Contents of fishes: botsiya clown

Homeland fishes are the islands of Sumatra, although other representatives of this species oftenmeet in the rivers of Thailand. Botsiyu can often be seen in aquariums, because these bright fish like many. But in order for their beauty to be fully revealed, it is required to create the right habitat for them.

Botsi: content

Botsiyya clown is a schooling fish. Of course, many aquarists contain one by onecopy in the aquarium, but in this case the fish will be shy and will constantly hide in the cave. To see the bots in all their glory, it is best to keep these fish in small groups of 5-7 individuals. Then they begin to swim together in the water column, look for food or just rest on snags or stones. If in your aquarium the small fish clan lives without a flock, it will be afraid of other inhabitants. Botsy in the pack are not afraid and do not even pay attention to other fish.

For botsii not suitable light aquarium. Like all fishes of the family of loaches, botsiiprefer to stay close to the bottom: there they will look for food and swarm between the bushes of plants. To fish was comfortable enough, create suitable lighting in the aquarium. Also for these fish are very important snags and stones that will form caves. In these caves the bots will spend the night. And in case of danger, the bots will swim in their narrow mink.

Warm water is used to keep the clown hot. The optimum temperature is 25-28 ° С. Also, the clown is a good bearer of the promotionwater temperature up to 30 ° С. It is thanks to the love of warm water that bots are often chosen as companion fish for discus. But on the other hand, it should be borne in mind that discus are very peaceful fish, and they can easily be scared by the rapid movement of the bots. Botsia, in turn, does not show any aggression to other types of fish and does not even notice their presence.

Botsiya clown can not live in hard water. Therefore, try to ensure that the water hardness is within 5-10 °, the pH of water is 6-8. To maintain bots, it is very important to maintain good filtration and aeration of water.

In conditions of captivity, the clown's clan very hard to breed. This can be done only by experienced aquarists, and even then it is not always successful.
And to determine which of the fish is a female, and who is a male, is impossible, because the sexual characteristics of the bots are not expressed.

Botsiya clown is an omnivorous fish. She would love to. eats live food, dry bait and even lettuce leaves. The only disadvantage of these fish is that,that the bots eat plants in aquariums. On large leaves of algae they eat small holes. So do not be surprised that over time, the leaves lose their original beautiful appearance. On the other hand, the clown's bossia will control the number of small snail-coils in the aquarium. After all, they mostly eat all the plants.

Botsiya clown is active in the dark. Therefore in the afternoon you will not see them often. In the evening they swim out and begin to look for food at the bottom of the aquarium. A distinctive feature of the bots is that they know how to make clicks when they are threatened by something. Most often such clicks can be heard in the evening.

Also, all aquarists who have decided to get themselves a clown of clowns should be aware of the strange behavior of these fish. The fact is that they like to rest for a long time on the rocks or the bottom of the bottom. At the same time, they They can lie on their sides or back. So do not panic if you notice such strange behavior in your fish. They do not get sick, they just relax.

Botsia live in aquariums up to 5-7 years. During this time, they can reach fairly large sizes - up to 10-12 cm. But the bots are not distinguished by strong health, so individual specimens can die much earlier.