One of the most popular aquarium fish is Platinum Green Barbus Glofish, which is famous for its unpretentiousness to the habitat and exceptional activity. In nature, this fish is found in the rivers of Southeast Asia, but thanks to good survivability easily adapts to life in artificial reservoirs.
Description
Green Barbus has a shiny and elongated body, the head is pointed, there is a pair of mustache near the mouth. As follows from the name, this fish has a greenish color with a slight golden chip, the sides are noticeable dark stains of the rounded shape. Each scaly is decorated with edging, thanks to which the fish acquires a mesh color.
This aquarium resident is small: its size does not exceed 7 cm. At the same time, male individuals are slightly less female, but at the same time they are brighter, moreover, the red-made shades on the trouser are characteristic of the males.
From the rest of the barbuses, green varieties are distinguished by a peace-loving and calm character - as you know, their relatives are famous for their irrepressible activity that turns into aggression.
Careful aquarists can scare an unusual manner to sleep in these fish. The fact is that in the state of rest they hang down their heads, this spectacle can scare newcomers, which immediately suggest that their favorite fell ill.
Green bombuses are artistic animals, so it is preferable to settle them with small groups of 6-8 individuals. As for other species, it is best when choosing the neighbors to give preference to the gurors, Danio, tetras, catches and thiefs, but the cocks and lyalies are completely different for them.
Life expectancy
When creating a comfortable habitat and full care, green bombuses live in captivity up to 5-6 years, A lot of a variety of factors can affect the life expectancy of a pet.
- Stresses. When subtle into the aquarium of aggressive fish that attack Barbus, the latter begin to experience strong anxiety, which significantly worsens their health and reduces life.
- Inappropable temperature: Heavy or, on the contrary, cold water.
- Infectious and fungal infections.
- Power errors. The lack of a balanced diet, overflowing or long starvation can cause petition death.
- Poisoning. It occurs when the aquarium overpopulation, when, as a result of the decomposition of the products of the life of its inhabitants, the release of nitrates and nitrites into water begins.
In addition, the cause of changes in the chemical composition of water can be elements of decor and soil containing dyes.
If you protect the Barbus from the impact of adverse factors, then the chance that he will live for a long time is very large.
Green bombuses are not so often suffering from obesity, which occurs with the lack of activity and overgrowth, sometimes fish are faced with infectious diseases.
- Rubella (aeromonosis). In this case, fish develops abdominal waterfront or pucheglasie, while the body of the affected individual starts to be covered with ulcers, spots and subnewed, appetite disappears, animals are trying to keep closer to the surface of the water. Most often the cause of infection becomes the subsidence of the patient "Novik" or poorly washed aquarium equipment.
- Belowod. Pathology in which the nervous animal system suffers. Skin covers become pale, and the coordination of movements is broken.
If any adverse symptoms are found, it is necessary to detect a sick fish, to carry out a course of treatment, and the water is replaced by 50% and disinfected.
Content
Green Barbuses usually do not burden their breeders with any problems, so their content in the artificial reservoir can even beginner aquarium players. Nevertheless, some rules of care need to be observed: maintaining water purity, high-quality food and protection against aggressive individuals.
As for the water, the following indicators are optimal in this case:
- Temperature - 19-25 degrees;
- Acidity - 6.5-7.5 units;
- Stiffness - 4-20.
Barbuses prefer old water, but it is nevertheless too to be updated by 15-20%.
In order for the fish to feel comfortable, they need a space where they can volatile, so the aquarium is desirable for them to choose a large (from 50 liters), better than the elongated form. During games, fish can jump out of the reservoir, therefore it will be unlucky to cover it with a lid.
It is very important to provide round-the-clock filtering and aeration of water. It is the opinion that the filter and the compressor on the night can be turned off, but this is a common misconception: in the absence of oil dissolved in water, the fish will test oxygen fasting, as a result, they will look passively and sluggish.
The best primer for barbuses will be unpainted river pebbles, necessarily running through so that there are no sharp stones, which can be born underwater inhabitants. In the background of the aquarium, you can plant mellite or artificial plants, and the foreground is desirable to leave free - the Barbuses are not so often rising to the surface, so it is important to create conditions for free swimming in the thickness of water.
Lighting should be scattered, muted - bright light fish are not tolerated. Also avoid direct sunlight.
Nutrition
It is very important that the bombuses receive a balanced feed and necessarily diverse. It is desirable to include dry flakes in the diet, as well as a moth, artemia raschkov and a pipe. Feeding is produced twice a day. The optimal amount of feed is calculated in such a way that the fish completely eaten the proposed food in 5-10 minutes, the unselected residues cause putrid processes in water. Once a week, you can arrange unloading days to your pets - feed them once or not to offer food at all.
From time to time, the diet should be diluted with vegetable products: very useful for barbuses of spinach leaves, lettuce and nettle, will be worth the granular feed containing spirulina.
Balanced food for green barbuses can be purchased in any pharmacy. The best relevance of aquarists deserved the following types:
- Tetra Flakes. - these are universal feed mixtures in the form of flakes, they contain spirulina, algae and enriched with vegetable fats;
- FD Brine Shrimp. - feed, fully consisting of Artemia;
- Sera Microgran - Optimal for young people, and adult individuals it will be useful.
When choosing food, it is important to monitor the state of the fish, keep their activity and the degree of mobility under control. If the pets look sluggish, then it is best to make changes to the diet.
Reproduction
Barbusa reaches puberty to 8 months. Shortly before the spawning, the female and male must be kept about 10-14 days separately from each other. Typically, 8-9 milmary females and 5-6 males are chosen for dilution. Female individuals are selected with a big abdomen, and the males are suitable for the most mobile and active.
A few hours before the eggs, fish are becoming too active and movable, the spawning itself continues quite quickly (no more than an hour). During this time, females have time to postpone the caviar, and males - to fertilize it. The performance of one fish is about 200 eggs, after this parents immediately decline. On the second day, the fools begin to be discharged, on the first day an egg yolk or liquid feed is introduced into the water, and later you can already offer young ack of artemia or infusoria.
5 days later, kids can be replanted into a common aquarium, where they will fully grow and develop.
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