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Profile:
Distribution :
Brazil
Size
: Up to 10 inches.
Temperature
: 240 to 28 0 C.
PH
: 6.0 to 6.5 (slightly acidic).
Hardness
: Soft
water.
Diet
: Herbivore.
flake, freeze fried & frozen and pellet food. Occasionally,
live food such as worms.
Breeding
: Open substrate breeder.
Sexual
Difference : Males are normally bigger with more and
longer fins.
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Description:
Rather
peaceful fish except during spawning. Can be slightly aggressive
towards conspecies. In the wild, these fish are found in tea-coloured
water where there are abundance decaying vegetation. A
high aquarium tank will benefit these fish better due to their oval
shaped body.
To
get a pair, it is generally easier to get a group of young fish and
raised them to maturity. A male and female would pair off and
300-400 eggs can be laid in each spawn. Commercially available cone-shaped
breeding aids (used for Discus) can be used.
Uraus
are very
good parents and provide excellent parental care to their brood.
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