Aquarium fish: names, descriptions and content

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

For many, aquarium fish become favorite pets. Their names are extremely diverse and surprising. Many of them speak for themselves, and the common man has never even heard of some species.

Aquarium fish

The names of the inhabitants of home waters are often a brief description of their appearance. For example, the swordsman has a sword-like tail. And the cockerel is famous for its cockiness and bright coloring. Catfish look like a large mustachioed catfish - charming aquarium fish.

The names of goldfish are also very bright and figuratively reveal their features. For example, the veiltail has a lush and long tail, the little red riding hood has a red spot on its head, and the telescope has huge bulging eyes.

In addition to understandable Russian words, this list also includes amazing exotic ones, because aquarium fish were brought from different places. Therefore, their names are also unusual for the hearing of a Russian person. For example, mollies, arowana, gourami, aulonocara bensha, ancistrus, cichlid, barb and others.

Interspecies differences in aquarium fish

For ease of maintenanceaquarists share these pets according to the following parameters:

1. The method of reproduction is extremely important (spawners and viviparous).
2. There are predatory fish that eat other, smaller individuals, and peaceful fish that are ready to eat only insects, their larvae, worms, algae.
3. The composition and temperature of the water that is optimal for keeping also plays an important role: some species prefer s alty environments, while others prefer freshwater, some require warm enough water, while others thrive at room temperature.

Predators in the neighborhood are bad for civilians

Before you put a new pet in the tank, you should know his habits and preferences well so that aquarium fish breed well and do not devour each other.

Species of predatory fish are also divided into very aggressive ones that attack any neighbor, regardless of the fullness of the stomach and size, and those that can only eat fry or very small fish. Especially in this regard, piranhas became famous, whose sharp teeth instantly bite into any flesh and tear off pieces. They say that in nature these fish even attack a person and can devour him in a flock in a short period of time.

Yes, and the scalars are not distinguished by a kind and complaisant disposition. True, they will not attack a neighbor who does not fit in their mouth, but all small aquarium fish in the neighborhood can suffer.

Species of some predators can sometimesget along in the same container with peaceful fish. This happens when the volume of the aquarium is large enough, the food is varied and plentiful, and there are various shelters around for the inhabitants. You should also remove those individuals that are preparing to produce offspring.

Goldfish

Before you get a pet, you need to find out what species these aquarium fish belong to. Photo and description of the breed, the best way of keeping - these are the main parameters that will help create beauty in the aquarium, make it exotic and make the existence of its inhabitants the most comfortable.

The history of the appearance of goldfish dates back to the 7th century BC. After all, the current beauties are domesticated mutated common crucian carp! True, initially, goldfish entered the composition of aquariums not in Russia, but in China.

It should be remembered that all breeds of this species love space, good aeration, coarse gravel at the bottom. Loving to dig in the ground, goldfish stir up the water, crumble small algae, so very often you have to clean the tank, changing the contents in it.

But goldfish are relatively calm about temperature changes. Although they are not as hardy as their ancestors: in winter, 16 degrees is enough for them, and in summer, an environment of 24 degrees will be the most comfortable for them.

The nutrition of the descendants of crucian carp should be varied. You can give your goldfish both animal food and vegetable food. Finely chopped lettuce and duckweed, uns alted cereals,riccia, bread - all this will appeal to the unpretentious veiltail or telescope. The fish reproduces by caviar.

Viviparous guppy fish

Perhaps the most beautiful, colorful and diverse are guppies. In an aquarium, they easily get along with any neighbors, provided that they themselves do not attack and destroy them. These fish eat bloodworms, tubifex, mosquito larvae, daphnia, cyclops. Dry food is recommended to crumble before filling in the aquarium.

Watching the reproduction of guppies is very interesting. You can even manage this process. To do this, the female should be separated from the male and fed abundantly for a week only with live food. Then you can connect the "groom" and "bride". A novice aquarist may even be lucky enough to see the process of intercourse itself. A couple in love at this moment swims side by side, side by side, and the male's reproductive organ penetrates into the opening of the female's abdomen.

A fish bears offspring for 21 days. At this time, her abdomen swells, because there can be up to 33 fry inside! Unfortunately, sometimes guppies can also eat their relatives, since the fry are extremely small and the first hours are inactive. Therefore, it is recommended to separate the female from the rest of the fish on day 21.

To observe the process of childbirth, the water in the birthing container needs to be slightly warmed up. Let it rise by 3-4 degrees - this will become a generic stimulant. When the water temperature rises, the expectant mother begins to rush about, make turns and make sharp jerks. At this moment, you can see how the ball inside the abdomen moves towards the exit hole.out. And at some point, the fish throws the “little fish” into the water.

True, it looks more like a caviar than a fry - a round and transparent ball slowly glides to the bottom. But as it descends, the ball unfolds, acquiring the shape of a tiny fish. After a little rest at the bottom, the fry rises to the surface. It is best to immediately catch it and transfer it to the “nursery”, because after the mother gives birth to the last fry, she will be tormented by hunger. Sometimes it happens that instead of food, a guppy can eat its own child - parental feelings are unknown to these fish.

Fry can be fed with oatmeal, powdered milk on the first day of life. On the fourth day, you can already give small dry daphnia. Keep the fry separate from the rest of the inhabitants of the aquarium until they reach the same size as the rest of the fish in the aquarium.