Barbusa is a great choice for the beginning aquarians. As small fishes are unpretentious and quite peaceful, their reproduction in house conditions will not be big work. The most widespread look are sumatransky barbusa with great tiger golden-yellowish coloring.
Barbusa. Reproduction in a house aquarium
The spacious aquarium not less than 20 liters is necessary for reproduction in house conditions. It is necessary to consider that barbusa do not love bright light therefore it is necessary to place dense thickets of plants with small leaves and a moss in an aquarium. It is worth to remember also about spawning whisks. Barbusa is the small fishes leaving the posterity to the mercy of fate. Quite often they just eat own berries. For this reason plants in an aquarium will act as natural protection of berries.
Reproduction in house conditions has to happen at necessary water temperature. The recommended temperature condition – from +23os to +25os. For successful spawning the water temperature needs to be lifted to +26os +28os. That barbusa carried out successful spawning, in an aquarium-nerestevik it is enough to put couple of small fishes.
Before spawning of barbus transplant on different aquariums approximately for a month. At the same time water temperature needs to be reduced by two degrees. Feeding of fishes during this period is carried out as follows: the female should give mainly vegetable food, and to a male – proteinaceous. By the way, to distinguish a male from a female quite easily: at females a tummy more roundish, and they is much less in the sizes, than males. The swelled up a little tummy of females testifies also to their readiness for reproduction. Skilled aquarians notice that for successful reproduction the female has to be 3-4 months younger than a male. Spawning at sumatransky barbus begins the next morning after their reunion in one capacity. At first the male will look after a female and when she begins to throw the berries, he immediately will begin to leave on them seed marks. It is curious that single spawning is capable to bring to one hundred impregnated berries. As barbusa do not love sunshine, an aquarium-nerestevik it is necessary to arrange in the darkened place in the apartment. Experts say that fertilization of berries can be improved artificially. For this purpose very few salt is added to water: 1 teaspoon on 10 l of water. Upon termination of spawning of new "parents" it is necessary to remove from an aquarium. Otherwise they can gobble up own postponed berries. At water temperature +26os whitebaits will appear for the fifth day. Reproduction of barbus in house conditions – occupation not only fascinating, but also not bringing excess trouble and expenses.
What to feed whitebaits of barbus with?
Aquarians claim that kolovratka, Artemy, an infusorian and a naupliya will become the best diet for just hatched barbus. Already slightly grown-up small fishes are recommended to allow to eat small Crustacea. The young growth of sumatransky barbus grows pretty fast and actively owing to what there can be an inequality: larger individuals will begin to eat smaller. In order to avoid cannibalism of young barbus it is necessary to sort by the size. On condition of plentiful and correct feeding in 8 months these small fishes will become mature.