Do you know why the same species of ornamental fish, only the size of the flesh difference of 1-2 cm, but the price difference is nearly double? This is especially common in medium- and large ornamental fish, whereas small tropical fish rarely see it. The reason why I talked to you about this topic today is because some netizens are asking about this matter, and it is not an ordinary inquiry, but a complaining tone. Of course, you can't blame this netizen layman, but there are many things that we don't understand.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > one inch long and double the spread</h1>
I take the Thunder Arowana as an example, the Thunder Arowana is a fierce fish, which is also a medium-sized ornamental fish. Aquarium physical store is actually difficult to buy thunder arowana, so most of the thunder arowana is bought online, and then you will find that on the e-commerce homepage, the same species of arowana, you look like it is quite cheap, click in, the original just outside is the lowest price, and this lowest price, often matching the fish is the smallest. And you want to buy a bigger fish, and then click, wow, oh my God, why is the price so expensive, and then wonder if it's a black shop. Please ask if you have encountered such a situation, some can raise your hand, in the comment area, let's see if it is only you who encounter this situation.
In fact, I tell you, this is not a black shop, this is the real price. As for why? Let me start with one of my own fish farming experiences.
I myself prefer to raise small ornamental fish, even medium and large ornamental fish, I also like to start from juvenile or sub-adult fish. If you always watch our friends who "raise fish" videos, you should know. Didn't you open a South American tank a while ago! It contains artificially bred juvenile red-backed Egyptian angelfish, or sub-adult fish, but after a few months of breeding, it is found that they will gradually die. At first, there were 6 articles, but now, more than 2 months have passed, and there are only 2 left. Why?
Because the other fish in the fish tank are not a big problem, except for the panda rat fish that came at the same time, there is a similar situation, and the other fish are not a big problem. Therefore, the impact of water quality can be ruled out, because if it is a water quality problem, it is estimated that all fish will suffer. So since it is not an external problem, it is a problem inside the fish, right? That is to say, it is the problem of the fish's own physical fitness. I also thought about it for a long time before I finally came up with this answer for the time being. And also communicated with other fish farming gods, repeatedly approved this answer.
Because once in the aqua friend group chatting, a big god said that yesterday a crowned doghead fish suddenly died violently, I asked in passing why? He actually replied: He wanted to die and die. To tell the truth, this answer was caught off guard, but I also pushed it out, in fact, the god did not know what was going on, so with our limited cognition now, we can only say that the fish's own physical fitness is like this, or that the life expectancy is there.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > feed and loss costs should not be ignored</h1>
So back to our topic, why is the same species of ornamental fish, the flesh difference of so many centimeters, the price difference is so large. On the one hand, because it is not easy to raise such a big, behind what we can't see, in fact, we want to raise such a large ornamental fish, it is estimated that several of its siblings have died in the breeding process, and finally left it such a one. Therefore, the cost of feeding is there, not to mention that some fish themselves grow more slowly.
Therefore, all kinds of invisible costs are intermingled, although it seems that there is only a difference in size of 1-2 centimeters, but in fact, the cost of the feeding process is stacked, and the cost of live loss needs to be added to a single strip. Suppose that if the survival rate is 100%, then if you are only 1-2 centimeters larger, the cost of breeding will not be much higher.
But here to emphasize with you, the feeding cost of different fish is different, if you are for example, arowana, thunder arowana, doghead fish, this kind of carnivorous fish, basically no meal is small fish and shrimp to feed, then the flesh is 1-2 cm larger, the cost is naturally much larger. If it is a fish that can eat feed, it will be relatively cheaper.
This time, you know why it is only a little bigger, but the price has doubled or even several times, right? If you still can't understand, then you should have a deep understanding of bringing a few small fry to raise and raise them yourself.
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