Doras Eygenmann (Doras eigenmanni)

Doras Eygenmann (Doras eigenmanni)

The native land Doras eigenmanni are tropical reservoirs of the South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay).

This kind, really, does not belong to sort Doradidae - there it have carried, as cannot be defined with its exact patrimonial accessory yet. Unlike the presents Doradidae catfishes (sort Doradidae), at this fish the branched out short moustaches and consequently it is more similar to representatives of sorts Opsodoras or Leptodoras.

Doras eigenmanni catfishes the doubtful glory of fishes which in an aquarium it is absolutely not visible accompanies. Nevertheless, there are exceptions, and Doras eigenmanni - one of them. This small fish it is possible to observe in an aquarium the most part of day on a free surface of a sandy bottom. Thus a kind at them such as though they sleep. But it is necessary to touch or disturb to them as they promptly departure. In the rest of the time of Doras eigenmanni searches for shelters among plants, snags and stones.

Doras eigenmanni should be contained only group. Nevertheless, it is necessary to mean that already to five copies of these catfishes growing, by the way, to 10 sm at length, the aquarium in volume about 200 l is required.

Being omnivores, these catfishes will not pass even a dry feed. Their plants do not interest, therefore it is possible to decorate an aquarium with them easy. However, in this case you, most likely, will not see the pupils as they will spend the most part of time in a thick of plants. These fishes do not have special requirements to quality of water that does by their ideal inhabitants of an aquarium.