The parrot fish is a popular inhabitant of home aquariums, which gets its name from the fact that its front part of the head with a sloping forehead and a small mouth resembles a parrot's beak. These fish are active and unpretentious, they can arrange games, which won the love of aquarists. If you want to breed parrot fish, you need to be able to determine their sex in order to take both a male and a female.
Instructions
Step 1
The most common guest in aquariums is the red parrot. This beautiful fish comes in red, orange, lemon and crimson colors. After a period of adaptation, she begins to recognize the owner and even tries to communicate with him through the front wall of the aquarium.
Step 2
It is not easy to distinguish a male from a female in this species of fish, their sexual dimorphism is not clearly expressed. It is best to determine the sex in fish that have reached puberty, which occurs around the age of one and a half years.
Step 3
Unlike most fish, male parrotfish are larger than females. In addition, the color of the males is brighter and richer than that of the faded females.
Step 4
Note the tail fin of the parrotfish. In females, the fin ends are more rounded, while the fin ends in males are pointed.
Step 5
Parrotfish choose a permanent pair for themselves, so you should not plant or sell fish that have reached puberty and have decided on the choice of a partner.
Step 6
Before spawning, parrotfish make a shelter for themselves, digging up algae that interfere with them. If you value the landscape in your tank, it is best if you offer your fish spawning spots yourself. Place a narrow stone at a 45 degree angle near the compressor spray. If you notice that the parrots have begun to actively clean the stone, then they liked the place you prepared.
Step 7
In order for the fry to hatch from the eggs, you need to replace ten to fifteen percent of the water with distillate, and also reduce the acidity to 6, 8.
