The appearance Botia lohachata Chaudhuri it is very similar on catfish, however concern group carp shaped. It has the body extended at length: the back line is curved, a paunch almost direct. A body as well as fins, it is painted in silvery colour with dark strips forming itself as though a grid (from here and the name mesh Botia). The head botia lohachata Chaudhuri has the dulled form and is supplied by three steams of short moustaches. In the nature the length of a small fish can reach 10 sm, in bondage does not exceed 5-7 see.
Botia lohachata Chaudhuri a peaceful, gregarious and timid small fish. Conducts a benthonic way of life, likes to hide in various shelters. Botia lohachata Chaudhuri it is most active in the afternoon.
To contain botia lohachata Chaudhuri it is necessary in an aquarium in volume not less than 100 litres with muffled light, numerous shelters at the bottom and a vegetation abundance. The ground is necessary soft, and sandy. Water parametres: rigidity of water to 12 °, рН 6,0 - 7,0, temperature 24 - 28 °С. The filtration, aeration and weekly substitution to 30 % of volume of water are necessary.
Botia lohachata Chaudhuri it is omnivorous. Uses in food the live, frozen, dry and vegetative forage. In an aquarium botia lohachata Chaudhuri it is very useful, as eats from a bottom, selecting that other small fishes have left. It is very gluttonous, especially in youth, at an overeating at it the paunch gets fat.
Cultivation Botia lohachata Chaudhuri is mastered more recently. The aquarium in volume is necessary for reproduction 150л. Water parametres: rigidity of water 11 °, рН 7,0, temperature 28°С. On a bottom spawning stack a separator grid. Manufacturers in the beginning hold separately from each other and feed with their mainly vegetative forage. Cultivation occurs to application гонадотропных injections. During spawning males pick up a female a chest fin under a paunch and swim up to a water surface where occurs выметка calves (so occurs until all caviar will not be put out). Right after it manufacturers are necessary for removing from нерестовика (parents do not show any care of posterity). Fruitfulness botia lohachata Chaudhuri makes from 3 to 5 thousand small berries of glaucous colour. They bulk up to 2-2,5 mm and later 16-18 hours from them appear fry. To care about fry it is easy, they eat even dry mixed fodders approaching them on the size. At the age of 1 month Botia lohachata Chaudhuri reach at length 1-1,5 see Them color differs from the adult: at first fry striped, and in process of a growing they have a mesh colouring.
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