How to raise clown fish? what do clown fish eat?

When it comes to clownfish, you may think it's a very ugly fish, but it's not! Moreover, clownfish is also a very popular ornamental fish. It is rich in color and unique in shape, which is loved by fish friends. Do you know how clownfish are raised? What do clownfish usually eat?

How to raise clownfish

1, first of all, to raise clownfish, you need to create a comfortable and warm environment for it, find a few live stones, build a small cave with natural barriers for it, keep proper water circulation in the hole, it is best to put an oval pebble in the hole, and stick pebbles outside the hole. Because clownfish and anemones coexist, it is best to find a larger anemone and place it in the hole to protect clownfish.

Second, when raising multiple clownfish, try to enter the tank at the same time. When clownfish are bought back, they must be quarantined first. After confirming that there is no problem, they can be put into the tank.

2, again, clownfish to the new environment after it may take 2-3 days to adapt to the stage, these days do not need to feed, after the adaptation period to let clownfish open, first feed it with shrimp, slowly converted into thin feed, when it is completely stable, pellets, shrimp meat or other omnivorous bait can be.

Finally, if clownfish are raised in bare tanks, the water flow must be reduced at night so as not to disturb the rest of clownfish and affect their development. And before growing to adult fish must give it enough light, then fish grow faster, light is not enough easy to affect development.

What Clownfish Eat

Clownfish food is relatively simple, young fish feed rotifer, grow to 10cm after can feed granular material, shrimp meat or other omnivorous bait can be, but the first two months to add some natural astaxanthin in the food, spirulina powder can make the fish more colorful, because the breeding ground domestication time is relatively short, such as feeding food after adding some abundant insects is better.

Clownfish breeding precautions

Quarantine and quarantine new fish before entering the tank. Although it will take some time and money, it will prevent many fish from getting sick in the future, and it will not be worth it. Quarantine is mainly to eliminate parasites on the fish, to ensure that they are free of parasites when they enter the tank, healthy, and to help clownfish familiarize themselves with the environment. Clownfish can also be trained to open their mouths in the process. The quarantine period of 4-6 weeks is sufficient, and must not be shortened because of impatience.

2. Clownfish should be put into the tank after quarantine is completed. Avoid shaking clownfish vigorously when putting fish into the tank; ensure that the water temperature of quarantine tank and fish tank is consistent; observe whether the fish in the fish tank are hostile to the newly admitted clownfish. If there is hostility, isolate the new fish and raise them. After the hostility is eliminated, mix them. Before new fish enter the tank, ensure that the environment of quarantine tank is consistent with that of main tank, so as to avoid new fish not adapting to the new environment.

Clownfish need regular and quantitative feeding every day, and they should be used to siphons, hands and other common equipment when feeding. For example, shake a siphon in front of them or try to train them to eat directly from their hands. Change the water regularly. When changing the water, the fresh water should be injected slowly. It should not be washed directly to the surface of the fish to avoid hurting the clownfish.

How long do clownfish live?

Clownfish do not live very long, averaging 10 to 12 years. Clownfish live in the ocean, there are many spots can hide themselves, so choose to live in coral reefs, often eat some coral and small fish shrimp to maintain life. Clownfish are oviparous, usually 7 to 8 months can become young, just born clownfish can only eat coral.

As mentioned above, as sea fish become more and more popular with everyone, and clownfish popularity is also increasing, but clownfish although easy to raise, but also need to master good conservation skills oh!