Familie: Balitoridae
Vanmanenia intermedia ist ein Bachschmerle aus Bergbäche Südchinas. Länge 7.4–10.8 cm, Temperatur 18–26 °C.
Vanmanenia intermedia, a member of the family Balitoridae, comes from southern Chinese mountain streams, where it inhabits fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch and grazes rock surfaces; feed spirulina-rich foods, it grows to 7.4–10.8 cm and adapts well to a properly set-up aquarium in the 18–26 °C range. Other Vanmanenia species in our database include Vanmanenia pingchowensis, Vanmanenia stenosoma, Vanmanenia gymnetrus.
Mittleres Niveau: stabiles Wasser steht an erster Stelle. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch. Singly or in a loose group on open rockwork.
Halte das Wasser bei 18–26 °C. 18–26 °C typical for the genus. Cool, highly oxygenated water.
Wird 7.4–10.8 cm; lebt bottom-dwelling on rock surfaces. Mindestens 140 L.
Grazes rock surfaces; feed spirulina-rich foods. Zwei kleine Portionen täglich.
Ja, mit Bedacht. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch — vergesellschafte es mit Hillstream loaches of similar size — Graze side by side on open stone. Halte Warm-water community fish — Need different temperatures fern.
Aus Bergbäche Südchinas: fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks, mit very strong, highly oxygenated current.
In der Zucht: spawning unknown in home aquaria. Difficult to distinguish.