How to raise kissing fish and what kind of fish should be mixed?

Kissing fish just listen to the name, I think many people will find it very interesting, it is also called kissing perch, is a kind of ornamental fish species, at present, it is distributed in many parts of our country. Now many people will buy it home and raise it, but before breeding, what most people want to know most is its breeding skills.

How to raise kissing fish

1. Fish tank: we all know that adult kissing fish can reach 20 to 30 centimeters long, and smaller kissing fish can reach more than 10 centimeters. According to the ratio of fish tank to fish body length at 3:1, the fish tank should be at least 90 centimeters. However, most people buy kissing fish at about 10 centimeters, so the fish tank can be 40 to 60 centimeters long.

2. Water temperature: kissing fish can live in a water temperature of 1830 degrees Celsius, usually above 22 degrees Celsius. If raised in winter, you do not have to install a heater if you have heating in your home. Install a thermometer to observe the water temperature at any time. If the water temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius, you need to buy a thermostat. In addition, raising kissing fish has no strict requirements on water quality, and likes weak acid soft water.

3, feed: kissing fish is easy to raise because it does not choose food, animal feed and plant feed, like to eat red fish and insects, like to eat aquatic plants and moss.

4. Collocation: kissing fish swim slowly and are not suitable for raising with strong fish species, such as cannibal Pomfret, Luohan fish, Sanjie and so on. It is best to raise some species that are smaller than kissing fish and have a mild character.

What kind of fish is mixed with kissing fish?

Kissing fish are docile and active, and like to move in groups in all water layers, but they often stop at the bottom of the fish tank at rest. Should be mixed with more active tropical fish. Sometimes suddenly swim quickly and hit the fish tank, so mixed culture can not be raised with frightened tropical fish. Generally can be mixed with a variety of sharks, Pomfrets and other large fish. For example: peacock fish, Marley fish, turtle arowana, yellow peony fish and red peony fish and so on. However, we should pay attention to the tiger skin fish, which sometimes bite other fish.

What kind of bait do kissing fish feed?

Kissing fish are mild-tempered, live in groups in various water layers, and can be mixed with other fish, and they are not picky at all. Bread worms, broken earthworms and artificial feed are OK. They can eat whatever their owners feed. They not only grow fast, but also have good resistance. They rarely get sick, and there are many children and grandchildren with loose leaves. Kissing fish do not have a fixed breeding season under artificial feeding conditions, and reproduction is relatively simple, it is better to feed in pairs and feed in large quantities in order to facilitate reproduction.

Diseases and prevention of kissing fish

1. Clonorchiasis: when fish get sick, they swim around in the water tank at an amazing speed.

Treatment: put the diseased fish in formalin solution and put formalin ICC in every 4 kilograms of water. After soaking for 10 or 20 seconds, the diseased fish is immediately removed and put back into the original water tank. It can be cured twice a day for 2-3 days.

2, pine scale disease: pine scale disease, also known as pineal disease, diseased fish scales erect like pineal.

Treatment: the diseased fish were bathed in 5 1/10000 units of tetracycline aqueous solution twice a day for one hour each time. Mix 2% sodium chloride solution with 3% sodium bicarbonate solution and bathe the sick fish twice a day for 10 minutes each time. Add 0.5 grams of chloramphenicol to 40 kg of water.

3. Catch a cold: the fish is motionless and floating on the water, the skin and fins lose luster and the color is dim.

Treatment: keep the water temperature constant, soak the diseased fish in baking soda or 1% salt solution, increase the light, in order to gradually restore its health.

Kissing fish in the culture must pay attention to the choice of fish tank, this depends on the number of their own breeding. Then there is the control of water temperature, which should not be too high or too low. The last is the input of feed, generally it can eat anything, it is best to put in the right amount of broken earthworms.