अफ्रिकी गिलास क्याटफिश
The African glass catfish, scientific name Pareutropius debauwi, belongs to the Schilbeidae family. A peaceful, easy-to-keep schooling fish. It does not have a bright color, therefore it is considered as an addition to the freshwater aquarium community.
सामग्रीहरू
आवास
It comes from the equatorial part of Africa. The natural habitat extends over a large part of the Congo Basin. Occurs mainly in areas of rivers with dense aquatic vegetation.
संक्षिप्त जानकारी:
- एक्वैरियम को मात्रा - 100 लिटर बाट।
- तापमान - 24-28 डिग्री सेल्सियस
- मान pH — ६.०–७.५
- पानीको कठोरता - नरम वा मध्यम कडा (5-15 dGH)
- सब्सट्रेट प्रकार - कुनै पनि गाढा
- प्रकाश - कम वा मध्यम
- खारा पानी - छैन
- पानी आन्दोलन - हल्का वा मध्यम
- माछाको आकार 8-10 सेन्टिमिटर हुन्छ।
- खाना - कुनै पनि डुब्ने खाना
- स्वभाव - शान्त
- कम्तिमा 6-8 व्यक्तिहरूको समूहमा सामग्री
विवरण
Adult individuals reach a length of up to 8–10 cm. Outwardly, the fish is not too similar to classic catfish, which is explained by its lifestyle. The African glass catfish is an active swimmer and spends most of its time in the water column, and not at the bottom.
The body is silvery with a black stripe running from head to tail. Fins are translucent. It is often confused with another closely related species, the Striped Glass Catfish. The latter can be distinguished by three black stripes on the body and dark spots on the tail. At a young age, both species are almost identical.
अफ्रिकी र धारीदार गिलास क्याटफिश
दुई घनिष्ठ सम्बन्धित प्रजातिहरू, अफ्रिकी गिलास क्याटफिस र स्ट्रिप्ड ग्लास क्याटफिस बीचको दृश्य भिन्नताहरू
यौन डिमोर्फिज्म कमजोर रूपमा व्यक्त गरिएको छ, पुरुष र महिलाहरू व्यावहारिक रूपमा एकअर्काबाट भिन्न छन्।
खाद्य
In a home aquarium, it will accept most popular sinking foods (flakes, granules). Live or frozen brine shrimp, bloodworms and other invertebrates of a suitable size are a good addition to your daily diet.
एक्वैरियमको मर्मत र हेरचाह, व्यवस्था
The optimal size of an aquarium for a flock of 6-8 fish starts from 100-150 liters. The design should include areas with dense vegetation and open areas for swimming. The presence of floating plants, snags at the bottom is welcome. Any dark soil.
Fish prefer soft slightly acidic water. It is acceptable to slightly exceed the pH and dGH values above neutral and up to the level of medium hardness. Any changes should occur smoothly, without sudden jumps.
Successful long-term management depends on maintaining a stable habitat in mild, slightly acidic water conditions. We must not allow excessive accumulation of organic waste that can disrupt the normal flow of the nitrogen cycle.
व्यवहार र अनुकूलता
Flock look. A prerequisite is to be in a group of at least 6 individuals. Alone African glass catfish become fearful, seek to hide, experience constant stress and may refuse food. Peaceful, compatible with other West African fish of comparable size.
प्रजनन / प्रजनन
Under certain conditions, breeding is quite possible. A high-protein diet and keeping in slightly acidic water (6.5–7.0 pH) at a temperature of about 26–27°C promotes the start of spawning. Females scatter their eggs among thickets of small-leaved plants such as Java moss. One female is capable of carrying up to 100 eggs, but only a fraction of them will be fertilized. The incubation period lasts about 72 hours. At first, the fry feed on the remains of their yolk sac and only then begin to search for food.
For the convenience of feeding and protecting the offspring from predation by adult fish, they are transplanted into a separate tank, or they are bred in a spawning aquarium.
Artemia nauplii or special feeds in the form of suspensions and powders intended for feeding fry can be used as the first food.
माछा रोगहरु
Under favorable conditions, the risks to fish health are negligible. As a rule, diseases in aquariums are the result of improper maintenance, so the best protection against disease is timely maintenance, quality food and the absence of threats in the form of aggressive fish.
If symptoms of a particular disease are noted, then first of all it is worth paying attention to the conditions of detention and only then proceed to treatment. Read more in the section “Diseases of aquarium fish”.
