for aquarists battling stubborn algae.

New to fishkeeping? Discover the top 10 tropical fish perfect for beginners—easy to care for, hardy, and full of personality.

Butterfly moor's are omnivorous. Feed them sinking and floating goldfish pellets flake and broken-up algae wafer. Will also happily eat bloodworm, brine shrimp and other meaty fresh food (frozen is fine).

Red moor's make peaceful additions to community freshwater tanks with other goldfish or low-temperature tolerant tropical fish of a similar size. They are relatively easy to keep healthy if the tank is clean, well filtered, and they are fed a good diet. This makes them suitable for beginners.

A fully grown moor goldfish usually reaches 15-20cm, around 6-8" inches in length. Care must be taken not to house with smaller fish that can fit in its mouth, when it reaches adult size - black moor goldfish will happily swallow small tetra or similar tankmates. 

Panda moor goldfish have distinctive black and white colouring, like a panda, and are one of the rare varieties of the species. This colouration is simply a lack of black pigmentation on a black moor goldfish, and can sometimes display flecks of traditional goldfish orange.

The longfin zebra danio is a captive-bred aquarium fish and has long, flowing fins and a long tail, about three times the length of the common zebra danio’s fins and tail. In the aquarium industry, zebra danios are found in a range of colors, with silvery-green, pink, blue, and purple bodies.