The aquarium fish of the caramel turnkey came to us from the rivers Paraguay and Argentina most recently in 1993. She has perfectly taken root in the new environment, multiplies perfectly, and it is not difficult to take care of her.
A small guest from the Western hemisphere, the owner of a small - from four to five centimeters - an egg-shaped body, compressed from the sides, her eyes are yellow. On the back flaunts a tall short membrane fin, and at the tail - fatty and small. From the middle of the belly of the caramel is the anal fin.
Nature dressed up caramel thorns in an olive green dress. Black stripes with wide bands picked up the main coloring. One dark band passes through the eyes, the other through the gills, and the third rises to the dorsal fin. Pectoral fins are foreign fish, as well as its tail, transparent white. The anal and dorsal are rather dark.
It should be noted, the breeders have tried: to date, red and veil types of caramels have been bred.
In order to distinguish "boys" from "girls", one has to look at the tail - in males it is white at the end. In addition, the females of caramel fish are larger than males and slightly lighter.
Young aquarium fish ternecium caramel differs more bright contrast of colors, and black strips are taken out more clearly. With age, the chromaticity fades, but during the breeding period of the thorns the caramel blossoms again.
Why the Latin name stuck the second name - caramel? Ternetia caramel - a colored aquarium fish-albino, which is introduced a solution of water with fluorescent paints. The solution enters the blood, which carries the paint around the muscles and completely changes their color. Sometimes even the fins acquire a shade. Then the newly made caramel is released into clean water, where it begins to get used to life in a new outfit.
Unfortunately, these painted water creatures do not last long. And when multiplying colorful fry does not work.
Care of the thorns
Aquarium fish ternecium caramel is hardy and brisk and requires a large aquarium and a large number of plants . A suitable water temperature varies from 22 to 25 degrees Celsius. The acidity should be 6-7 pH, and the hardness of water - 5-10 dH.
Care of the thorns is also simple because it has a peaceful nature, it perfectly coexists with other representatives of the aquatic fauna, and the neighbors do not affect its ability to reproduce.
A friendly caramel is kept in packs, and in loneliness it becomes aggressive. If you decide to colonize the thorns to other species, choose for her cohabitants are not too small and not much larger in size, or else she will bite their fins.
In eating fish-caramel unpretentious. She perfectly absorbs dry food. Adult caramels eat vegetable, live, dry and combination food . "Youth" is fed infusoria, artemia. Malkov, who have just begun to explore the aquatic expanses of the aquarium, you can feed dry milk.
Aquarium fish of the thornsia - reproduction
If in the water house your favorite caramel is lush vegetation and good aeration, it multiplies easily. Also, for a more active breeding, the male and the female of the turn are fed by bloodworms and necessarily remove the remnants of food from the water. After the spawning takes place, the adults should be planted so that the eggs are not eaten. Fries appear in three days. They need to be fed with special small fodder. Toddlers of peace-loving aquarium fish are divided in size and seated so that they do not start to eat each other.