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A few days ago, the fish farmer published an article, which involved the problem that long-tailed ornamental fish are not easy to raise, especially for new aquarists, it is relatively more difficult, why say so?
Ornamental fish with long tails are almost always artificially bred
Included the dragon and phoenix koi we saw. Butterfly koi, long-tailed swallowfish, long-tailed dragonfish and various long-tailed goldfish are the result of artificial long-term cultivation.
In fact, in nature, these ornamental fish, rarely appear long-tailed, fish farming veterans believe that perhaps this does not conform to their evolutionary laws at all, just in line with some people's aesthetic concepts, in fact, some long-tail ornamental fish do not have their original appearance, and even lost the original ornamental value.
For these long-tailed ornamental fish, the tail has become a burden for them.
What burden can a long tail place on ornamental fish?
So what burden does an overly long tail place on ornamental fish?
First, the swimming speed is too slow to grab food
It is the problem of swimming too slowly, only this one swims too slowly, the long-tailed ornamental fish have suffered, and it is possible to grab food, which is the first major problem they have to face.
Second, they are often attacked
The second is the long-tailed ornamental fish, which is most likely to attract the attention of other fish, and is attacked by other fish, especially for some ornamental fish with a lower mouth, they love to attack the tail of the long-tailed ornamental fish, and some may be because of hunger, and the long tail is used as food.
Some ornamental fish often take pleasure in this, and it is uncomfortable to see their long tails without taking two bites.
Third, the tail is susceptible to infection
In addition, the general swimming speed of long-tail ornamental fish is very slow, and if the water in the tank of the long-tail ornamental fish is too large, they may not be able to control the balance of their bodies.
If the water in the fish tank where we raise long-tail ornamental fish is too small, they will be lazy, because the burden of the tail is too heavy, resulting in them lying on the bottom of the fish tank for a long time, which is why some aquarists feel that they raise the dragon and phoenix koi, or butterfly koi, for a long time.
Their long tails will often be stretched at the bottom of the tank, which will be contaminated with various impurities at the bottom of the fish tank, and over time, various decays, red blood and other phenomena will occur, slowly resulting in incomplete tails, or even complete rot.
Another tail is too long for some special ornamental fish, it is likely to affect their reproduction, such as the tail is longer and wider peacock fish male fish, which is why the more beautiful the tail of the peacock fish, the more difficult it is to reproduce.
Therefore, fish farming veterans believe that if we are just starting to raise ornamental fish, try not to start from raising a variety of long-tail ornamental fish, many long-tail species of ornamental fish will have their corresponding short-tailed varieties, we can start from the short-tailed varieties.
I am a veteran of fish farming, more ornamental fish problems please pay attention, thank you!