<h1>Introduction to the Green Turtle</h1>
The green turtle is a cultivated turtle with a back covered with green filament algae. When the green turtle swims in the water, its flowing shape and unique posture are sought after by many players.
The green turtle was first bred by the eagle-billed turtle, yellow-throated, four-eyed, and eye-spotted turtle, and these four types of turtles all have a characteristic, that is, the head color or head print is more gorgeous or charming.
First, let's talk about the hawk-billed turtle and the yellow-throated turtle. The eagle-billed turtle is also called the big-headed turtle, and its head cannot be retracted into the shell (shrunken-headed turtle?). Sometimes it doesn't exist), its head is golden or yellowish, and some of the hawkfishers have more enchanting head stripes, so the green turtles cultivated with it are particularly outstanding in a cloud of emerald green. Yellow throat, especially Xiaoqing, if its hair color is good, there will be a golden head, and in addition, Xiaoqing's hair color is inseparable from the sun, and the growth liquid of green hair is inseparable from the sun, and the two complement each other, which is the first choice for cultivating green turtles.
Again, let's talk about the four eyes and the eye spots. The biggest feature of the four eyes and eye spots is that they have eye-like patterns on the head and neck, the difference is that there are 6 eye spots and 4 eyes. In a tuft of green hair, such a head leaks out, which is also pleasing to the eye and breathtaking.
<h1>Introduction to Basal Algae</h1>
After talking about turtles, let's talk about green hair, green hair is not a general silk algae, green algae, but a unique basal branch algae. All kinds of algae are commonly found on the stones of lakes, rivers, streams and ponds, and are shaped like a strand of silk hair, and the color is emerald green.
The optimal temperature for the growth of basal algae is generally 18-24 degrees, higher than 30 degrees may rot and die, and the optimal temperature for turtle growth is generally 24-30 degrees, (the adaptation temperature of the hawk-billed turtle is relatively low), so when breeding and rearing green turtles, we must pay attention to the regulation of water temperature.
<h1>Medicinal value of the green turtle</h1>
Why is the green turtle sought after? In fact, it has a lot of value, in addition to ornamental value, there is a certain medicinal value.
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica reads:
Shi Zhen said: The green turtle came out of Nanyang Nei Township and Tang County, and now only in Puzhou to fill the square in the water tank of the animal, feed fish and shrimp, and remove the water in winter. Long hair, four or five inches long. There is a gold thread in the hair, a three-sided ridge in the spine, and the bottom nail is like ivory, which is as large as a five-baht coin, which is true. He has long been bred and hairy, but it is large and has no gold thread, and the background color is yellow and black.
The green turtle has a sweet taste and high medicinal value. Li Shizhen said: "This turtle ancient formula is useless, and the tonic formula in recent times is often used. It can pass through the ren pulse, help the Yang Dao, replenish the yin and blood, improve the essence, and cure the weakness. It has the function of treating renal and yang deficiency, hemorrhoids, hemoptysis, blood in urine and so on.
In addition, in the Southeast Asian countries influenced by China and Japan, North Korea, South Korea and other countries, the green turtle has a symbol of longevity and auspiciousness, so the green turtle is used as a high-end animal for foreign trade exports.
<h1>Precautions for the purchase of green turtles</h1>
However, in today's market, there are many green turtles for sale, some of them are made of grass turtles, crocodile turtles, Brazilian and other turtles, and there are turtle farmers who cultivate Asian giant turtles into green turtles, which tend to be cheaper and not protected animals, so they can be re-circulated in the market. However, there are also some ruthless traders who cultivate not green turtles, but turtles with green algae on their backs, and green algae is not like basal algae, which is filamentous, but the merchant will tell you that this is a basal algae that has just grown well, not yet grown. The judgment of basal algae and green algae is actually very simple, and the basal algae is as short as the hair, and the green algae will become a piece. More graphically, basal algae is like a short-cut release, while green algae is not washed for several months without washing hair and sticking together, so be sure to polish your eyes when purchasing. In addition, some green turtles are bred with wrong turtles, and when the basal algae grow on the back, the wrong nails cannot be seen. Of course, this will not affect the ornamentality of normal green turtles, but the player's improper breeding will cause the death of basal algae and the turtle leaking out of its original form, which will definitely suffer a certain loss.
Today, let's talk about it, and in the next issue, we'll talk about how to cultivate green turtles.