Sea fishes of an amfipriona, or clownfish – wonderful, extremely mobile beings who can decorate with the presence any aquarium. Keeping of these unique small fishes does not demand serious preparation, the beginning aquarian can even quite cope with it.
Clownfish – the inhabitant of sea depths, very popular among aquarians, the real handsome whom the American directors made the main hero of one of the best-sellers – the animated movie "Searching Mutely". How to support this surprising small fish whether there are some especially individual recommendations about leaving for amfipriony and to its food?
Aquarium
Clownfish are beings quite not choosy, they excellently feel even in aquariums of the small sizes. An optimal variant of underwater "world" for a couple of these multi-colored creations - an aquarium which length is 80 centimeters, width – 30-35 centimeters and depth (height) – 40-45 centimeters.
At the maintenance of amfiprion, as well as when keeping any other small fishes, it is necessary to filter carefully water in an aquarium. The external or internal filter with filler from activated carbon quite will be suitable for these purposes. Quite acceptable for process of filtration of water and application of so-called "live stones" - natural reef formations or, in other words, pieces of the reeves inhabited by living marine organisms. Proceeding from the fact that clownfish in the nature live in salty sea waters and in an aquarium water has to be salty too. If to measure the level of salinity of water (density) by means of the areometer, then its indicator has to be equal to numbers from 1.021 to 1.023. Optimum water temperature in an aquarium for keeping of clownfish – from 24 to 26 wasps. In addition, the aquarium for amfiprion has to be well lit.
Feeding and other recommendations about contents
It is the best of all to feed clownfish with a ready-made dry feed though they will not refuse also frozen shrimps or pieces of mollusks. Frequency of feeding – 2-3 times a day, small portions. In order that to clownfish it was really comfortable, with them one aquarium has to contain also a coral polyp of actinium. Actinium is an irreplaceable satellite of an amfiprion, at the same time his house and the defender. By the way, clownfish too under reliable protection of the eternal satellite spawn. Correctly to look after a coral polyp, it is necessary to follow some simple rules. For example, it is necessary to know that actinium, as well as clownfish, comfortably feel only in well lit aquarium. As a forage the polyps can be content with small pieces of sea fish, squids and mollusks. In order that this improbable creation did not do itself harm, it is necessary to watch that it did not approach close the working filter pomp.