New Year and new atmosphere, if you have just started raising fish, what kind of ornamental fish to raise? Peacock fish are very common in aquarium shops, but there are also many problems in raising peacock fish at the beginning, taking advantage of the good momentum of the New Year, to talk to everyone about the breeding experience of peacock fish. This can be regarded as a summary of my 20 years of raising peacock fish.
Before sharing my feeding experience, I would like to tell you one thing that is heavier than raising the breeding method, that is, the choice of peacock fish. Because if you choose a peacock fish with a not very good physique, in fact, no matter how clever the technique is, the skill is exquisite, it is very likely that it will not be raised well, because the body of the fish itself is determined, and even sometimes you may choose the fish that is already sick, then going back is basically to watch it work hard to survive, and then you have no way.
<h1>How to pick healthier peacock fish? </h1>
According to the habits of peacock fish, you can choose from the following aspects:
1, the tail spread is relatively large
Some peacock fish tail reduction is easy to see, and tail reduction is often a pathological performance, or a manifestation of poor health, choose a tail with large corners and a high dorsal fin for fish that are healthier.
2. Male fish that can chase female fish
Peacock fish male fish has color, much more beautiful than the female fish, the basic breeding of peacock fish is mainly because of the beauty of the male fish, but the general life of the male fish is shorter than the female fish, so when selecting male fish, a young and energetic male fish, will frequently chase the female fish, which is a healthy signal.
3. Swim fast
You can use the net to catch a little bit of fish, to see which fish move more quickly, generally speaking, only healthy and young and strong fish, will show rapid avoidance behavior under the normal swimming posture, and if you do not dodge much, or slower, it is not recommended that you choose.
4. An individual who grabs a strong food
If there is a condition, a little feed something to see which fish grab something to eat more powerfully, this believes that there is no need to explain, grab something to eat badly, the body's nutrition will not be lacking, naturally more healthy.
The above techniques are to choose healthy peacock fish, and the color and texture of the body are related to the choice of peacock fish pedigree, we are not discussing, this is more as a novice to choose miscellaneous robes (string peacock fish) some of the skills.
<h1>Equipment for raising peacock fish</h1>
After selecting healthy peacock fish from the above tips, let's take a look at what is needed for the most basic peacock fish farming equipment. First of all, the fish tank, naturally indispensable, it is recommended that the length of the fish tank for raising peacock fish is controlled at 40 cm to 60 cm, the width is controlled at 25 cm to 55 cm, too small the total amount of water is also small, the water quality is easy to cause relatively large fluctuations, and if it is too big, it is a pity to raise peacock fish.
The second is filtration, the amount of blood discharged from peacock fish is not very large, so the requirements for fish tank filtration are not very high, and because peacock fish belong to small tropical fish, we try to choose water flow is not too large filtration. I personally recommend that water goblins, especially wall-hanging water goblins, are both beautiful and practical, hanging directly on the inner wall of the fish tank, and adding an oxygen pump can work. Although the filtration effect is not the most powerful of all fish tank filtration at present, it is enough for peacock fish.
Finally, there are lamps, which are necessary for raising ornamental fish, if the ornamental fish do not light the fish tank, then the beauty of the ornamental fish cannot be better displayed. And the peacock fish has almost no requirements for lighting, the lamp is purely to let our owner better appreciate it, generally we choose white LED lights on it, chandeliers or lamps are no problem.
<h1>Other considerations for raising peacock fish</h1>
The reason why it is listed as other precautions is because it is not a systematic knowledge point, but fragmentary, which is usually easy to ignore, and is sorted out for everyone according to experience, in order to facilitate reading, I am also listed in points.
1, peacock fish is a tropical fish, so the water temperature is best controlled above 20 degrees, below 15 degrees the state began to decline sharply, below 10 degrees there is a danger to life.
2, try not to use the isolation box to raise female fish, a temporary space is not enough to take a sleepy, temporarily raise a 1-2 days no problem, and if the time is long, the physical and mental health of the mother fish will have a greater impact. At the same time, if the mother fish gives birth to small fish in the isolation box, the small fish is also recommended not to be kept in the isolation box, because it is so easy to get the needle tail, and finally all die, the fundamental reason is that the water body is too small, and the activity space is also small.
3, can be mixed with some of the more docile tropical fish of the same size, such as Mary fish, Mickey fish, lamp fish, zebra fish, etc., and some fish with aggressive tendencies should not be polycultured with peacock fish, such as tiger skin fish, fighting fish.
4, before preparing the fish tank to raise peacock fish, first put tap water, and then open the filter empty tank for 7 days, touch the inner wall of the fish tank with your fingers, if there is a slippery feel and then put the fish, so that you may be able to raise successfully.
5, peacock fish food is not large, adult fish (2 months on adulthood) can be fed once a day, fry can be 3 times a day, eat less and eat more meals. When raising, it is normal for the water to be a little turbid, do not change the water frequently, and the first month is finally stable do not change the water, or change the water less, and then change it once a week, one-quarter to one-third of each time.
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