Sumatransky barbus is an aquarium fish, one of the most widespread characters which aquarians for the contents in the heavenly spot prefer to choose. If you decided to breed these small fishes in house conditions, then have to provide them comfortable stay and the correct contents.
Conditions of keeping
Appreciate a sumatransky barbus mobility, peacefulness, the small sizes and beautiful coloring. Best of all to support them small flocks till 5-10 of individuals, it is possible together with other peace types of aquarium fishes which can stand for themselves. If in your aquarium there are only 2-3 barbus, then they can belong to each other and to neighbors is aggressive. Sumatransky barbus – not the predator, but can swallow whitebaits of other fishes. At vualevy and inactive small fishes it can bite off fins.
It is better to support them in an aquarium which volume is not less than 50 liters, with free space for swimming and dense vegetation. Lay dark soil on a bottom, otherwise the color of barbus can quickly turn pale. The maintenance of sumatransky barbus practically differs in nothing from the maintenance of other species of aquarian fishes. Optimum water temperature has to be 21-23os, the rigidity and acidity of special value do not play.
Plants in an aquarium should be chosen with small leaves (miriofillum or a kabomba). Establish the filter and illumination. If the filter is absent (barbus is less sensitive to a lack of oxygen, than other aquarium fishes), it is necessary to change periodically the third part of volume of water for fresh. If you noticed that small fishes swim at the water surface with the head raised up immediately replace water.
Feeding
Sumatransky barbusa are unpretentious in feeding. They eat dry and live feeds, with pleasure pluck plants. Adult individuals need additional vegetable fertilizing in the form of dried seaweed, lettuce leaves or a nettle. Barbusa in the thickness of water eat, if necessary take a forage from a surface and from a bottom. These small fishes are inclined to obesity therefore once a week arrange hungry day. You feed them with a trubochnik, a water flea, a small crank and koretry.
Cultivation
At the age of 5-9 months there is possible a cultivation of a sumatransky barbus when they reach puberty. Spawning process at the same time can proceed at all seasons of the year. Seat producers, you hold separately about one month. At this time provide them with healthy nutrition, give vegetable additives. As a nerestovik use an aquarium not less than 10 liters. On a bottom place a separatorsky grid to prevent eating of future posterity. That spawning began quicker, increase water temperature on 3-4os, add the distilled water. After the small fish otmecht caviar, transplant parents, replace 30% of volume of water. And that on berries the fungus did not develop, add to water a little methylene a blue. The period of an incubation lasts about two days, for the third or fourth day the whitebaits begin to float, eat. It is necessary to feed them with an infusorian or live dust. In a month they get coloring of adult individuals.