Popular name Spraying Characin. Origin Venezuela, Brazil, Guiana. Size 3 inches. Appearance An elegantly shaped slender fish with elongated fins.Feeding Accepts all foods. Water conditions Moderately soft neutral water. Sexing The male has longer fins and there is a white spot at the root of its dorsal fin. Breeding This fish is kept mainly because of its unusual breeding habit. It spawns outside water, e.g., on the surface of an overhanging leaf or on the undersurface of the aquarium cover glass. The conditoned pair are introduced in a 10- to 15-gallon, sparsely planted tank with the water level lying about 1″ to 1-1-1/2 inches below the cover glass. The pair swim side by side and together jump out of the water to the undersurface of the cover glass, where they adhere for a moment, deposit 10 to 15 eggs, and fall back into the tank. This act is repeated until some 100 eggs are laid. When spawning is completed the female should be removed. The male looks after the eggs and prevents them from drying by splashing them with water. This process sometimes dislodges the eggs or newly hatched fry which, when they fall into the water, are devoured by the male. If this is seen to happen, the male should be removed and an aerator stone fixed in the tank so that the spray from the bursting bubbles keeps the eggs damp. By about the fourth day the fry drop into the water and swim about freely. Just before this happens it is best to remove the male and rear the fry in the usual way. Recommended feeding system Aquaze tropical .
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