Burundi six is an entry-level Tan Lake ornamental fish, today Xiaobian to introduce to you about the six in Burundi in the breeding process of all aspects.
reproduction
Because the growth rate of small cloth is very slow, it takes 3 to 4 years for 2 to 3 cm juveniles to grow into adult fish, so it is not easy to see six breeding. Six spawning rooms are generally carried out in hidden caves, and the process is very secretive.
The female lays about 20 to 50 eggs at a time, and the oral incubation period is about 5 weeks, but generally not all of them are successfully hatched. After the juveniles leave the mother, they should be isolated and raised in time to avoid being eaten by the other six rooms.
water quality
The most suitable water quality for the survival of Liujian is alkaline hard water, with a pH (PH) of about 8.5 and a total hardness (GH) of about 20.
But if this is not possible, the PH should also be above 7.5, which is the most important, because the pH is the most important chemical indicator affecting the survival of the fish.
If the fish live in the water where the pH is not suitable for a long time, the state of the fish will be extremely poor, can not reflect the beauty of the fish, serious when the fish die, many aquarists are because the long-term water quality is too acidic to die.
If the water quality of your water source is too acidic and too soft, you can adjust it with some chemicals.
The water temperature suitable for small cloth is 22-32 degrees Celsius, but it is best to be between 24-29 degrees, which is the water temperature range of the native place, and the fish can adapt well.
In-cylinder environment
Everyone knows that fish farming should also change the water frequently, but the frequency of water change should be regular. Unless your tank's nitrification system is very powerful, it is recommended to change the water once a week, 1/4 to 1/3 each time. If you do not change the water for a long time, the color of the small cloth is dark, the appetite is reduced, the timidity is afraid of people, and the action is slow.
Therefore, it is necessary to change the water in time to remove the feces and residual bait in the water, as well as harmful substances such as ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, etc., and replenish the salt and oxygen in the water.
For the Lake Tanganyik cichlid, ammonia is the number one killer, fish droppings, bait and fish breathing will produce ammonia, and water replacement is the most direct way to remove ammonia, of course, proper ventilation can also remove ammonia and increase the content of oxygen in the water.
If the fish tank filtration system is well-organized, the frequency of water change can be reduced a lot. If you want to raise fish easily, you should still think about how to build your own fish tank filtration system!
Precautions
The small cloth in the natural environment is mainly based on the beautiful blue sword sand and other small fish, because the small cloth is accustomed to living in a dark environment, a large number of blue sword sand to the bottom of the water to rest at night, the small cloth can easily eat.
As for the artificial feeding of six rooms, it is best to take artificial feed and frozen harvest shrimp and frozen blood red worms as well, feeding 2 to 3 times a day, so as to ensure the nutrition of the small cloth, pay attention to feeding frozen feed to thaw first.
Do not feed live bait, easy to cause intestinal diseases, breeding body surface parasites, because live bait is very unclean, even if disinfection can only disinfect the body surface, and the feces in the intestine can not be disinfected, but also the dirtiest and most susceptible to disease.
Small cloth is suitable for long-term feeding of fish, over 10 years old small cloth is exceptionally beautiful, if you have luck, long-term feeding live food, sooner or later there will be a big problem, then regret it too late. If you are feeding live food, dispose of it clean before feeding!
In addition, the fight between the six fish is relatively strong, so it is necessary to have a large enough size fish tank, otherwise the larger the fish, the stronger the aggression behind it, and the more damage between each other.
Methods of rearing juvenile fish
Burundi six fish have high requirements for water pH, and the PH value should be between 7.5 and 8.5, otherwise it is easy to cause the death of Burundi six fish. It prefers water quality in alkaline environments.
The size of the fish tank for the six fish farmed in Burundi should be about 2 meters long, and the container should not be too small. It is necessary to choose a better filtration system to ensure that the oxygen content in the water is high.
Burundi's six-room fish are not suitable for polyculture with other species, and it would be beautiful to keep the same species together. If you want to polyculture, you should also choose the softer fingerling polyculture of the lower fish.
Burundi six fish are easy to infect bacteria, so do not feed live food when feeding, because the internal organs in live food contain a large number of bacteria, which is easy to cause infection of Burundi six fish.
The water temperature of the six fish cultured in Burundi is around 25 °C, which is not 3 degrees difference between about 3 degrees. The hardness of the water should also be controlled at 15-23 degrees. The wild living environment of the six fish in Burundi is in deep water, which is relatively dark, so we should try to get as close as possible to its wild environment when breeding, and the light should not be too bright.
The water change for the six fish in Burundi does not need to be too frequent, 5 days a change of water can be, and each time the water change should be a small amount, only a quarter of the original water volume can be changed, otherwise the change in water quality is too large, and the six fish in Burundi are not easy to adapt. The specific time interval of water change should be looked at specifically, and it should be changed when the water quality is too poor.
Phase identification
Burundi's six appearances are mainly reflected in the body line, if the line has white spots, when you grow up, it is not very beautiful. Therefore, when choosing a fish, we must pay attention to whether the line is clear.
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