Pleie av spøkelseswels

Den usuelle spøkelses- eller glasswelsen er populær blandt hjemmekvariister fordi du kan se rett gjennom den gjennomsiktige kroppen. Denne fisken har også en merkelig liten egenhet som ofte alarmerer den uinformerte hobbyisten. Ikke bli overrasket over å finne den på bunnen med hodet peke nedover i en 30-graders vinkel og til siden. Mens fisken kan se syk ut, er det bare en mærkelig aktivitet de alle deltar i fra tid til annen. Mens spøkelseswelsen kan være litt vanskelig å akklimatisere -- den er svært hårdfør -- når den først har vant seg til de nye omgivelsene, så lenge behovene dens blir oppfylt.

Du trenger

  • Power head filter
  • Levende planter
  • Flaked tropical fish food
  • Brine shrimp
  • Bloodworms
  • Blackworms

Instruksjoner

  1. Equip your aquarium with a power head filter. The ghost catfish absolutely requires access to a moderate water flow. These fish have been known to die from lack of moving water.
  2. Set the aquarium temperature to about 78 degrees Fahrenheit for these warm water fish.
  3. Add plenty of live plants to your ghost catfish's tank. They love hanging out inside and in front of dense thickets.
  4. Dim the aquarium lights whenever possible. Ghost catfish aren't nocturnal, but they don't care for lots of bright light.
  5. Keep ghost catfish with peaceful community fish. They are easily bullied.
  6. Provide lots of comrades for your ghost catfish. These fish absolutely require plenty of company and must be kept in groups of at least three of their own kind. They're happiest in small schools of five or six, and enjoy patrolling the middle section of the tank.
  7. Feed your ghost catfish flaked tropical fish food along with your other tropicals for the first week. Add some brine shrimp to their diet every day the following week. Offer a few bloodworms the third week. Introduce some blackworms the week after that. Thereafter, give them all of these foods on a daily basis.
  8. Perform frequent water changes, about 50 percent over a week's time. Ghost catfish are highly sensitive to conditions and require very clean water.