Clownfish is a common name for the sea anemone fish subfamily of the family Snapper, a tropical saltwater fish named after the clown horns in Peking Opera because they have one or two white stripes on their faces. Many people like to raise clownfish, let's take a look at what feed clownfish eat, how to raise clownfish, and the common varieties of clownfish.
What feed the clownfish eat
Clownfish are omnivorous fish, artificial clownfish food is simpler, granules, minced shrimp meat or other omnivorous bait can be, but in the first two months to add some natural astaxanthin, spirulina powder to the food can make the fish more colorful, because the breeding farm domestication time is relatively short, if you can add some harvest insects after feeding food is better.
The growth and reproduction of clownfish
Clownfish are not the only hermaphrodites, but they are one of the few species in which males can become females, and females cannot become males. Each clownfish population has a dominant female and several adult males, the latter of whom are hermaphrodites in their youth. If a dominant female dies, one of the adult males will undergo hormonal changes, transforming into the new female in that population. During the spawning period, male and female fish have the behavior of protecting the nest and protecting the eggs, and one end of the egg will have a filament fixed to the stone, hatch for about a week, and the juvenile fish float in the water layer for a period of time before inhabiting symbiotic organisms such as anemones.
How to raise clownfish is the best
1, feeding environment: to raise clownfish need to first create a comfortable and warm environment for it, find a few living stones, build a small cave with a natural barrier for it, keep the cave with proper water circulation, the cave is best to put an oval pebble, the outside of the cave is pasted with pebbles. Since clownfish and anemones coexist, it is best to find a larger anemone and place it at the entrance of the cave to protect the clownfish.
2, quarantine such as a tank: when raising multiple clownfish, try to enter the tank at the same time. When the clown fish is bought, it must be quarantined first, and after confirming that there is no problem, it can be put into the tank. It should be noted that the water temperature suitable for the survival of clownfish is 26 ~ 27 ° C, the proportion of seawater is 1.022 ~ 1.023, the pH of seawater is between 8.0 ~ 8.5, and the water hardness is 7 ~ 9 degrees, and try to adjust the water quality and water temperature to this range.
3, adapt to feeding: clownfish to the new environment after it may need 2 to 3 days of adaptation stage, these days do not need to feed, after the adaptation period and then let the clown fish open, first with a good year shrimp to feed it, slowly converted into flakes of feed, when it is completely stable, granular material, minced shrimp or other omnivorous bait can be. 4, light control: if the naked tank to raise clownfish, at night must reduce the flow of water, so as not to disturb the clownfish rest and affect the development. And before growing into an adult fish, it must be given enough light, when the fish grows faster, and insufficient light is easy to affect development.
A common species of clownfish
1. Gongzi clownfish: Gongzi clownfish is distributed in the reef waters of the South China Sea, the Philippines and the western Pacific Ocean, with a body length of 10 to 12 cm and an oval shape. The body color is orange-red, and there are three silver-white ring bands on the side of the body, which are located behind the eyes, the center of the dorsal fin, and the caudal stalk, of which the white band in the center of the dorsal fin forms a triangle on the body side, and each fin is orange-red with black edges. The bait includes shrimp, seaweed, chopped fish, pelleted feed, etc.
2. Black double-banded clownfish: Black double-banded clownfish are distributed in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean, with a body length of 10 to 15 cm and an oval shape. The whole body is purple-black, with three silver-white vertical ring bands on the side of the body behind the eyes, in the middle of the dorsal fin, and at the tail stalk, and the mouth is silvery-white, with a black band through the eyes. The water quality requires clarification, and the bait includes shrimp, fish worms, chopped fish and shrimp meat, marine fish pellet feed, etc.
3. Red clownfish: Transparent red clownfish is distributed in the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, with a body length of 10 to 15 cm and an oval shape. The whole body is purple-black, each fin is purple-red, and there are three silver-white rings on the side of the body behind the eyes, in the middle of the dorsal fin, and at the tail stalk, which is very beautiful. Bait includes algae in seawater, zooplankton, marine fish pellet feed, etc.
4. Red double-banded clownfish: Red double-banded clownfish are distributed in the coral reef waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan, the South China Sea and the Philippines, with a body length of 10 to 12 cm and an oval shape. The body is bright red , with two silver-white bands on the side of the body behind the eyes and in the middle of the dorsal fin. The body color of the double-banded clown is changeable, with bright red, purple red, purple black and so on. The bait includes marine fish pellet feed, chopped fish meat, seaweed, etc. Water quality requires clarification.
5, coffee clownfish: coffee clownfish distributed in the Philippines, Taiwan, the Pacific Ocean coral reef seas, body length of 5 ~ 8 cm, oval shape. The whole body is light brown, and there is a white ring band behind the eyes, like a silver ring around the neck. The mouth is silvery white, and the mouth is silvery white along the back to the tail stalk along with the dorsal fin. The bait includes algae, fish worms, shrimp for the harvest, marine fish pellet feed, etc.
6, the Pacific three belt clown: the Pacific three belt clown distribution range is only in the Marshall Islands area of the sea, the adult body front half of the brownish yellow, the back half of the black, the body side with 3 white vertical bands, respectively behind the eyes, the center of the body side and the tail stalk, the body color will vary according to different species of symbiotic anemones, mainly plankton, copepods, invertebrates and various seaweeds for food.
7. Great Barrier Reef Double-Belt Clown: The Great Barrier Reef Double-Belt Clown is distributed in the coral reef waters of the Western Pacific Ocean, and its distribution range includes the seas around eastern Australia, New Caledonia and the Royal Islands. Adults are tan with grey-red front of the eyes, a wide band of black rims to white at the back of the eyes, and a white ring band with black edges between the middle of the dorsal fin and the anus, which feeds mainly on plankton and invertebrates.