Summer is the best time to go to the beach, in addition to swimming, seafood barbecue, beach games, fishing is also a very interesting thing. For aquarists who grow up by the sea, these fish may not be new, but for the author who grew up inland, every time I catch a new fish, it is a great pleasure.
As we all know, the marine fish tank needs a variety of equipment and pays attention to many things, protein separators, hydrometers, living stones, flow making... For freshwater fish that are accustomed to playing with simple and rough treatment, "going to the sea" is a very troublesome thing, but there are some fish that can be very simple to dilute and raise.
The wing-shaped pectoral fins of mullets are very beautiful and distinctive
Mugil cephalus, one of the most common species of fish by the sea in summer, also known as: Uchiha, Nine Sticks, Kwai Long, Field Fish, Aconitum, Mullet, Fat Fish, White-Eyed, Dingfish, Black-eared Mullet, Beautiful Body Shape, Large Pectoral Fin is Wing-shaped, Double Dorsal Fin on the Back, Body Color is Silver, Can Grow Up to 80 Cm, Generally About 20-40 Cm, Distributed in tropical, subtropical, temperate seas in the world, is one of the most widely distributed economic fish in the world. It is an important fishery and breeding object in many countries and regions. Some friends may say that this is just edible fish, and there is nothing to raise. In fact, most of the ornamental fish on the market are "edible fish" in the place of origin, and in other places, they are upgraded to ornamental fish.
How to catch mullet
Between mid-June and August in summer, the most common occurrence of mullet larvae, in the shallows of the sea can often see dense swarms of 2 cm or so mullet larvae, their body color is different from the adult silver, but light green or light yellow. The mullet swims very quickly, so when catching mullet, try to choose a larger net, and people stay on the shore and do not go into the water, because once people are in the water, the mullet swam to deeper waters and it is difficult to catch. After seeing the direction of the fish, you can use the "buckle" from top to bottom to quickly swing the net out. Just like Mr. Gu Long's Ximen Blowing Snow shot a sword, catching mullet depends on the speed of the shot, as long as the shot is fast enough, often can enter the net 4-8 mullet. It is characterized by a double dorsal fin on the back, and in addition to mullets, there are also the distribution of catfish in the same family in the south, and mullet in the north.
The choice of hand-copied net, the author recommends the short-handled net shown in the figure, its net handle has a certain elasticity, so it will not be broken due to the swinging speed; although the long-handled net used for fishing is very long, it also increases a large delay while swinging, so it is not as accurate and rapid as the short-handled net.
How to dilute mullet
Aquarists know that there are 3 kinds of common ornamental fish: marine fish, freshwater fish and soda fish, of which the "soda water" of "soda fish" does not refer to the usual drink, but refers to the junction of rivers and oceans. The water in this area is often filled with a large number of bubbles due to a variety of factors, so it is called "soda water", and its salinity proportion often changes, and the fish that live in this area are "soda fish", such as common submarines, shooting fish, mudskippers, bamboo sticks, freshwater lionfish, etc. Some of these fish belong to the broad salt fish, can be diluted or salted and can still be raised normally (such as shooting water fish, bamboo skewers grow well in fresh water, even more than soda; submarines are more salty and more good), and some are unable to adapt and difficult to feed (such as freshwater lionfish, the author in the early years in the acquaintance of the fish shop saw the boss painstakingly adjust the water quality to make it open, although very shocking, but soon because the proportion is difficult to maintain for a long time and died).
Mullet is not a simple marine fish or soda fish, but a species of fish that exists in freshwater itself, belongs to the wide temperature, wide salt fish, its adaptation range to salinity is 0-0.04, the adaptability to the environment and water quality is very strong, often retrospective into freshwater rivers, spawning in the sea. It is said that mullet can be directly put into the freshwater fish tank, but for the sake of prudence, the author first uses a small tank of pure seawater to raise, and then gradually drip into the tap water, each time into about 1/4-1/5 of the tap water, until the water is completely odorless, after which you can refer to the freshwater fish feeding management.
The author uses the drip method to desalinate the mullet
The rearing environment and conditions of mullet
As mentioned above, mullet are very adaptable to the environment, so raising mullet is actually quite simple and can only be treated as a common freshwater fish. Newly caught mullet larvae generally do not open their mouths on the same day and the following day, and can be fed on day 3 with blood worms or harvest shrimp, after which they can switch to dry feed. Because the mullet larvae feed more plankton, humus and algae at the bottom of the water body in the natural environment, it is difficult to swallow a larger feed, the feed can be crushed and fed, after 2 or 3 days of feeding, the mullet will take the initiative to swim forward to feed when it sees a person. Regarding polyculture, mullet is a very gentle fish, and I have not observed fighting, so it can be polycultured with fish with little difference in size.