Contents of the clown
And although the fish themselves are small - only 15 cm inlength, they prefer a space for swimming. Therefore, the area of the aquarium should be at least 50 cm2. It is desirable for him to choose a strong vegetation, since the bots can damage it with their fins, on which there are thorns.
Botsiya clown orange-black-and-white coloring Photo: Getty The following rules should be considered in the content of these fish:
- For the bots create a weak diffuse illumination.
- It is important to establish an aeration system that saturates the water with oxygen, and maintain the temperature within the limits of 24-30 degrees.
- Change 50% of the water in the aquarium at least once every 10 days.
- Since fish like to hide, stones and snags must be installed for them.
- Primer for the aquarium choose a soft, becauserepresentatives of this species like to dig in the ground to find food for themselves. If you choose too hard or coarse-grained soil, they can injure themselves.
Botsia is omnivorous, so eating problemsshould not arise. It needs to be fed 2-3 times a day with branded foods containing basic vitamins and minerals. Sometimes in the diet should include bloodworms, tubule, artemia, because they contain the most nutrients needed for this species. For disinfection, live food is frozen, and the fish are given it only after defrosting.
Compatibility botsiya clown with other fish
Fish botsiya very calm, though, among themthere are separate representatives with an aggressive character. Therefore, it is not recommended to keep them together with smaller species. When choosing neighbors for the clown's bots, it is necessary to take into account that:
- These fish are very active, so they can notkeep together with sluggish individuals. The species with veil fins are also incompatible with them. These include males, cichlids and guppies. Spikes of the bots can harm them.
- Well this species will get along with the representatives of the Cyprinidae family. These are very calm fish that have a peaceful nature.
- For a joint life in the aquarium of the bots ideally suited representatives of loach.
Botia is a schooling fish, so it is a mustmust be kept with individuals of the same species. If you keep one, over time, she becomes aggressive, and then the fight will react negatively to the neighbors sharing with her. Breeders recommend keeping 10 fish of this type at once in one aquarium. If you provide the correct conditions for the clown's fight initially, then in the future it will only be enough to regularly update the water in the aquarium and feed it.
