Aquarium fish rooster belongs to the family of macroporous, which breathe atmospheric air. Fighting character of the males made it popular among fans of tournament battles with their champions. Unfortunately, such fights end more often than the death of one of the participants.
Description of aquarium fish of a cock
In their color, males have one or many colors and shades. We have the opportunity to admire the fish of all the colors of the rainbow, which become more intense before the battle and during spawning. Males are brighter than females and surpass them in size, in addition, they have large and beautiful fins.
The human factor strongly influenced the primordial species of fish, now they are classified according to the size and shape of the fins. Aquarists separately distinguish dragon fighting fishes, which have a large body with a large amount of silvery with a metallic shade of cover. How long an aquarium fish will live a cock depends on the circumstances in which it lives and for what purpose it was purchased. Nature took her about three years of life.
Caring for an aquarium fish cock
Aquarium
Since the aquarium fish belongs to the representatives of the tropics, for it the temperature below 24-28 ° C is fatal. The inhabitants of the reservoir are unpretentious to the composition of the water, but for them it is necessary to release a small area of the surface from the plants , thus ensuring free access to oxygen. Unlike filtration, aeration for males is not necessary, but it never hurts. Several hours a day the aquarium needs natural sunlight, which is considered an important factor in the content.
Feeding
Aquarium fish the cock to the stern is uncomfortable, it eats both live and frozen fodder. He very much likes bloodworm, tubule, earthworms and zooplankton. To avoid obesity, they try not to overfeed, food is given twice a day with the calculation of eating for 15 minutes. Once a week for pets arrange a day off.
Content
The females are used for schooling, but separately from males, who tolerate the presence of an opponent only in very large water bodies. If you do not take into account the ratio of males to each other, they differ in peacefulness, and may even suffer from other fish.