Monodactylus or swallow fish

Monodactylus is argenteus silver and monodactylus is dark. Monodactylus sebae inhabits the tropical part of the Indian and Pacific oceans, the continental shelves of Africa, South and South-East Asia, where it occurs in fresh mouths of rivers and in coastal marine biotopes. Monodactyls can be contained in both marine and freshwater aquariums. Despite the rather unprepossessing coloring these fish have an unusually interesting body shape and a lively, vibrant temperament, for which they are popular with aquarists. For the maintenance of monodactyls requires an aquarium of 200 liters, decorated with stones and shell rock. In the aquarium it is necessary to leave a lot of free space for swimming, since monodactyls are very mobile. The water temperature is 25-30 ° C, pH 7-9. Aeration, filtration and water substitution are required. Monodactylus, like the arguments are very sensitive to excess nitrogen. Feed better with live food floating in the water column, for example, the carriage. As neighbors, cichlids of similar sizes (haplochromis, aulonocaras) are suitable, although it is possible to contain monodactyls and with various peaceful fish. Reproduction of monodactyls in aquariums does not occur. All fish coming into the market are of natural origin.