ʻO ka iʻa hānau hānau pleco he mea ulu i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka omo limu me ke kīʻaha omo pālua a me kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa. Pāhaʻi ʻia kona kino a he waha kona ma lalo. He iʻa anuanu ia a iʻa kūpaʻa loa.
ʻOiwi i East Asia, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i ke kala i ka wai o ke kai e hoʻololi i ke kua. No maʻa mau lākou brownish-brown i brown brown me nā wahi kīnā ʻole pouli a puni kona kino. A hoʻololi lākou i kā lākou kala e like me kā lākou substrate, ʻano, meaʻai, ka mahana, a me ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
Pono ka pleco hānau i kahi aquarium nui, palena iki o 80 liters, ʻoiai he iʻa i hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o 6 cm ka lōʻihi a pono kahi e peʻe ai a neʻe i ka maʻalahi a me ka ʻole o nā pilikia ākea e like me kou pono i kāna au e noho ai me kahi ola kūpono.
E pili ana i kāna hana he iʻa maluhiaʻOiai loaʻa paha iā ia nā pilikia kūloko me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe o ka ʻano like, pono i nā wahi e kaha i kēlā me kēia o lākou. ʻAʻole pono lākou e mālama nui, no ka mea ʻaʻole, ka maikaʻi o ka wai, pono e oxygen maikaʻi, hoʻomaʻemaʻe, kānana a me ka nitrate haʻahaʻa.
No kā lākou meaʻai; He iʻa omnivorous lākou, e hānai lākou i kekahi mea hāʻule paha i ka lalo o ka aquarium, a me nā limu, nā larva insect frozen. Pono ʻoe e akahele i ka hānai ʻana iā lākou no ka mea ʻaʻole hoʻokūkū lākou me ke koena o ka iʻa a holo i ka makaʻu i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka meaʻai a i ʻole hana ʻole a make lākou i ka wī.
Su ʻo ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana he oviparous, ʻo ia hoʻi, na nā kāne e hana i ka pūnana kahi o ka wahine, ma hope o ke kau ʻana i nā hua manu e hatch ai lākou ma waena o 10 a 15 mau lā. No ka mālama ʻana i ka palai pono ʻoe e hoʻolako iā lākou i nā lua o ka aquarium me nā meaʻai.
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