ʻO ka iʻa ʻelepani (Latin Gnathonemus petersii) a i ʻole ka ʻelepani Nile e kūpono iā ʻoe inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi iʻa aquarium maoli ke nānā aku, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia aquarium.
ʻO kona lehelehe lalo, e like me ke kumu o ka ʻelepani, hana kupaianaha iā ia, akā ma waho o ia mea hoihoi pū i ka hana.
ʻOiai hiki i ka iʻa ke hilahila a hilahila, akā me ka mālama pono ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, e lilo ia i mea ʻoi aku ka hana a ʻike ʻia.
Minamina, mālama pinepine ʻole ʻia kēia mau iʻa, no ka mea, aia ka ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka ʻike. He mea nui ia no lākou aia kahi lepo palupalu i loko o ka aquarium, kahi a lākou e ʻimi ai i ka meaʻai. He mea nui ka mālamalama a hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ia mau mea i nā aquarium.
Inā ʻaʻohe ala e hōʻemi ai i ka ikaika, a laila pono ʻoe e hana i nā hale he nui a me nā kihi malumalu.
Eia kekahi, maʻalahi ka iʻa i ka maikaʻi o ka wai e hoʻohana ai lākou e hoʻāʻo i ka wai i nā ʻōnaehana kūlanakauhale, ma Kelemania a me USA. Ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono, hana lākou i nā aquarium nui, ʻo ia hoʻi i nā aquarium e hoʻohua i nā biotopes ʻApelika.
Hana nā iʻa Elephant i nā māla uila nāwaliwali i lawelawe ʻole no ka pale, akā no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka lewa, no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoa a me nā meaʻai.
He lolo nui nō hoʻi kā lākou, kūlike i ka like o ka lolo o ke kanaka.
Noho i ke kūlohelohe
Ua pālahalaha nui ʻia kēia ʻano ma ʻApelika a loaʻa i: Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Kongo, Zambia.
ʻO Gnathonemus petersii kahi ʻano noho i lalo e ʻimi nei i ka meaʻai i ka honua me kāna kumu lōʻihi.
Eia hou, ua hoʻomohala lākou i kahi waiwai ʻokoʻa i loko o lākou iho, kēia māla uila nāwaliwali, me ke kōkua o lākou e hoʻonohonoho pono iā lākou iho i ka lewa, e ʻimi i ka meaʻai a kamaʻilio pū kekahi me kekahi.
ʻAi lākou i nā mea kolo a me nā ʻano invertebrates liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i hiki ke loaʻa ma ka honua.
Wehewehe
He iʻa kaulike kēia (a hiki i 22 knm), paʻakikī e hoʻokolokolo i ka lōʻihi o kona ola ʻana i ke pio ʻana, no ka mea pili ia i nā ʻano paʻa, akā ma kekahi o nā kolamu ʻōlelo Pelekania aia kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i kahi iʻa ʻelepani i ola no 25 - 26 makahiki!
ʻOiai, ʻo ka mea kupaianaha i kona helehelena ka "kumu", i ulu maoli mai ka lehelehe lalo a lawelawe i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai, a ma luna ona he waha maʻamau kāna.
ʻO ke kala inconspicuous, ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele kino me ʻelua mau keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo kokoke i ka fin caudal.
Ka paʻakikī i ka ʻike
Kahakaha, no ka mea e mālama i nā iʻa ʻelepani pono ʻoe i ka wai kūpono ma nā ʻano kikoʻī a maʻalahi loa ia i ka ʻike o nā lāʻau a me nā mea ʻino i loko o ka wai.
Eia hou, makaʻu ʻo ia, ʻeleu i ke ahiahi a me ka pō, a kikoʻī i ka meaʻai.
Hanai ana
Kū hoʻokahi ka iʻa ʻelepani i kona ʻano, ʻimi ʻo ia i nā mea kolo a me nā ilo me ke kōkua o kāna pā uila, a me kāna "kumu", maʻalahi a hiki ke neʻe i nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa, i kēlā mau manawa ke ʻano like ia me kahi kumu.
I ke kūlohelohe, noho ia i nā papa o lalo a hānai i nā ʻano mea kolo like ʻole. I loko o ka aquarium, ʻo nā ʻokoko a me ka tubifex kāna meaʻai punahele, a me nā ilo hoʻi i loaʻa iā ia ma lalo.
ʻAi kekahi iʻa ʻelepani i ka meaʻai paʻa a hiki i ka cereal, akā he manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole ka hānai ʻana iā lākou i kēlā ʻano meaʻai. ʻO ka mea mua, pono ka hānai ola.
Lohi ka iʻa e hānai, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama iā lākou me nā iʻa e lawe i ka meaʻai mai iā lākou. Ma muli o ka hana o ka iʻa i ka pō, pono lākou e hānai ʻia ma hope o ka pio ʻana o ke kukui a i ʻole ma mua koke paha.
Inā hoʻopili lākou a maʻa iā ʻoe, hiki iā lākou ke hānai me ka lima, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hānai ʻokoʻa iā lākou i ka pō ʻana ke hana ʻole nā iʻa ʻē aʻe.
Ka mālama ʻana i loko o ka aquarium
Teritori i ke kūlohelohe, pono i nā iʻa ʻelepani i kahi nui o 200 liters no kēlā me kēia iʻa.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e waiho iā lākou i kahi hui o 4-6 mau kānaka, inā ʻoe e mālama i ʻelua, a laila e kolohe loa ke kāne nui a hiki i ka make ʻana o kahi iʻa nāwaliwali, a me nā ʻāpana he 6, noho maluhia lākou me ka lawa o ka hakahaka a me kahi hoʻomaha.
ʻO ka mea mua, pono ʻoe e mālama i ka paʻa ʻana o ka aquarium, no ka mea, e hele ana nā iʻa ʻelepani mai loko mai ona a make. I ke kūlohelohe, hana lākou i ka pō a i ʻole i ke ahiahi, no laila he mea nui ʻaʻohe mālamalama i ka aquarium, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae i kēia.
I ke ahiahi, mau hale malumalu kahi a lākou e mālama ai i ka lā, i kekahi manawa hele lākou i waho e hānai a ʻauʻau paha, eia nā ʻano e pono ai lākou. Makemake nui lākou i nā paipu hollow e hāmama ana ma nā wēlau ʻelua.
ʻAe lākou i ka wai o nā paʻakikī ʻokoʻa (5-15 °) maikaʻi, akā pono lākou i ka wai me kahi kūmole a i ʻole acidic pH (6.0-7.5), ʻo ka mahana no ka ʻike he 24-28 ° C, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokokoke ʻana iā 27.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka paʻakai i ka wai, i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia i nā kumuwaiwai like ʻole, he kuhi hewa, noho kēia mau iʻa i ka wai hou.
Pilikia loa lākou i nā loli o ka wai a no laila ʻaʻole lākou e koi ʻia no nā aquarist ʻike ʻole a i ʻole i nā aquarium kahi e paʻa ʻole ai nā palena.
Pilikia lākou i ka ʻike o ka amonia a me nā nitrates i loko o ka wai, hāʻawi ʻia e hōʻiliʻili nui lākou i ka lepo, a noho ka iʻa i ka papa o lalo.
E hoʻohana pono i kahi kānana kūwaho kūwahi, e hoʻololi i ka wai a siphon i ka lalo o ka pule, a e nānā i ka ʻike o ka amonia a me nā nitrates i loko o ka wai.
E hoʻohana ʻia ke one ma ke ʻano he lepo, no ka mea e ʻeli mau ka iʻa ʻelepani i loko ona, hiki i nā hakina nui a paʻakikī ke hōʻino i ko lākou "kumu" koʻikoʻi.
Hoʻohālikelike
He maluhia lākou, akā ʻaʻole pono e mālama ʻia me nā iʻa huhū a i ʻole hana nui, no ka mea, e lawe lākou i ka meaʻai mai ka iʻa. Inā pili lākou i kekahi o nā iʻa, a laila ʻaʻole kēia he huhū, akā he hana maʻamau wale nō, no laila ʻaʻohe mea e makaʻu ai.
ʻO nā hoanoho maikaʻi loa na lākou nā iʻa ʻApelika: iʻa butterfly, congo, cuckoo synodontis, synodontis i uhi ʻia, iʻa iʻa iʻa, nā skalars.
Ma ka laulaha, ʻoiai lākou e ulu a 22 cm, hiki iā lākou ke noho i ka iʻa i nā manawa liʻiliʻi me ka ʻole o nā pilikia.
ʻOkoʻa moekolohe
Pehea e hoʻokaʻawale ai i kahi kāne mai ka wahine i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia e ka ikaika o ka māla uila i hana ʻia, akā ʻaʻole kūpono paha kēia ʻano no nā aquarist maʻamau.
Hoʻohana hānau
ʻAʻole hānai ʻia nā iʻa Elephant i ka lawe pio a lawe ʻia mai mai nā kūlohelohe.
I loko o hoʻokahi noiʻi ʻepekema, ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohuli hewa nā pio i nā impulses i hana ʻia e nā iʻa a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i kahi hoa.
