The lionogol is a rather popular aquarium in the world creating a complex care and special content conditions. Even a novice breeder will be able to ensure a comfortable life of this fish, and the breeding process will not cause difficulties. However, some rules still should be observed that the fish lives a long and healthy life.
Description
This fish has a chunky torso. The tail fin at the top forms a sharp angle, connecting with a part of the back. The gill covers and the upper part of the top are covered with large seals, which are formed in three months and remind the appearance of the mane of the lion - For this feature of the lion's head and received its name. Sometimes formed the growths are so massive that they even hide the visual organs. The spinal fin does not have the fish, and the tail and the anal fins have a split form.
There are lion's colors of different color, but one - the contrast of the color of growth in relation to the main shade remains almost unchanged. Red types are popular: it can be a red fish with white spots or, on the contrary, a white pet with red gill lids. Some types of red lion's heads are called Chinese, they are characterized by a saturated red color of the upper part and the printed form of the tail fin with four processes. The Japanese species also refers to the Ranch, it is still referred to as Korean lion's head. Its feature is that the formation on the head is formed only in 2-3-year-old age.
As well as aquarists appreciate gold and pale-red views. Unusually in the aquarium looks white fish with a black top. All kinds can reach a length of 20 cm. An interesting variety is a lionogol cichlid. This is an olive-green fish with brown, blue or blue, for which the unusual style of swimming is characteristic. But cichlid is a completely different kind of fish, and its content rules may differ from those presented here.
Care
It is a rather big fish, and therefore it will take a large aquarium for its content - 50 liters of water are needed for one individual. This creation prefers a lot to mess in the ground than often creates a torment and dirt, so experts advise as a soil to use the sand of a large fraction or pebbles - then to keep the purity of the aquarium will be easier.
Be sure to plant aquarium plants in the reservoir. But if the vegetation is fragile, then the lion's head will damage the stalks quickly. In addition, dirt often accumulates on the leaf plates. To avoid these problems, it is recommended to use aquarium culture with rigid leaves and strong roots. For reliability, the rhizome can be additionally strengthened by stones. Usually, the aquarims advise to climb a cube, eldeute, sagittaria, valleynery to goldfish.
Permissible for lion heads Temperature limits + 18 ... 30 degrees. In the winter months, it is recommended to reduce the temperature to + 15 ... 18 degrees, the remainder of the optimal indicators + 18 ... 23 degrees Celsius. Get a powerful high-quality filter, as these fish love to scatter dirt. If it is internal equipment, then clean it 1-2 times a week. In the case of using an external unit, it is sometimes enough to clean a couple of times a year. And also equip in the aeration system reservoir.
Recommended water rigidity for the content of lion's heads - 8-25, acidity - 6-8 units. If the owner noticed that aquarium pets were passive and judging by the appearance of discomfort, salt in the water in proportions of 5-7 grams per 1 liter of water should be covered. Salted water is not terrible for lion's heads, which perfectly withstands salinity to 15%.
Do not forget every week to produce a substitution of 30% of the total volume of water and fill the water outstanding for a day.
Feeding
Feeding is produced 2 times a day. It is necessary to feed fish dosed so that they have time to swallow the proposed feed for 5 minutes. The lion's menu should be special finished feed, vegetable and animal food. Experienced owners recommend feeding gold fish by plants in the amount of 60%, and the share of dry and animal products should take 40%.
Among the desired greenery, you can use spinach, salad leaves, boiled buckwheat, millet, oatmeal, vegetables and fruits. Some breeders specifically grow a row for their pets. Good delicacy will be fresh and frozen moth, Artemy, Daphnia. Does not scream lionogol liver and meat.
If dry food is used for power, then it is necessary to leave it on half a minute to leave the aquarium water, and only after that offer to fish. If the feed is frozen, then it is defamious.
Once a week, leave fish hungry - unloading days are very useful for aquarium inhabitants.
Compatibility
Lvnogolovka Peace-loving and friendly creatures that perfectly get along with most species of fish. Bad neighbors can be quick and active fish. So, to the Orthi undesirable allies include comets, ordinary goldfish, Schubunkkin. The fact is that lionogol fish have unusual proportions, and in connection with this, their movements are rather slow. Updated next to more energetic comrades, the lion's head will always stay hungry, not having time to grab his portion. And also avoid the joint residence of the lion's heads with aggressive fish so that the latter will not harm calmly slow creatures. These include, for example, Barbus, Cikhlida, Guras.
Sometimes a lion's head remains unfambled because of its bad vision, because its heads on the head often lead to this problem. Therefore, this species is recommended to settle near the same half-sized neighbors - telescopes, bubbles and non-affiliates with goldfish. And it is also possible peaceful coexistence with Danio, Terekiyia, Som Chapachal and other peaceful fish.
How to breed?
This kind of fish is well multiplied at home, however, during the spawning period, they are important as close as possible to the natural environment. As manufacturers, the owner chooses the most healthy individuals. For spawning, a capacity of at least 70 liters will be required. For a successful result, it is possible to divide females and males to the spawning, so that thereby "warm up" their attraction to each other. And during this period, it is customary to refill fish with alive food well.
In spawning plant, plant live plants, for example, Elday is well suited. But artificial vegetation can also be used. After a week, the separations of men and women's individual are placed in the prepared aquarium and gradually reduce the temperature of the water to +11 degrees, after which they slowly heated at a speed of 2 degrees per day. So the temperature is adjustable until the fish starts the fishes. Most often, the process occurs at a temperature of + 20 ... 23 degrees Celsius. All this time, fish feed protein food, for example, Artemia. POWER TREATMENT, BUT DOSED. All disarmed food fragments need to immediately eliminate the siphon, as well as every day to change 20% aquarium water to fresh.
Before spawning, the male begins to chase his beloved for several days, these days can be observed as the color of the fish becomes more saturated. Men's individual pushes a female to the plants to stimulate it to the throwing of caviar. Icroids occur within 2-3 hours, during this time the fish have time to postpone up to 10,000 eggs.
After that, parents can be launched back, otherwise they will begin to be touched by their future offspring.
Flinks will seem after 4-7 days. Young is recommended to feed with special liquid feeds, over time they can be translated into flakes and artemia. First, the baby is painted in brown or black, with the time the color is changing to the tint characteristic of the lion's heads.
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