Spiny catfish (Agamyxis albomaculatus) - decoration of any aquarium

Spiny catfish (Agamyxis albomaculatus) lives in a river basin of Amazon (Brazil, Peru) at overgrown coast and on the shoal rich on snags and fallen trees.

Spiny catfish (Agamyxis albomaculatus), family: catfish (Doradidae).

Agamyxis albomaculatus has the powerful body extended at length gradually narrowed around a back fin and passing in narrow tail stalk. Firm bone plates, close more than half of side (are absent only from above and from below a tail stalk). A head large with 3 steams of short moustaches. The back fin of the triangular form, the first beam is supplied by a teeth, anal - is well developed, tail - is rounded off. A chest fin with the first long, powerful and gear beam, belly - small and roundish. There is a small fatty fin. A body and fins agamyxis albomaculatus brownish-black colour with the roundish yellow specks, merging in 2 numbers of cross-section strips on a tail fin. At young individuals specks of brilliant white colour. On short moustaches alternating dark and light strips. Sexual differences: the male is more harmonous, at a female a large shapeless belly. Naturally agamyxis albomaculatus reaches at length of 16 sm, in an aquarium grows no more than 10 see Life expectancy agamyxis albomaculatus depending on maintenance conditions in an aquarium can reach 17 years.

Agamyxis albomaculatus peace and ground fish. Activity starts to show with approach of twilight.

Agamyxis albomaculatus it is possible to contain in the general aquarium in volume from 100 l with dense thickets of live plants and various shelters (snags, caves from stones etc.). Prefers the muffled illumination and a thick layer of earth. In it it willingly rummages in food searches. Parametres of water for the optimum maintenance agamyxis albomaculatus: rigidity to 25 °, рН 6-7,5, temperature 25-30°С.

Agamyxis albomaculatus uses in food a live and vegetative forage, and also substitutes.

The aquarium in length is necessary for cultivation agamyxis albomaculatusо from 60 sm with various shelters, without a ground, with the bush fixed in the middle bolbitis for Gedeloti. Illumination muffled. Water parametres: rigidity 8 °, рН 6,7, temperature 25°С. To manufacturers do an injection in muscles of a back by suspension of a hypophysis of a carp in a solution of chloride of sodium, on 0,2 ml on each fish. The female agamyxis albomaculatusо throws about 1000 berries. The incubatory period lasts 40 hours. In 2 days fry start to float and eat. A starting forage: small sliced ​​tubifex, sifted through a small grid.

Spiny catfish (Agamyxis albomaculatus), family: catfish (Doradidae).

Sexual maturity agamyxis albomaculatusо reaches at the age of 2-3 years.