Fundulopanchax gardneri (APHYO DU NIGER)

The Fundulopanchax Gardneri is a freshwater fish from West Africa. It is also known as the Grenouille fish or Aplocheilus Gardneri. It is a very colorful fish, with a green head and body and red, yellow and blue fins. The upper part of his body is covered with black spots, while the lower part is white. The Fundulopanchax Gardneri is about 3.8 cm long for males and 5 cm for females.

This fish is mainly a background animal, which feeds on small insects and insect larvae which it finds in algae and aquatic plants. He is very lively and can jump out of the water to catch his prey. The Fundulopanchax Gardneri is also a social fish, which lives in groups of several individuals in the aquatic circles of its natural habitat.

The Fundulopanchax Gardneri is a very appreciated fish of the aquariophiles, due to its beautiful color and its sociable character. However, it is also very fragile and requires a well -balanced habitat and appropriate care to survive captivity. It is important to provide him with a large enough aquarium so that it can swim freely, as well as a well -oxygenated water and a substrate adapted to its natural habitat. The Fundulopanchax Gardneri is also sensitive to diseases and parasites, it is therefore important to maintain water from your clean aquarium and treat it regularly to prevent any health problem.

Males are much more colorful than females. Females have no color.

The female lays 3-4 eggs per day if the conditions are good (living food, parameter of water ...) and the male fruitful. The little ones come out of the eggs after 3 weeks around. They are tiny.