Barbus is most often small, but very bright and beautiful small fish of family cyprinid. In the territory of Russia the most popular is Sumatransky barbus, but at the same time some aquarians part also barbusov-clowns, cross and fiery barbus. These small fishes it is enough, are unpretentious to a forage, water temperature, it is simple to support them.
It is required to you
- - aquarium of 50-60 l with water (hardness of water of 15-18 dH, acidity 6.8);
- - aquarian heater;
- - illumination of an aquarium;
- - aerator;
- - plants and soil.
Instruction
1. Cultivation of barbus requires a separate aquarium. The beginning aquarians most often get Sumatransky barbus which concede at the price to other types, but have one big shortcoming - they are the most aggressive look. This gregarious fish does not disdain to bite and each other.
2. Barbusa are ikromechushchy fishes and for reproduction of posterity create temporary couples. The aquarium not less than 50-60 liters is necessary for couple of adult barbus which female is ready to spawning of caviar. It is pretty simple to distinguish a male from a female of barbus. A male more brightly and less by the size, than a female.
3. It is impossible to tell that it is fish warm-water. She rather easily transfers temperature of 20-23 degrees. It is necessary to raise and maintain temperature to 26 degrees in a spawning aquarium. The aquarium has to be densely set with plants as during lifetime, and when spawning small fishes.
4. Regardless of a type of barbus, they pretty easily breed. They are satisfied with hardness of water on average of 15-18 dH. Level of acidity should be lowered up to 6.8. Small fishes throw caviar extremely chaotically - or on plants or soil, or just in thickness of water.
5. You should not forget that barbus - predatory fish and as soon as the female swept together caviar, and she is impregnated, couple needs to be transplanted urgently from a spawning aquarium that the posterity was in safety from own parents. Berries by the form remind vials of air. Already in a day it is possible to see hardly noticeable whitebaits. As the first forage for them it is the best of all to use a paramecium caudatum.
6. Barbusa have high fertility. Depending on a look, can sweep together up to 400-500 berries. Mortality at berries very low therefore, watching growth of juveniles, it is possible not to worry about pollution of an aquarium dead whitebaits.
7. If you decided to part barbus, choose a male with the most beautiful and picturesque coloring and the largest female with a thick paunch. It will serve as a prerequisite in order that the posterity was healthy and was pleasing to the eye as their parents did at the time.