Ctenopoma Anzorge, Ctenopoma Ansorgii (Microctenopoma ansorgii, Ctenopoma ansorgii).

Ctenopoma Anzorge, Ctenopoma Ansorgii (Microctenopoma ansorgii, Ctenopoma ansorgii)

The native land Ctenopoma Ansorgii the Central and the Western Africa. It lives at coast of slowly current rivers and streams under protection of plants and between roots of trees, preferring to keep near to a bottom.

At Ctenopoma Ansorgii extended at length and is a little flattened from sides a body, with direct profiles of a back and a belly. Back and anal fins long. The basic background of a body zheltovato-brown with green, blue or violet outflow, the bottom part of a body often yellowish. On each side pass 6-7 cross-section strips of the red-brown colour passing to back and anal fins. Sexual differences: at the male Ctenopoma Ansorgii last beams of back and anal fins extended white colour. At length the male grows to 8 sm, the female to 7 see.

Ctenopoma Ansorgii a peaceful small fish. To contain it is better with similar on the size and temperament neighbours. Breathes atmospheric air by means of a branchiate labyrinth. Therefore the aquarium should be densely closed from above that over a water surface there was warm air, and the small fish has not caught a cold. Keeps Ctenopoma Ansorgii on the average and bottom sheets of water.

Ctenopoma Ansorgii can be contained both in specific, and in the general aquarium in length from 60 sm with thickets sclerophyllous plants (in т. ч. And floating plants with roots hanging down downwards) and various shelters (grottoes from stones, snags, clay pots). Illumination disseminated, a dark ground. Water parametres optimum for the maintenance Ctenopoma Ansorgii: rigidity 2-15 °, рН 6.0-7.5, temperature 21-25 °С. The filtration, aeration and weekly substitution to 30 % of volume of water is necessary.

Ctenopoma Ansorgii uses in food a live forage (prefer mosquito larvae), substitutes.

Spawning Ctenopoma should pass Anzorga in a separate aquarium in length from 50 see In spawning various shelters, thickets of plants with the extended stalk, and also floating on a surface big leaf plants are necessary. Water parametres optimum for cultivation: rigidity to 6 °, рН 6.0-6.5, temperature 23-26 °С. The filtration (is better the peat filter approaches) is desirable. The male builds a nest of foam under sheet of a floating plant. Spawning can pass both under it, and at a bottom. The female Ctenopoma throws Ansorgii to 600 transparent berries containing fat which rise to a water surface and keep within the male a nest. After spawning a female removed from spawning, and the male it is necessary to look after caviar. Also it is possible to transfer caviar or hatched larvae to an incubator with weak illumination, aeration by small vials and a small sheet of water. The incubatory period lasts about 24-48 hours, and in 3 days noun start to float and eat. At this moment of the male too delete. A starting forage: rotifers. At the age of 1 month fry Ctenopoma Ansorgii get bright colouring.

Sexual maturity Ctenopoma Ansorgii reaches at the age of 1,5-2 years.