Flashlight (hemigrammus otselifer)

Fish which the home aquariums got in a 1959 year only, when tetra background of rio were saved at not many inveterate amateurs only, and their denominative name, as well as fishes, many simply did not know. If the background of rio rozoveet on to light like the Chinese coloured flashlight, at hemigrammusa, as a little flashlight, the mirror spot at foundation of tail probleskivaet. The same, but the not so eye-catching «flashlights» are located on the forehand of body after branchiaes and above eyes. On form body the flashlight is similar with the previous kind — oval, compressed from sides, long 4—5 sm, is painted by the silvery-greenish color, with the dark bar on the tail stem, broadening by the end. The tender elegant look of this uzkoteloy fish by the light (kontragur) passing through it is semilucent, so that the air-bladder is translucent.Fishes are able to propagate oneself in the defended plumbing water, on condition of slabokisloy or neutral its reaction. Temperature of the maintenance 22— 24 °With, spawning — 26—27 “With. There can be a spawning-ground also a framework aquarium. Fishes in kurtinah of melkolistvennih plants spawn. Partly it remains on them the part falls on bottom. The producers do not eat a caviar up. There is no necessity in shading of spawning-ground. On spawning better to seat two males at one female.