The magic of the Amazon River is not that it is evergreen and the forest is continuous, but the creatures that live in it, which can always inadvertently give everyone new surprises. While we're curious to try to understand every area of the Amazon, there's actually a lot of places that no one has explored until now. Of course, the unknown fish that live in it may also hide in some dark place and live quietly.
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Peacock dragon is a species that has just been introduced into The country in recent years, and even some aquarists have never heard of this name. I consulted the major domestic websites, there are very few posts about it, and some of the introduction is still wrong, I took a lot of effort to find the correct introduction of the peacock dragon.
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The peacock dragon is not a branch of the peacock fish, nor is it some kind of dragon fish. It is a cichliss of the order Perch, between the peacock fish and the Arowana. It lives in the lower and middle waters, and most of the time it does not go to the upper layers to join in the fun, so people do not have many opportunities to find it. The Chinese name of this fish is: thatched fish, also known as scaly snapper, red spear lid, according to different species, some can grow to about 12 cm, some can reach 30 cm, of course, the size of wild fish is generally larger than the fish tank fish, so it may be shorter in the fish tank.
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The body of the peacock dragon is turquoise in color, the head is pointed, the dorsal fin is short and long, and the fish body is long shuttle-shaped cylindrical, which appears sharp and aggressive, and naturally inhabits the streams of the turbulent sleeping car. The peacock dragon's mouth looks small, but it can be as big as its head when it is fully open, and it usually likes to eat some smaller fish, and family breeding can also be fed artificial feed. Its pickiness about food is not as harsh as that of the dragon fish, but the actual state of the peacock dragon with different personalities is also different.
The conclusion given by the authority is that the peacock dragon is a ferocious small and medium-sized fish, with a strong sense of territory, and often suddenly irritable. When irritable, it bites other fish. Due to its fast swimming speed, most small fish cannot run it, so it is not recommended to breed peacock dragons in captivity.
But in fact, some netizens tried polyculture, and there was no phenomenon of dead fish or injured fish. Therefore, the hobby of raising fish, looking at the luck component is quite large.
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Ferocious fish such as peacock dragons, which are relatively small in comparison, do not quite fit the background of our society. Due to the tight land use, most of the fish tanks of aquarists are not very large, like the peacock dragon, which swims fast, and the fish that like to occupy the plate are more suitable for raising with large fish tanks or even fish ponds. Peacock dragons in the wild can probably live for six or seven years, and there is no reference information in the fish tank. It is a typical tropical fish, so it is better to control the temperature between 24-27 ° C. The pH remains neutral and can fluctuate slightly. The hardness is between 5-11. As long as the water quality is maintained, it is not difficult to maintain.
China has introduced rouge peacock dragon, diamond peacock dragon, Joanna peacock dragon and so on. Since there are no breeding cases, the price is not cheap, most of them are concentrated around 300 yuan, according to the hair color state and rare process division, some can even sell to more than 600 yuan
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Although the peacock dragon is not as scavenger as the scavenger, before it came to China, the dragon fish, the lamp fish and other Amazon-endemic fish species had already opened the market, so when the peacock dragon was introduced to China, it was not noticed by many people. Moreover, in the range of 300 yuan, its competitors are arowana, koi, stingray and a bunch of sub-marine fish. How much of an advantage can it have compared to these fish?
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