Maybe would be not absolutely correct to recommend to the beginning aquarians a mollineziya for cultivation as a small fish this pretty difficult and with claims. However, if to study rules of its cultivation, and they will not seem too difficult then why and is not present.
Mollineziya are the small fishes belonging to family petsileevy. They are viviparous. Thanks to selection there is a big variety of these small fishes, but in any versions males there are less females. The native habitat – the central part of America.
Conditions necessary for receiving posterity of a mollineziya
The aquarium not less than 60 liters is necessary for safe cultivation of a mollineziya, and it is the best of all 100-liter. Also it is worth to remember about water quality. Water temperature in an aquarium has to be about 26-28 degrees. It is necessary for observance of this condition will install the heater.
It is extremely necessary to add special salt as ancestors of a mollineziya lived in saltish water to an aquarium. Calculation is as follows: one tablespoon of salt on 20 liters. It is possible to feed a mollineziya with the forage in the form of flakes frozen by a crank if there is an opportunity, buy live or frozen to Artemy; black hearts – to give about three features a day. Do not forget to change water in an aquarium: 20% of water every week. One more important factor: females need tranquility. It is necessary to make sure that nobody disturbs her: be it males or other inhabitants of a house reservoir. If this fact takes place to be, then it is necessary to transplant males, or to make quantity of females prevailing. If all above-mentioned conditions of keeping of a mollineziya are met, then long-awaited the result will not keep you waiting more, and, approximately in a month the female will bring posterity. The female, without the aid of a male, can bring forth several times offspring therefore when she becomes pregnant, need to keep a male in an aquarium is not present any. Before the posterity birth a female it is necessary to transplant in a spawning aquarium.
Maintenance and care for whitebaits
Whitebaits, after birth, and remain in a spawning aquarium. Growth rate and development will depend directly on water quality and food (its quantity), temperature condition, etc. Standard norm: whitebaits became twice bigger – it is possible to replace! Than and how to feed them? In flakes, having pounded them in powder, by means of a plastic bag: To place 1-2 tablespoons of flakes in a bag, to remove unnecessary air and then 10-15 minutes to knead it. To feed whitebaits with this powder (a small amount is necessary), take a toothpick, wet its tip in water and dip in a forage, and then ship a toothpick in an aquarium. This procedure needs to be performed several times a day.