Spawning BELIDA

Knifefish belida or Clown Fish is fish that comes from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Fish is Notopteridae family and surname Chitala / Notopterus this at home kids live in large rivers adjacent to swamps in Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, especially West Java. In Kalimantan belida known as flat-fish, called fish belido Sumatra, and that comes from Thailand mentioned belida bangkok. Weighing up to 5 kg / head and notoriously difficult spawn.

Belida fish from Indonesia and Thailand typically are the spots (spots) in the spherical black body from the front to the tail kepangkal. For belida bangkok, there are two types of products on the market that are silvery gray and albino. Both have black markings with white edge line. The more spots, more and more sought after. As of ornamental fish bangkok belida been very popular in the era from 1995 to 1997.

The condition is exacerbated by the changes in the natural environment as well as over-exploitation. In South Sumatra until the early 1980s, belida still easily found in a tributary of the River Musi like arisan Belida and rippled river. Then until 1998, in the Citarum River, West Java, the numbers are still caught up to 6 tons, but a year later no one else could be found.

 Parent maintained in an aquarium measuring 1.5 x1 x1, 2 m with a height of 1 m of water. In gonad maturation were fed a parent or child fresh shrimp carp about 5% of body weight per day. The feed given twice in one day ie morning and afternoon. Amount of feed should be given more in the afternoon, because belida very response to the feed at night.

Which could be cultivated if the parent is around 2-3 years old or between 40-50cm in length. Distinguish male and female parent is at the back of the head indukbetina (punuknya) thicker and relatively larger body size than males. Round the genitals, pelvic fins are relatively short and do not cover the urogenital. When mature gonads enlarged abdomen and genital flushed.

While the male parent has the following characteristics, namely the back of the head (hump) a thin, thin and genitalia-shaped tubes, pelvic fins relatively longer and cover urogenital, and relatively smaller body size. At the time ready pijah, reddened genitals and when ordered cloudy white discharge. Belida Sumatra or Kalimantan ready mijah weight measuring between 1.5 to 5 kg with a length of 55cm. While holding belida bangkok can be breeded size ± 0.8 kg weight and length ± 50cm.

In spawning substrate as a belida require gluing eggs. Substrate used in the form of logs measuring 15-20cm in diameter and a height of ± 20 cm. In South MandianginKalimantan Seed, the substrate pemijahanmenggunakan of ironwood board size 50 cm wide and 40 cm high were put into holding ponds. This process starts with mature gonads parent couple attached to each other began.