Not all inhabitants of modern apartments are able to afford maintenance and installation of a big aquarium therefore the aquarium of small volumes is most often got. Choosing inhabitants for such small artificial reservoir, it is necessary to follow several rules.
Rules of contents
You should not settle a large number of small fishes in a small aquarium. Buy fishes, calculated on the basis of that one individual requires not less than four liters of water. If to consider that usually the volume of a small aquarium does not exceed thirty liters, you should not occupy him more than ten water inhabitants. Besides, it is necessary to consider not only quantity, but also the sizes of fishes, if quite large individuals grow from whitebaits, to them it will be close and uncomfortable in the small volume of water. Consider also such factor as the features inherent in any given breed of small fishes: it is convenient to someone from them to live in the lower layer, to someone – in top. Some types of individuals are inactive, to others, on the contrary, need the continuous movement. Some gregarious, other small fishes prefer loneliness. When settling a small aquarium small fishes with contradictory qualities you risk to break their vital rhythm and to create chaos in the aquarium.
What small fish to choose
Small aquarium it is undesirable to occupy predatory species of fish. Will not be suitable for such way of contents and a small fish of gentle, rare, expensive and exotic breeds as in a small reservoir it will be difficult for you to support for them comfortable conditions, such fishes often are ill and perish.
From viviparous fishes the famous guppies are most unpretentious widely, they differ in mobility and very beautiful coloring, their brilliant flock very effectively looks. Guppies well breed therefore it is necessary to watch that the aquarium was not overpopulated by them. It is quite possible to settle bright sword-bearers to the guppy, they are also undemanding and will add to your aquarium of bright red, black and green colors. The small fish a cockerel, known for the huge "cock" tail and variety of the most improbable coloring is also very popular. The black mollineziya is a little more whimsical, you should watch temperature and purity of water, besides this small fish prefers salty water. From the fishes throwing caviar barbusa, small small fishes danio-rerio and vualevy cardinals who need abundance of seaweed quite will be suitable for a small aquarium. Tiny bright neon whose flocks will always recover an aquarium will be also not superfluous and to be pleasing to the eye. All these breeds are distinguished by the small size of small fishes and their high resilience. If there is desire to choose fish more largely, it is possible to get striped, similar to the sailing vessel, skalyariya or somik which, differing in the large sizes and a bright coloring, perfectly get on with any other small fishes. Besides, these most beautiful golden, green and speckled inhabitants of a benthonic layer are hospital attendants of an aquarium, purifying soil and walls from an undigested forage, dirt and a raid of seaweed. Thus, if desired it is possible to occupy even a small, aquarium from ten to thirty liters the most beautiful small fishes who will feel quite comfortably, to get on successfully with each other and to decorate your house.