How to nourish parrots
1, water quality management
Blood parrots also need weak and low hardness water. But because blood parrots are born with oral therapy, their ability to breathe by introducing water through their gills is less than half. Therefore, the respiratory function of gills has become an obvious "fatal injury". Once the gill is injured or the oxygen inhalation process is not smooth, it will directly affect the physiological health of the blood parrot.
2. Temperature control
Blood parrot is very sensitive to temperature, because it is easy to lose its bright body color due to physiological reaction when the water temperature is low and the water temperature changes dramatically.
What's more, there will be black stripes or stripes. Using a heater to raise the water temperature to 25 ~ 28℃ can make the fish show bright body color and full of vitality. 3. Selection of feed and bait
"Astaxanthin" in shrimp can promote the blood parrot to show its body color. If it can be completely ingested, the blood parrot will be bright red. However, there are many special feeds for blood parrots on the market, and shrimp lycopene and "β-carotene" are added, so direct feeding can keep the body color of blood parrots bright red.
How to raise parrot fish
1, temperature:
Parrot fish has low requirements for water temperature, and the fish has strong adaptability to temperature. People often think that parrots can tolerate low temperatures, so they keep the water temperature low. In fact, the blood parrot is quite "sensitive" to temperature, and it is relatively easy to raise in tropical fish, but it is relatively easy to raise. It's easy to keep healthy and not die, but it's difficult to raise them well. When the water temperature is low and the water temperature changes dramatically, parrot fish easily loses its bright body color or even fades, and even appears black stripes or streaks due to physiological reactions.
Keeping the water temperature around 28 degrees can make the fish show bright body color and full of vitality.
However, parrots living in low water temperature for a long time will have fading problems and are prone to illness and death. 2. Water change frequency:
As far as my experience is concerned, parrots will become lighter in the first 2-3 hours after changing water, but will soon return to red. Similarly, parrots will fade if fresh water is not added for more than 4 days. So usually change the water once every three days and change it by a quarter at a time. Keeping the water fresh can ensure that the parrot does not fade.
3. Feed:
(1) Don't feed this fish to Xiaohe fish. Perhaps the color of the small river fish stimulated their atavism genes. As long as you feed the small river fish, the color of the parrot will definitely become lighter. Red parrot feeds small fish, and it will continue, because fish are greedy and hungry. Small river fish are not good for gills, parrot gills are very fragile, and small river fish are easy to bring in germs. I used to mix parrots with big fish, and they would catch small fish to eat, but every time something went wrong in eat small fish. You can't feed the loach,
All fish can't stand it, it's hard to digest, and it's easier to be polluted. I have done several experiments, and even fish like paparazzi can't stand loach. (2) The feed should turn red. "Shrimp lycopene" can promote the blood parrot to show its body color. If it can be completely ingested, the blood parrot will be bright red. Shrimp lycopene and "β-carotene" are added to the special feed for blood parrot, which can keep the body color of blood parrot bright red. Adding particles to the feed gradually (which can increase the color) will make the color of the blood parrot better.
(3) Fish accustomed to live bait don't like to eat granules. Some fish friends may have been feeding live insects since they bought them from parrots, so parrots don't eat them when they switch to pellet feed. You can take a step-by-step approach: before feeding live worms, give some particles (which can add color) to make the fish adapt. After eating, feed the live worms that have been fed. After the fish adapt,
Gradually increase the amount of particles, reduce the amount of live insects, and finally adjust to granular feed. In addition, it is necessary to change the brand of feed frequently, and not just feed one kind. (4) It is certainly good for someone to feed live shrimps and collect them, which can add color, but the cost is higher, but we should also pay attention to disinfection and cut off the hard thorns on the heads of live shrimps so as not to hurt parrots.
4, pay attention to the light:
Parrots are sensitive to light. It is necessary to give strong light irradiation regularly and quantitatively. Keep 1-2 hours of bright light every day, and then let it spend the rest of the day in the dark.
The room is bright, with no light and plenty of light. But if the light stays the same for a long time, it will also make the color of the parrot fade. That is, to give regular and quantitative light, rather than relying solely on natural light. Remember: the lighting time should not be too long, and the fish tank environment should be kept dark after turning off the lights. In this way, once there is light again, you will find that the parrot is much redder than before. If the fish tank is in a room without sunshine, increase the light for two hours every day, and then turn off the lights. If the indoor light is sufficient, it is necessary to properly block the indoor light after the light is irradiated, so that the fish tank is in a dark state.
5, light color:
Some fish tanks have white lights, which can be changed into red lights. Changing to a red tube can fully show the red color of the fish, while ordinary fluorescent lamps will make the fish look blue.
6. Environment:
The fish will fade a little in the first few days when it arrives in your tank, because it doesn't adapt. As their adaptability improves, they will gradually get better. So, don't let them be frightened, this is another experience to solve the problem of fading.
In addition, if the parrot becomes lighter for more than three months, it will basically not return to its original color.
Matters needing attention in raising parrot fish
1. Although parrot fish has strong adaptability to temperature. But in fact, parrot fish is quite sensitive to temperature. When the water temperature is low and the water temperature changes dramatically, it is easy to produce stress reaction, leading to dim body color, loss of gorgeous luster, and even black stripes or markings. It is best to keep the water temperature in the range of 25~28℃ during feeding, and the temperature difference between water temperature before and after each water change should not exceed 0.5℃.
2. Nautilus is very sensitive to light and needs regular and quantitative strong light irradiation. After strong light irradiation 1~2 hours every day, it should be allowed to spend the rest of the day in the dark.
3. Because the parrot fish can't close its lips and has poor ability to control the water flow, the water body that raises the parrot fish must have enough oxygen. Aquarium is best equipped with biochemical filter cotton, water pump and oxygen-increasing aeration equipment.
4. Nautilus is timid. Turn on the light before feeding. Turn on the light for five minutes, wait until all the fish are used to it, and then feed it. After a long time, the parrot fish will gradually adapt to the rhythm of your feeding, and they will get together the next time they turn on the light. Feed once a day to form a rule. Don't let people shake the fish tank before entering the fish tank, which will affect the parrot fish. Stop in front of the fish tank before feeding.
5, change the water in time: keeping the water fresh can ensure that the parrot does not fade. If fresh water is not added for more than 4 days, the parrot will fade. So usually change the water once every three days and change it by a quarter at a time. In general, parrot fish will become lighter in the first 2-3 hours after changing water, but will soon return to red.
6. If you are mixed with big fish, you can prepare some pellet feed (of course, shrimp is better) and put it with other bait. There is less pellet feed, and the big fish will not finish it for a while, and the parrot fish can grab it. Parrotfish generally do not compete with other fish for food, so if there is no food for a long time, it will wilt or even die. But don't mix with small fish, because parrot fish will devour some small fish when they grow up.
If the fish tank is in a room without sunshine, increase the light for two hours every day, and then turn off the lights. If the indoor light is sufficient, it is necessary to properly block the indoor light after the light is irradiated, so that the fish tank is in a dark state. 5, light color:
Some fish tanks have white lights, which can be changed into red lights. Changing to a red tube can fully show the red color of the fish, while ordinary fluorescent lamps will make the fish look blue.
6. Environment:
The fish will fade a little in the first few days when it arrives in your tank, because it doesn't adapt. As their adaptability improves, they will gradually get better. So, don't let them be frightened, this is another experience to solve the problem of fading.
In addition, if the parrot becomes lighter for more than three months, it will basically not return to its original color.
Matters needing attention in raising parrot fish
1. Although parrot fish has strong adaptability to temperature. But in fact, parrot fish is quite sensitive to temperature. When the water temperature is low and the water temperature changes dramatically, it is easy to produce stress reaction, leading to dim body color, loss of gorgeous luster, and even black stripes or markings. It is best to keep the water temperature in the range of 25~28℃ during feeding, and the temperature difference between water temperature before and after each water change should not exceed 0.5℃.
2. Nautilus is very sensitive to light and needs regular and quantitative strong light irradiation. After strong light irradiation 1~2 hours every day, it should be allowed to spend the rest of the day in the dark.
3. Because the parrot fish can't close its lips and has poor ability to control the water flow, the water body that raises the parrot fish must have enough oxygen. Aquarium is best equipped with biochemical filter cotton, water pump and oxygen-increasing aeration equipment.
4. Nautilus is timid. Turn on the light before feeding. Turn on the light for five minutes, wait until all the fish are used to it, and then feed it. After a long time, the parrot fish will gradually adapt to the rhythm of your feeding, and they will get together the next time they turn on the light. Feed once a day to form a rule. Don't let people shake the fish tank before entering the fish tank, which will affect the parrot fish. Stop in front of the fish tank before feeding.
5, change the water in time: keeping the water fresh can ensure that the parrot does not fade. If fresh water is not added for more than 4 days, the parrot will fade. So usually change the water once every three days and change it by a quarter at a time. In general, parrot fish will become lighter in the first 2-3 hours after changing water, but will soon return to red.
6. If you are mixed with big fish, you can prepare some pellet feed (of course, shrimp is better) and put it with other bait. There is less pellet feed, and the big fish will not finish it for a while, and the parrot fish can grab it. Parrotfish generally do not compete with other fish for food, so if there is no food for a long time, it will wilt or even die. But don't mix with small fish, because parrot fish will devour some small fish when they grow up.