Author: Zhang Naixin
Net name: Fish Bug 703
Word count: 2300 words
Reading time: about 8 minutes
To understand the size of peacock fish, you must first have a certain amount of breeding experience, this article is very suitable for enthusiasts who have a preliminary understanding of peacock fish with more than 2 years of breeding experience. Peacock fish normally complete their body growth 4 months ago, and after 4 months of age, they begin to accelerate their tail and dorsal fins. Aquarists with high farming levels have even begun to breed at the age of 4 months, so where is your problem, let's analyze it one by one, compare it, and see how to solve your confusion through this article.
1. Food
I don't know if you have ever bought fish at a fish shop? Have you ever asked the boss how to feed? What did the fish shop owner tell you? Most fish shop owners advise you to feed once a day, try to feed as little as possible, and don't let the fish die. In fact, the fish will not survive to death, they will not eat when they are full, and more feed will pollute the water quality after sinking to the bottom, resulting in the doubling of bacterial content and harmful substances, which is the culprit that causes dead fish. Although the method taught to you by the fish shop owner is not wrong, it is impossible to raise the fish well, it is nothing more than not dying. This is not our original intention, not undead fish we are satisfied, we have a higher pursuit. Our need is to raise fish well, so we must let them eat well and grow rapidly. General aquarists ask me, I will advise you to feed a little more frequently, each feeding should be based on the number of fish in your fish tank within 5 minutes to eat all, can not finish eating should be sucked out or stocked with some beard seedlings or raise some apple snails to eliminate the leftovers.
There are many kinds of feeds used in common peacock fish farming, such as: spp. (mosquito larvae), blood worms (mosquito larvae), bungee jumpers, silk earthworms, adult shrimp, shrimp seedlings, various feeds on the market, and our own mixed feeds. There are also some fish food invented by aquarists themselves: shrimp, beef, egg yolk, spinach, etc. are not suitable for peacock fish, you can try, but you can not feed it often. Different feeds are used for each fish age segment, and this issue of the article will not be too elaborated, if there is a need, please search for past articles.
Take me as an example, I usually feed every 6 hours, 6:00, 12:00, 18:00, 00:00, even if you can't do it 4 times, 3 times can be ah, but to re-plan the time, the time of each meal is pulled apart and evenly. This gives them enough time to digest and absorb. At the same time, it should also be noted that various foods should be used together, meat and vegetarian, and used alternately. The nutrients of each food are different, so each one should be fed, try to eat as many foods as possible, and absorb a variety of nutrients. Just like we usually eat, the food we eat every day is meat and eggs, vegetables and rice noodles, and we have to eat fruit at night, and we have to eat fish once a week, which is also the reason for raising fish, which is why we designed mixed feed.
2. Water
1. Temperature
Temperature You know, peacock fish is a tropical fish, the best temperature is 22-25 ° C, summer does not matter, the natural temperature can be, even if the hottest time is 29 degrees. But in winter, try to control it above 20 ° C, otherwise not only the growth rate is slow, but even the most basic living conditions are threatened. Aquarists in the north of the fish farming, it is recommended to buy a temperature control socket in winter, set the minimum temperature of 22 ° C, when the water temperature reaches 22 ° C, the heating rod automatically starts. The maximum temperature is set at 25 °C, and after the extreme value, the heating rod is powered off and the heating is stopped.
2. Oxygen
Why can't the elderly raise fish? Afraid of electricity.
Since you play with fish, you should give it an extremely comfortable environment, the pump does not stop, you can open it 24 hours a day! It will give you a satisfactory return.
3. Flora
The flora of beneficial bacteria such as nitrifying bacteria relies on 24-hour oxygenation to create water flow and multiply through the filter media. In the early stage, when there are few fish, it is not easy to produce a good nitrification system, even if the water is white and turbid, don't worry, slowly change, slowly adjust, add a little nitrifying bacteria stock solution for culture, in half a month, you will get a tank of water quality as air. The key is that the fish raised in this environment are comfortable, and the fish farmers are also comfortable.
Third, density and water bodies
Fish density and water size are also very important indicators. Under normal circumstances, every 25 to 30 liters of water in the tank, adult fish is best controlled at less than 6 pairs, not too little, because just said, too little is not good to make nitrifying bacteria. Water bodies can be slightly larger, and a 60-liter jar will make them grow bigger. But for us to raise fish at home, the space is still relatively compact, don't be too luxurious, do a 30-liter tank on it, after all, the variety of peacock fish is super, which want to play, which want to raise, the size of the cost-effective high point is 25 ~ 30 liters of tank. Some people have the tanks that used to raise large fish, 1 meter, or even 2 meters of large tanks, in fact, you enlarge it into the sea, it should grow as big as it is, there is really no need to waste such luxury.
Fourth, the cylinder
Again, the purpose of the cylinder is not to be afraid that early love will not grow up! The purpose of the sub-cylinder is not to be afraid that early love will not grow up! The purpose of the sub-cylinder is not to be afraid that early love will not grow up! It is to prevent those small, poorly performing male fish from contributing genes to the female fish, resulting in offspring garbage. At 2 months of age, males already have male characteristics, but they cannot chase the fish yet, so they quickly separate. There are also early developmental ones, then you control the 1.5 months of age for the sub-cylinder. The sub-cylinder also reduces the density, which contributes to accelerated growth.
Five, and the cylinder
After talking about the division of the cylinder, then it is necessary to talk about the cylinder. Some aquaphiles think that in order to grow up, it is better to stay a child. In fact, this idea is not wrong for male fish, but it is a big problem for female fish. A female fish that has not given birth to a small fish is not too large. The best time for males and females is 4 months of age, and the first child is born at 5 months of age. It is born once and long, and the female fish that can give birth to 4 litters will be the most dazzling moment of her life. The body can grow up to more than 8 cm. Such a large female fish will attract countless lights to stop and watch when competing, and the male fish can grow up to more than 5 centimeters. When I wrote this article, I was thrilled to write about this size. Under normal circumstances, the male fish raised by everyone is only 3 centimeters, and the female fish is only 5 centimeters, which is relatively common, but I want you to know that this is far from the extreme.
6. Feeding time
The lifespan of peacock fish ranges from 8 months to 1.5 years depending on the species, and some small-tailed species will live longer. The lifespan of the triangular tail fish species is basically 8 to 12 months, and after 8 months, it enters the old age stage, and the fish no longer grows, and may decline in size with the hunchback. In other words, 8 months of age is the limit of the triangular tail peacock fish. For fish of special tail type, there is still room, they can grow to one year old, and the sword tail male fish will grow longer as the age of the fish increases.
7. Whether the strain is pure
As the saying goes, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, there is no good gene, and you want to get good offspring. If the species fish you own is not that thing, and you want to receive a large fish, you can only dream. Some species are small-sized fish, such as Andras Double Sword, Panda, etc., which do not grow to the size of large-sized fish with triangular tails. Even if they are all double swords, they are divided into long swords and short swords! Some Japanese blue double swords, Viennese double swords are still quite large individuals.
In short, raising fish to the limit is our pursuit. There is no good body plate with enough size, no matter how good the color, no matter how good the pattern, the good grain will be cut off by the referee on the field, and the peacock fish that wins the medal must be a huge fish with color, pattern, body shape and individuality.