Breeding Piranhas

Written by William berg


Breeding Piranhas

Piranhas are a unique creature that has won its so popularity, not only because of its appearance, but also due torepparttar many myths they are told in. Unfortunately only a few species having been breed, some ofrepparttar 125609 species that have commonly bred include Serrasalmus nattereri, S. spilopleura, S. gibbus, S. rhombeus. Another species that is considered relatively easy to breed is S. maculatus.

Whichever you choose, you should have an aquarium that is at least 100 gallons. A group of 5-6 piranhas is quite appropriate, however if you want them breeding,repparttar 125610 best is to keep them in pairs so that there are no other fishes to bother them. To find ae mating pair, you can pick two adult Piranhas, one is thick andrepparttar 125611 other is thinner. In most cases, thick piranhas represent females and thinner Piranhas represent males. Just make sure you are not looking at them after they have been fed. Though having found males and females doesn’t automatically mean success, it is however a step onrepparttar 125612 way.

The ideal temperature is between 73-83F. Standard fluorescent bulbs are fine forrepparttar 125613 lighting. Notice that they also like some protective cover. You should also makerepparttar 125614 lighting of half ofrepparttar 125615 aquarium darker thanrepparttar 125616 other. Piranhas are hardy fish but it iss a good idea to maintainrepparttar 125617 water clean and clear. In their original habitat, Amazon River, rainy season isrepparttar 125618 time when most fish spawn. Frequent and bigger water changes seem to have an immense effect onrepparttar 125619 success of breeding (as they simulaterepparttar 125620 rainy season) and most likely gettingrepparttar 125621 piranhas into breeding condition.

Feeding Bettas

Written by William Berg


Feeding Bettas

Knowingrepparttar right way to feed your betta is fundamental, because not doing it right can have big consequences on your bettas health. Nothing is more stressful than dealing with a sick fish, right? So, let's do it right, and get rid fromrepparttar 125608 calamity!

Here are some golden rules on feeding your betta.

First, selectrepparttar 125609 proper food. Bettas are selective eaters. A betta specific pellet is ok, but live and frozen foods are preferable. The recommended diet includes frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms.

The next rule is to not overfeed your Bettas. Carefully doserepparttar 125610 meals, because even ifrepparttar 125611 fish ate all you give him, he will produce so much more waist when overfed andrepparttar 125612 pollution level ofrepparttar 125613 jar he is in will go beyond safe range, this problem is smaller if you keep your betta in a larger aquarium. Remember not to leave uneaten food inrepparttar 125614 Aquarium! Once your betta and rest ofrepparttar 125615 fish is done eating, you must remove all uneaten left over food. If you do not remove it, it will punctually rot and cause havoc inrepparttar 125616 tank.

Bettas prefer to eat fromrepparttar 125617 upper parts ofrepparttar 125618 water column. They don’t really enjoy eating fromrepparttar 125619 bottom ofrepparttar 125620 tank. So before droppingrepparttar 125621 food inrepparttar 125622 tank, make sure you have his attention. Let him seerepparttar 125623 food, get it close to his face fromrepparttar 125624 outside ofrepparttar 125625 aquarium, let him check out what it is, and then there you go! Drop food in front of his nose. The best way is to drop a tiny bit of food--about 6 frozen brine shrimp, watchrepparttar 125626 bettas eat it all and then look atrepparttar 125627 belly, if it looksrepparttar 125628 same as it did before you fed, it’s ok to give them more, but always watch and make sure to makerepparttar 125629 second portion smaller thanrepparttar 125630 first.

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