Each owner, in whose house there is an aquarium, wants to see in him the most beautiful and unusual inhabitants, and one of these is the fish astronotus. However, everyone knows the unfriendly attitude and bad character of these beautiful creatures. Therefore, before you buy them, you will need to reconcile with the fact that in your aquarium is likely to live only one beautiful fish.
With whom do astronotus get along?
Unfortunately, representatives of this type of fish do not get along well with any aquarium inhabitants. Nevertheless, there are such types of fish with which they are able to lead a normal and calm lifestyle, namely with cichlazomas, pterygoichlamps and synodontis.
The content of the astronotus with other fish is quite simple, the company in the aquarium can make them Central and South American cichlids of moderate character, not aggressive, but not too calm. At the same time, both these representatives of the underwater kingdom must enter the aquarium at the same time, otherwise they will conquer the territory. Many wonder what to do if astronotians fight? In this case, you can either lower the temperature of the water, or leave one representative for a while. Despite the fact that the compatibility of the astronotus with other fish is not very great, nevertheless, their neighbors can also become quite well: arovan, shum catfish (Siamese pangasius), Indian fish-knife , cichlid parrot , sharks ball, Beige and also porchochnyj perigoplicht.
Contents astronotus in the aquarium
Having decided to have a fish in your house, be prepared for the fact that you will not be able to do a wonderful living corner with a lot of plants. Because this "harmful" fish will either eat algae, or simply dig it out. They are very fond of turning everything around, moving from one place to another, stirring up the soil.
To keep the astrotones in the aquarium a couple, they will need a "house" with a volume of at least 100 liters, with good filtration and necessarily closed lid, otherwise the fish will be able to jump out of the aquarium. The water temperature can vary from 18 to 28 degrees. Feed these amazing and intelligent fish can be insects, larvae, worms, tadpoles, meat 1-2 times a day. If you give them due attention, you can feed the astronotus from your hands and even iron.