Skalyariya are the most widespread aquarium fishes. They are appreciated unique beauty, grace and interesting intellectual behavior. In the flat and wide form the skalyariya bears to a leaf a strong resemblance.
Skalyariya treats family tsikhlid and came to us from South America, to tell more precisely, from its central part. In translation its name means "a winged leaf", and in Europe this small small fish received the name "small fish angel".
The most widespread typesSkalyariya contain a set of types, the most widespread aquarian view from them is the skalyariya ordinary. A body at it high, strongly compressed from sides. The color silvery with black strips on each side, its intensity depends on conditions of keeping and health of a small fish. The skalyariya marble is not less widespread. In appearance it is similar to ordinary, the main distinction – a marble color of a small fish.
Skalyariya Leopoldi – the look which is rather seldom found in aquariums. It is also called humpbacked for more extended horizontal body. Strips on a little body are located more horizontally, than vertically.
Live "jewelry" of aquariumsSkalyariya-zebra has on a body many dark, accurate strips. A color of a body light gray, silvery, black fins are extended. The following popular look is the skalyariya gold. It received such name thanks to the gold color with a pink outflow. On fins white horizontal strips are visible. On external sign the skalyariya shleyfovy is similar to it. But unlike gold it has the extended fins reminding a loop. The color at this small fish light-beige, is more nacreous. Absolutely the skalyariya black differs from her. It large fish of saturated velvet-black color is happy.
It is quite often possible to meet a skalyariya two-color or bicolor. The body of this fish has two zones. A tail part dark black, and other – dark beige, gold. Well look a skalyariya smoky and blue. Blue has a saturated blue shade and long fins. The skalyariya leopard is not similar to it at all. This small fish is allocated with really leopard color that makes her popular among fans of skalyariya. The skalyariya chocolate, with a dark brown color is not less exotic.
Contents subtletiesBut whatever was the species of this attractive small fish, all of them demand observance of indispensable conditions of contents. The aquarium for such small fishes has to be deep, more than 50 cm high. Water has to be not less 24-28os. Existence in an aquarium of vegetation is necessary, but also it is necessary to leave free space for movement of small fishes.
Prefer to Skalyariya live forages, but willingly eat as well the frozen crank, dry water fleas, gamma Russian.
Skalyariya very beautiful small fishes, they will perfectly decorate an aquarium. These are quite peaceful fishes who well get on with other inhabitants of an aquarium.