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Like most native fish, the broadfin fish has a large economic audience and is a common occurrence in and out of the aquatic market. But the viewing audience has been showing little improvement. The broad-finned carp in the aquarium always seems a little lonely.
Its dreamy posture sparkles in the light, and even compared with popular ornamental fish such as parrot fish and map fish, the broad-finned carp has characteristics that cannot be ignored.
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This is an economic fish, distributed in China, Korea, Japan, etc., china's north and south watersheds can see the broadfin carp. Due to the development of the ornamental fish market, this fish has gradually penetrated from an economic fish to an ornamental fish and is deeply loved by native tank lovers.
Broadfin carp are more common in some streams with relatively turbulent water flow, affected by the environment, body length, flattened sides, rounded head, blunt snout.
Its back is black-gray, its abdomen is white, its body is flanked with black stripes, its ventral fin is pale red, its pectoral fin has black spots, its dorsal fin and tail fin are gray, and the caudal fin is black at the back.
Wild broadfin carp often live in herds and also congregate with the salmon. The two kinds of similarity are very high, so there are often aquarists who can't tell the difference between them, in fact, only to catch both kinds of fish and then observe the mouth.
The "W" shape of the mouth is the horsefish, and vice versa, the broad-finned carp.
As a native fish, the broadfin fish will be more adaptable to the environment than most exotic species, so the difficulty of rearing will not be too high. The basic temperature is similar to most cold-water fish, the pH remains neutral and acidic, and fish feed, red worms, residual bait, small fish and shrimp can be fed.
From the information learned so far, most aquarists like to create a pseudo-native environment for the broadfin carp, which is not only conducive to the state of the fish, but also allows the broadfin carp to better adapt to life in the aquarium.
Adult broad-finned bream are over 14 cm long. Considering its group swimming, at least 90 or more cylinders should be prepared.
At the same time, the stream tank should not put too deep water, so the vertical height should also be controlled. The best configuration of the wave pump with conditions is to add landscaping according to the actual situation. But it is best not to compress the swimming space of the broadfin for the sake of landscaping. In addition, the broadfin carp has relatively high requirements for oxygen, and the amount of dissolved oxygen is basically its life gate.
When you are playing in the mountains, you can take a look at whether there is a broad-finned carp around, and then study its natural living environment, but it does not support wild fishing, because there are more people fishing, it will affect the natural ecology, maybe in the future, this fish will become a protected animal.
The ornamentality of the broadfin carp is higher than that of most native fish in China, but there is no relevant data on its popularity abroad.
However, according to past experience, such as: arowana from the Amazon fish market to Asia; blackfish from the country to the European aquarium, the broadfin carp out of the country, want to become an ornamental fish is not much pressure.
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