Peacock fish: a tropical fish of the genus Medaka, the size and color of the male and female fish are quite different, the male fish is thin, the body length is 3-4 cm, the body color is colorful and beautiful; the female body length can reach 6 cm, much less than the male body color, mostly a single color, although there are some patterns on the tail fin, there is no bright male fish. Peacock fish as ornamental fish mild temperament, can be mixed with mild to medium and small tropical fish, usually lively and active, with short life expectancy, but fast reproduction.
Peacock fish breed regardless of the season, even in winter can be produced normally. The breeding cycle of peacock fish can be bred about once a month under the conditions permitted by the environment, and each time it can produce 10-120 calves, with a considerable annual production, so it is also known as "million fish". After 3-4 months of rearing, small fish have the ability to reproduce and can reproduce the next generation. Peacock fish should choose a large aquarium when breeding, and the breeding temperature should be protected at 26-28 degrees Celsius, which should be slightly higher than the suitable temperature. pH 6.8-7.4, while a variety of aquatic plants to ensure the survival of small fish, and then according to the ratio of 1 male to 4 females into the breeding fish, waiting for reproduction.
Let's enjoy the beauty of peacock fish!
Category 1. Texture
1. Grasstail
There are black dots on the tail that are not connected to each other, the denser and thinner, the larger the dorsal dorsal back, and the larger the dorsal fin and the body connection surface is superior. In international competitions, only peacock fish with "diamond spots" on their bodies (only on male fish) are allowed to participate in the "grass tail group" competition, and the black diamond spot from the tail root to the back of the eye has always been a problem in grass tail improvement, because even if the pro-male fish diamond spot is very good, the diamond spots produced by the sub-generation are not all so ideal. This strain represents fish species such as bluegrass tail, red grass tail, yellow grass tail, lace grass tail and so on.
2. Mosaic Peacock Fish (Guppy Mosaic)
It is the most famous of many peacock fish species, and is characterized by the distinct pattern on the tail fin, which is very similar to a delicate mosaic. Mosaic markings are generally made of red, black, blue, yellow inlaid color performance, in the grain there are spots, rings and lightning patterns, etc., about the pattern is not absolute, the tail fin pattern is clear is the focus, in addition to the dorsal fin is a major weakness of the mosaic fish species, if you want to have a good performance, the wider the dorsal fin, the better, and the pattern color and tail fin are consistent. This strain represents the species of red mosaic, yellow mosaic, white mosaic, blue mosaic, snake king mosaic, dress mosaic and so on.
3. Dress Peacock Fish (Guppy Tuxedo)
The tail handle is black, and the black patch is called the "dress spot", which is the special emblem of the strain. This strain represents the species of fish with yellowtail dresses, blue tail dresses, red tail dresses, etc. (The picture in the overview is the yellowtail dress, this fish generally has yellow tail roots, and when it was first improved, it took two roads, one is the European and Asian players to improve in the white direction, and the other is the American player to improve the yellow direction. Today's "yellow-tailed dress" refers to the peacock fish of the dress with a white tail and allowing the tail root to turn yellow, and the peacock fish of the american player's improved tail full yellow dress is called the "taxi yellowtail dress" (similar to the yellow of the taxi and named))
4. Snake-striped peacock fish (Guppy Snake Skin, King Cobra)
Also known as the Snake King Peacock Fish, it is a strain of peacock fish. The color of the fish body surface shows a metallic color such as blue and green, and with a fine pattern, it is extremely eye-catching. The characteristic is that the grain is rough and cobra-like, the fish only has snake-like lines and is accompanied by dotted "eye spots" (blue-black patches on closer inspection), and the tail also has snake markings. Peacock fish that do not have snake stripes on the tail and have snake stripes on their bodies also belong to the snake stripe strain. According to the thickness of the different divided into snake king and lace, there are green snake king, blue snake king, yellow snake king, red tail snake king, blue tail snake king and so on.
5. Guppy Swordtail
The biggest feature of this strain is that the central constriction of the tail fin, while the upper and lower fins extend backwards like a sharp sword, the end of the sword tail is sharp, the tail fin is straight out like a sword, and the standard requirements of the sword tail peacock are: the end of the sword tail is sharp, and the body color texture is natural, with the original flavor of nature. According to the different directions of its extension, it is divided into: double sword tail, upper sword tail, lower sword tail, fork tail, upper swing tail, bottom sword tail, hem tail, spear tail, needle tail, sword tail of various strains and so on.
6. Guppy Metal
Companion Y inheritance is a derivative of the snake pattern, which was modified by Russian aquarium experts. It appears as a reflective dark blue in the front half of the fish body and pink or purple when white. Interestingly, one can judge the health of the fish by looking at the color and reflective effect of the piece of metal. The metal blocks of healthy fish are shiny, and the metal blocks of sick fish or fish that have just arrived home and are not accustomed to water quality will be obviously dull. It is divided into snake king metal, dress metal, grass tail metal, mosaic metal, monochrome metal and so on.
7. Monochrome peacock fish (Guppy Guppysolid)
Emphasizing the body color performance of a single color system from beginning to end, the color of the fish body is clean and does not contain any noise. Red is red, blue is blue, if there is any impurity in the color performance, or the phenomenon of uneven color blocks occurs, it means that the fish is no longer a pure monochrome, whether on the field or on the breeding surface is doomed to be eliminated. It is divided into red monochromatic, blue monochromatic, yellow monochromatic, black monochromatic, green monochromatic and other categories.
8. Glass species peacock fish (Guppy Glass)
Also known as the glass belly peacock fish, as the name suggests, its body's abdomen is like glass, and it can see the internal organs of the body. Typically, there are two types of glass peacock fish: fully transparent and translucent:
A, fully transparent glass species peacock fish refers to the body part of the transparent matter of more than 50% of the peacock fish, basically the internal organs and the five internal organs can be seen, this type according to the different strains are also divided into many species such as blue and white glass
b. Translucent glass peacock fish generally refers to most of the female fish of the white child and some individual female fish, this glass belly only the belly is transparent, and the rest of the body is as usual.
9. Ancient strain of peacock fish (Guppy Old Fashion)
The Archaic peacock fish does not refer to those primitive ancient peacock species, it is a new peacock fish strain. The characteristics of the ancient peacock: the tail fin has mosaic-like markings, but the lines are blurred, while the surface of the fish body has a snake-like pattern, but it does not have a convex feeling like a snake pattern, but has a sense of depression. Compared with the mosaic, the tail fin is less clear, and the surface has a snakeskin-like pattern, the difference is that the snake pattern is convex, and the ancient peacock fish pattern is concave.
10. Platinum Peacock Fish (Guppy Platinum)
It is a type of phenotype controlled by genes on the body chromosome, and the reflective scales on the fish are metallic white, so named. Its most eye-catching place is that the metallic luster of the fish body covers the body of the fish, and the scales on the back show a metallic luster. In the overall color of the body, there will be ordinary metallic reflection of light blue or dark blue, so the platinum strain peacock fish has also derived the famous "Medusa" and "Galaxy" varieties in the peacock fish world. Emphasize the special color of the fish body, divided into gold, silver white or white gold and so on. The standard requirements of the platinum peacock: the white gold cover of the surface of the fish body should be uniform, and it is best to cover the pectoral fin, dorsal fin, abdominal fin and tail fin.
Classification two, body color
1. Gray Type: Also known as the general type, that is, the most common and common body color, that is, the body color of the wild species of peacock fish.
2. Golden Type: The fish body has a yellow background color throughout, especially the top of the head does not have the black spots that wild peacock fish have.
3. WhiteType: The fish body is snow white and slightly transparent, the whole body is pure, without any melanin, and the fish is dotted with light blue, light red and other plain color markings, which is particularly elegant.
4. Albino type: the bottom color of the fish body is transparent, the whole body is not black, and the eyes are dark red.
5. Blue type :The fish body has a special bluish-blue tone.
6. Tiger type (Tiger): Very similar to the wild type peacock fish, but the edge of the fish scales seems to be inlaid with black lines, and the overall appreciation is like a tiger skin pattern.
7. Pink type (Pink): The fish has a bright color with pink hues.
8. Full red: There are many types of body colors for red peacock fish, such as gray, gold and white. Melanin reduction or elimination creates a cleaner gold red and albino type is the most popular. The quality of the color depends on the combination of red and blue, lavender, and yellow background colors. Colors range from orange to dark maroon. Large-bodied red bodies generally have longum that grow slowly.
9. Moscow Ice Blue (Moscow Ice Blue) Moscow blue peacock fish has higher requirements for blue reflective metal, that is, the more color of the metal and bright, neat, more popular with aquarists. Now the common Moscow blue strains are: Moscow charcoal black, Moscow purple, Moscow ice blue, Moscow green and so on.
10. Sky Blue: The blue peacock ranges from sky blue to dark blue. Females will show blue highlights on their fins.
11. Black type (Black): The fish body is all black, there is no auxiliary color. The blackest peacock fish are small to medium in size. Breeding large sizes usually results in a loss of good black and matching color on the back.
12. Green peacock fish (Green): Highly sought after color mutation. The quality of a real green peacock fish display is difficult to develop. The green color of the greenest peacock fish, if mixed with a blue halo, is disqualified, and due to the type of light viewed at different angles, it may make it appear blue, green or purple. Female green peacock fish show green highlights on their fins.
In addition to the above body colors, there may also be a phenomenon of the coexistence of the two, such as yellowing pink (Golden Pink), etc., that is, artificial improvement and at the same time have the characteristics of different body colors.
Classification 3, fin-shaped
According to the shape of the fins of the peacock fish, it can be divided into:
1. Delta Form: If the tail fin is shaped like a triangle, the larger the clamp angle, the better, and the upper and lower ends of the fin edges are sharp.
2. Fam Tail: The tail fin is shaped like a triangle, the larger the clamp angle, the better, and the upper and lower ends of the fin edge are arced.
3. Bottom Sword: The caudal fin is small, and several fins extend from the bottom, like a sword.
4. Top Sword Tail :The caudal fin is small and the top extends several fins, like a sword.
5. Double Sword Tail :The caudal fin is small and has fins extending above and below.
6. Spear Tail: The caudal fin is small, with a shorter fin extension in the middle of the caudal fin, similar to the shape of the top of Islamic architecture.
7. Pin Tail: The caudal fin is small and has a longer fin extension in the middle of the caudal fin.
8. Round Tail:The most traditional and common tail type.
9. Lyre Tail: It can be described by sandwiching a triangle between the two swords of the two swords, which is different from the situation where the tail of the peacock fish falls in the veined system.
10. Swallowtail (Swallow): The fins of each body are randomly extended and can be connected into a surface. The tail does not have fins to extend, but there are several fins elsewhere that are extended as well as swallowtails. Because the swallowtail gene causes the vas deferens (anal fin) to be too long, the swallowtail male is basically infertile.
11. Ribbon: The fin and the end of the ventral fin are extended, and each of the three fins will only be extended by one, while the swallowtail will only be extended several times. Individuals with dorsal fins with end fins that are also elongated are called big Cs.
12. Crown Tail
13. Spade Tail
In fact, the breed peacock has not been introduced to me for a long time, but after it was introduced to our country, it was warmly welcomed by everyone, just a few years. China continues to have its own breeding base of peacocks and has a large number of professional players. At the same time, the excellent peacocks of individual professional players in the northeast of China and the Beijing-Tianjin area can compete with the high-quality peacocks in Taiwan.
However, after all, the breed peacock has been introduced to China for a short time, and many people do not understand its complete set of selection and breeding methods. In the chat with some peacock aquaclists, I found that most aquarists do not know how to choose the breed peacock, but only rely on intuition or previous experience in choosing tropical fish to determine the quality of fish.
In fact, the selection of the breed peacock is not very difficult, as long as you grasp the three aspects, I think you can basically pick your favorite healthy fish. These three aspects are
First, the general law of selecting tropical fish;
Second, understand some common features of the strain peacock;
Third, understand the specific characteristics of each strain of peacock.
I think if you can grasp these three essentials, the selection of the breed peacock should not be a problem.
Of course, the above three aspects I have mentioned are only a basic selection method and are not comprehensive.
First, the general law of selecting tropical fish.
Generally when we go to buy fish, we basically see swarms of tropical fish in an aquarium, strong and active, no scars or ulcers on the body, and no mutilated fish in various parts (including fish fins) are just the main targets we choose. In addition, I would like to give you two suggestions: First, if we go to buy fish, it is best to ask the fish dealer when the fish came in. Usually it is more appropriate to buy fish after a week, because the fish have just come all the way tired Some fish have begun to get sick because of the problem of resistance, to put it in layman's terms, after a week the damn are dead. The rest are physically fit after a long journey of exercise. Second, when we choose, we can put our hands on the upper part of the fish tank, healthy fish have the habit of taking the initiative to ask for food, and carefully observing the relatively perfect fish on the front of the body surface is the target of our selection.
Second, there are some common characteristics of the strain peacock.
There are now various competitions for ornamental fish, and due to the emergence of competitions, everyone has divided the fish of the same strain into S class, A class, and other levels. However, whether the peacock is selected or not, it is best to refer to it from the following aspects when choosing (in the order from the tail fin to the head to introduce it to everyone):
1, the tail brace is large. In layman's terms, it is a big tail. However, the factor that determines the width of the caudal fin lies in the angle of intersection of the roots of the caudal fin. In general, the larger the angle at the base of the tail fin of the S-class peacock, the larger the fan shape of the tail fin. That is, we often talk about the big tail brace.
2, thick waist. The waist body referred to here refers to the fin to the base of the caudal fin. Usually, if the tail of the fish is large, the fish's waist is preferably thicker. On the one hand, the thick waist can strongly support the resistance brought by the huge tail fin in the process of swimming; on the other hand, it is conducive to catching the mother fish during mating, so as to play a better offspring.
3. Characteristics of the dorsal fin. For now, we have summarized several characteristics of the dorsal fin of the peacock. It is mainly divided into large back and extended back. The large back is mainly divided into a double body large back and a diploid large back. The extended back is also divided into a diploid extended back and a diploid extended back. Thanks to continuous improvements, professional players have done more articles on the dorsal fin of peacocks, and the types are becoming more and more detailed. For example, hard bone big back, high sail back, shark back and so on. But no matter how detailed the species are, all the species can be combined into two categories: large back and extended back. And the root cause is in the genetic aspect. However, because the genetic aspect is too troublesome, but most people are not willing to calm down and study genes well, so I will not say it here. However, you can try to use the big back bus with the extension of the back mother, to see what kind of dorsal fins come out of the small fish, the ordinary back, the proportion of the extended back and the big back is what is the ratio. I believe that slowly everyone will like to study the genes of peacock fish.
4, swallowtail performance. This genetic manifestation is rare. And all kinds of peacocks are possible and manifested by swallowtail genes. My family's Red Lace juvenile has a swallowtail performance. The main manifestation is that the tail fin has an irregular phenomenon of prolonged stubble, which is completely different from the rotten fin. The fish itself is healthy without any lesions and scars.
5, butterfly wing performance. This gene is relatively rare among peacock fish, but it is not completely absent. When you choose a peacock, you can pay attention to the peacock's pectoral fins. Because the performance of the butterfly wing gene appears on the pectoral fin, most of the peacock's pectoral fin is very common, but when you look closely, you can find that a small number of peacocks' pectoral fins have slightly elongated signs, similar to the prolonged dorsal performance and swallowtail performance. The butterfly-winged peacock fish not only swings its pectoral fin forward and backward when swimming, but also swings up and down, so it is very ornamental.
The above are some common characteristics of the strain peacock, which you can refer to when selecting fish. Pick your favorite phenotype of fish to raise. Of course, due to the characteristics of large back, extended back, swallowtail and butterfly wing, the price of such peacocks is higher than that of the ordinary body of similar peacocks, and the better the performance, the higher the price.
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