Thousands of fish species live in the waters of terrestrial seas and oceans, in rivers and lakes of the continents. Amateur aquariums contain not only wild species, but also modified by humans through selection and hybridization. Moreover, fish farmers do not refuse to admire not only the tender, bright, small, small, handsome fish. Large aquarium fish also arouse their keen interest.
Many large water pets need at least 100 liters of water for normal comfortable maintenance. But there are individuals that can only live in aquariums with a capacity of half a ton. The lion's share of inexperienced people seeking to learn how to keep their wards in large vessels, begins with the maintenance of large peaceful aquarium fish.
The first problem that beginners seek to solve is how to acquire such specimens that they can get along with each other in the same water. Large peaceful aquarium fish are in great demand. And so that the fish do not fight, they are raised from the fry.
Whom to get?
In two hundred liters of water in an aquarium with vegetation, up to 8–10 Schubert barbs, up to 10 cross barbs, up to 7 glossolepises, and up to 10 Boeseman melatoniums or three-lane ones will fit together. Large unpretentious aquarium fish in one flock will not compete, but will multiply. In one large aquarium, there can also be a dozen speckled catfish.
The dream of every aquarist, keen on large individuals, so that guests in his house can see how beautiful large aquarium fish circle next to each other. It is impossible to keep many fish outside the school.
Barbus Schubert
Barbus Schubert, nicknamed by breeder Tom Schubert, cannot be found in natural waters, although he once met in South Asia. This is the fish that you can’t keep outside the pack. Alone, she becomes shy and does not survive well, can jump out of the aquarium, so he has to close it in this case.
Large aquarium fish - Schubert barbs - have a bright colorful appearance. These creatures can not be launched into the aquarium to fish with long tails. They can harm them by biting the ends of the veil-like ponytails.
Glossolepis Red
Acquiring the glossolepis of red (other names: New Guinean iris, atherina red, iris comb, red iris), you get a pet that you knew about at the beginning of the 20th century, but was brought to our region from Indonesia only in the late 70s. In these fish, the tail is bifurcated, eyes are large, the eye iris in males is red, and in females a golden hue. As it most often happens in natural conditions, the female is not as bright and beautiful as the male, which has a rich red color. To maintain 7–8 species of glossolepises in an aquarium, underwater plants saturated with green are planted along its perimeter. These large aquarium fish look spectacular against a background of lush greenery, decorated with decorative stones and grottoes. They like space, they are very shy, they need to keep the aquarium with them closed.
Boesman's iris
Knowledgeable aquarists attribute Boeseman's omnivorous melatonia or iris to beautiful large aquarium fish. Although the beauty of this breed of fish comes only when the right care will be organized for its representatives. By themselves, these are large unpretentious aquarium fish. But beginners are unlikely to cope with their content. The bottom in the rainbow aquarium should be covered with cleaned sand, on which algae are planted, driftwood laid. The center of the aquarium should be free. It is better to place it on the sunny side of the room.
Boeseman's irises are demanding of habitat indicators. They do not tolerate high levels of nitrates, ammonia, and other toxic impurities in water. Large aquarium fish love the flow. Water temperature should be between 23–26 ° C. With significant differences in water heating, fish get weakened immunity and can become sick.
Experienced lovers of large fish contain in one large spacious aquarium equal in size and activity of individuals of different species. Fire barbs and scalars coexist with rainbows. Now we will talk about the latter.
Angelfish
They have a non-standard body shape, very similar to a crescent. Large aquarium fish, due to their flattened shape, easily hide in the green spaces of their shelter. Angelfish are invisible due to the transverse stripes of their color. A reverent attitude to their offspring, unpretentiousness, covetousness, grace and beauty of the color of the scales became the key to the demand for this breed of fish. Breeders have created several species of this large aquarium fish.
Angelfish are predators ready to eat fry of other fish. They are fed with live food - a pipe maker, bloodworm, daphnia, mosquito larvae. The diet should be strictly observed in the norms for each species. Due to overfeeding, the fish will not be able to reproduce. In ovaries swollen with fat, caviar dissolves, reproductive ability ceases. During spawning, angelfish become aggressive. Stopping aggression is possible only by putting the fish in another container. The peculiarity of scalars is that they can try to breed even in the absence of males of their own species in the aquarium. Same-sex couples are created, and caviar remains unfertilized.
Aggressive large aquarium fish coexist more easily with other species if they had a common maturation. But adults will not be able to live with newly settled newcomers.
Catfish red-tailed and spotted pterigoplicht
Red-tailed catfish is a voracious predator. It grows to 1.5 meters, so the volume of water required reaches up to 6 tons. In the neighbors he can only have large aquarium fish. Small individuals will become easy prey for this meat-eater. During the day, catfish hide because they do not like to be in the light. They burrow into the sand and lead an inactive lifestyle. It is best to be in a zoo or aquarium. The older the representatives of this species, the more inactive they are.
The most colorful species of aquarium catfish is called spotted brocade pterigoplichta. An elongated body with a large head is covered with black and dark brown spots. Small eyes are on the top of a flat head, the mouth resembles a suction cup, the large dorsal fin is a sail shape. It feeds on plant foods, likes to eat mucus from snags spread out on the bottom. Aquarium water should be at least 23 ° C and not more than 30 ° C.
Aravana
Aravana is an orange fish, which during swimming in bending movements resembles a snake. The female grows up to 1 m in free waters. In aquariums to this size, these fish do not grow. The male is always smaller than the female. Fish are very aggressive. Contain them only with larger species. They are fed with insects, lizards, thawed pieces of protein food. The tank for keeping aravan should always be closed, with devices for filtering and aeration. It is necessary to fill in soft water and maintain a temperature of at least 25 ° C. Peat filters can be used to lower the pH of the water.
Conclusion
Now you know the name of large aquarium fish, a photo of them is presented in the article for clarity. Beginning aquarists are recommended to first have peaceful individuals. And after that, experiment with various large fish.