Aquarium fish Lyalius is a rather popular pet and experienced, and at novice breeders. Among her obvious advantages there is a variety of colors, unpretentiousness in the content, peace-loving temper. To master the simple rules for the content of aquarium fish of this type, even a child who dreams of his own underwater kingdom will be able to master. Beautiful and bright fish unusually enliven almost any landscape, capable of living in an aquatic environment with different parameters. They are good neighbors for most small peaceful inhabitants of the aquarium, can multiply in captivity and delight the owner by replenishment.
Description
The representative of the family of labyrinth fish, Lyalius, in nature lives in the warm water bodies of Indonesia, India, Bangladesh. These Aquarium Fish are also known as nithets or dwarf guards, but most often they are called according to the Latin name TricHogaster Lalius. In the natural fish, the fish are painted in red and silver-blue tones, and among breeding species there are even more exotic options with the body of neon, green, coral colors.
Lyalius - Stoyfish, preferring in the artificial environment to live in the company of their relatives. On average, it is recommended to keep from 6-8 individuals at the same time, for which the tank of 60 liters will be needed. This compact fish grows up to 7.5-9 cm long, the body is flattened in the area, the tail is small, short. Forest to Lyalius looks and fins look - in males, they are slightly stretched back at an angle.
In the color of males there are phosphorescent points, especially spectacularly looking with artificial lighting.
The elongated Lyalius body seems to be surrounded by fins on the surface of which the stains of red are traced. The head is silver-blue, brighter painted in the area of the mouth. The chest fin is replaced by elongated mustache, helping the fish freely navigate even in muddy waters.
When the oxygen lack of oxygen, Lalius passes from a gill breath to the usual, the air pop up and have enough mouth.
The behavior of the fish also looks quite attractive, especially for aquarium, preferring pets with a peaceful temper. In the natural environment, Lyalius almost do not face hazards, upholstered in small standing waters of rice fields, streams with slow flow, small lakes. Their behavior formed by perennial habits, and in the spacious aquarium remains the same. These fish are slow, slowly, most of the time spend in dense bottom thickets and fear noise or aggressive behavior.
Views
Lyalius are distinguished by a variety of selection (derived by lovers) of species. As a pet for aquarium, you can choose one of the following varieties of classic dwarf guards.
- Cobalt. Fish with a sredted blue body. Cobalt Lyalius looks spectacular, but his female is more modestly painted. Its bluish-silver torso with artificial illumination drops green and yellow.
- Red or neon. In the males of this subspecies, the faded-red basic background, in the head and spinal domain the painting turquoise. Neon Lyalius looks unusual and decorative, his dorsal fin is decorated with a blue scallop.
- Coral. His color is close to red-brown. Characteristic Libracy Coral Lyalius also does not lose.
- Rainbow. Fish of this type of striped, have bright and rich color stripes close to the scarlet. But it looks like only the male - females have an inexpressive gray-brown body.
- Blue. This species has a body saturated light blue color. Blue Lyalius looks interesting, but meets less often.
- Emerald. It has brightly pronounced red stripes on the background of a greenish body. Emerald Lyalius has a slight pearl with a very decorative.
All these species successfully withstand the content in captivity and feel great in an artificial environment. Ordinary or classic Lalius painted not so bright as aquarium. Their body has a color close to gray or brown. After studying cobalt, red, neon, rainbow and other types of lyaliuses with a description, you can easily choose pets for your aquarium.
How to choose?
The choice of Lyalius in the pet store is connected, first of all, with the problem of acquiring a healthy fish without pathologies, parasites and diseases. The main rule here is the choice of young individuals. It is not necessary to dress up the beauty of a large male - most likely, this fish will live no more than 1 year. And if you take the young Lalius, he will be able to please the owners of 2-5 years, depending on the conditions of detention.
In addition, large fish may not bring offspring, and if breeding is planned, it should also be considered.
Choosing a place to buy Lyalius, it is better to give preference to a pet store, which has the necessary certificates and intentional justifications of the origin of a live product. Do not succumb to tempting ads for the sale of pets with direct deliveries from Indonesia or India. Such a fish can be infected with parasites, a simplicity of not past quarantine exotic Lalius in a common aquarium is particularly dangerous.
It is worth paying attention to the appearance of the fish. Having peeling scales, muddy eyes, drowned or coated with whitefish fins - reason to refuse the acquisition of individuals. But worry about the slowness of fish or the mouth of the air is not worth it. For Lyalius, such behavior is quite characteristic.
How to distinguish a female from male?
It is quite simple to determine the floor of Lyalius, they are well expressed by sexual dimorphism. The main difference of the male from the female is the size of male individuals is much larger, 7-9 cm long, females grow no more than 6 cm. In addition, the color of the body can be attributed to differences. In males, she is bright, the vertical stripes of blue and red are well expressed on the body. With age, an elongated form acquire an anal and dorsal fin.
Females have a simple silver body color, without noticeable strips. Translucent fins, short, rounded shape. They are quite unpleasant, look less decorative.
Containing rules
The rules for the content of Lyalius in the aquarium are as simple as possible. They do not need complex or special care. But these exotic pets are quite sensitive to the purity of water. They need frequent water substitutions, especially if the aquarium is thickly populated. For a pair, there will be a tank with a volume of 20 liters (10 liters per fish), with an increase in the number increases, the volumes increase proportionally.
Clearance is important for Lyalius, as they are pretty buggy, tested stress from noise. It is recommended to install a reservoir in a place remote from noise, sources of bright light. Inside the capacitance, it is necessary to place the soil and vegetation in which these underwater inhabitants love to hide. Forming a flock of fish, it is important to keep the balance between the number of males and females.
Men individuals can arrange fights among themselves, but if the number of females is noticeably more, the likelihood of conflict will be minimal.
In caring for lyalius, it is necessary to take care of creating a comfortable environment in the aquarium. The optimal parameters will be optimal.
- Temperature mode. It should be in the range of 22-27 degrees, does not welcome a sharp climate change in the room or essential cooling, water heating. Replaced fluid should be heated to the desired values. This is due to the fact that the labyrinth fish under the influence of these factors may occur irreversible changes in the body.
- Stiffness of the medium. It should not exceed 5-18 units, special additives are used for softening, prolonged settling or thorough boiling.
- Acidity. The optimal pH values from 6 to 8 are considered.
Lyalius can breathe oxygen from the air environment, so in their aquarium, the filter installation is optional. A weak flow is allowed, but you can do without artificially moving the masses of the liquid. In addition, the container must be neglected, otherwise the pets will jump out of the water. Another lid will save the tank from the loss of heat.
When selecting the soil for Lyalius, it is necessary to give preference to the dark sand, small gravel, which can benefit the bright color of the fishe body. At the bottom for pets, you need to place grottoes, caves, other shelters. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the disembarkation of floating plants capable of forming thick thickets.
Features of nutrition
Food Fish can be organized without unnecessary difficulties. Lyalius willingly eat live food and dry flakes. Feeding frequency is 1-2 times a day. All that is not eaten for the first 2-5 minutes, it is necessary to remove from the reservoir. It is impossible to give food more often: the fish are prone to obesity, it is recommended to arrange pets unloading days weekly.
Dwarf gums are selected from the surface of the water. So that they can normally have, it takes a slowly opening and deposited on the bottom of the feed.
Flakes are well coped with this mission, additionally give the Coretra, Artemy, Pipes.
Breeding
Lyalius is a fish with pretty fast sex ripening. At home, its breeding is possible from 5 months, by this time the fish already has a body length of 4-5 cm. For reproduction of fish, it is necessary to equip a separate spawning aquarium with a volume of 40 liters, filled with water to height not more than 15 cm from the bottom. This is necessary for the survival of the fry, in the first month of life with the undeveloped labyrinth.
The medium must be neutral by acidity, rather mild. Inside the spawning aquarium is filled with plants with small leaves, a low-power filter with a closed grid or sponge water intake is used to clean the water. For future offspring, constant water parameters, high humidity and stable temperature regime are very important. Provide them helps the use of glass or film that covers the tank.
Before the start of spawning and male, and the female is breastged, increasing the usual dose of food or feeding frequency. It is recommended to increase the share of live food, add frozen food. As soon as the female individual acquires a rounded view with a swollen abdomen, it is transferred to the future spawning. About 1 week female is made separately, then male transplanted to it.
It is advisable to produce these manipulations at night.
If the created conditions were suitable, signs of the construction of the nest will be in the reservoir. They look like foam from bubbles, located close to the surface. Unlike other labyrinth fish, Lyalius is additionally used to form the future incubator vegetable raw materials. During this period, the male distilts the female individual and it will be useful to green shelters for a relaxing holiday.
As soon as the process of creating the nest will end, the dominant role is played by the female. She actively flies with the male, touches him with a face and a belly, sails under the place where the nest is located. The process of spawning occurs in this position, under the bubble mass. Fish woven and produce caviar, at the same time fertilizing it. The process is repeated until a complete devastation of eggs in the female.
Next, the care of the nest takes on a male person. Father produces nest protection for 36 hours, raises fallen eggs. The mother's element is better to immediately sit down so that it does not suffer from his aggression.
After the breakdown of the nest and sprinkling the fry in the aquarium, it is necessary to reject the male.
Thinks already hatched from Iikrian need to maintain the permanent state of the medium. In the first days, they are fed by infusoria, as they grow into the diet include micro-maintenance or artemia. Feeding is often required so that the young is constantly fed. It is hunger that is the main cause of the death of Lyalius's offspring in the first week of life. Upon reaching the length of the body in 1 cm, you can translate the young on the finished feed in flakes.
As the growth of larger individuals are planted into separate aquariums or tanks. They experience constant hunger, can attack the fellow, to show signs of cannibalism.
Compatibility with other fish
Lyalius - Fish, well-trapped with representatives of other maze, calm decorative species. They are careful and most often spend time away from other inhabitants of the water world. Lalius are especially actively hidden during the adaptation period, but at its end it is not bad to communicate with neighbors.
As other inhabitants of the aquarium, it is not recommended to choose too active, shock fish. They will easily deprive the non-painted dwarf gear of food, he will experience hunger. It is not bad for the joint content of the scalar, BBrs, Busines, Somics, Macros. Good compatibility is with different types of guers - family fish will not conflict.
Useful companion for these fish will be comcompleting corridors. Floating lyalus surfaces will not experience discomfort from the neighbor living in the bottom layers. In addition, the corridor will be able to apply food, settling on the bottom, and will ensure the maintenance of water purity.
It is worth excluding the joint content of Lyalius with large, aggressive fish with the instinct of a predator. The main danger to them is Danio, saber-chapted tetras, cichlids, astronotuses. Large mouth allows them to pull out the smallest mining entirely, and enviable appetite will lead to rapidly cleaning aquarium from possible competitors for food.
Another example of an unsuccessful neighbor is a roast. Fight fish will see in the dwarf guards of the applicant on its territory and will begin the struggle for a place in the aquarium. Even the guppies can eat at an unnecessary peace-loving Lyalius and threaten their safety.
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