Teach beginners how to feed peacock fish

It is generally believed that the first step in fish farming is to buy fish first. In fact, this is not a very correct idea, because if fish tanks and fish are bought together, some problems will often occur and will be described in detail later.

If you have decided to raise fish, you should first buy your favorite fish tank. After buying the fish tank, you should clean it first, then soak in salt water and put a water leprechaun and pump it up for a day or two. Then pump out the water and replace it with new water (it is best to add some salt at this time) or use water goblins to pump air for a day or two-raise water. Nitrifying bacteria can be added at this time, because nitrifying bacteria can decompose some toxic substances, such as ammonia and nitrous acid released from fish feces, turning these harmful fish substances into harmless nitrites. If the new cylinder looks foggy, it is that the nitrification system has not yet been established, it is recommended to add some nitrifying bacteria into it, if there is no improvement, it is necessary to re-set the cylinder. Although it is troublesome, it can ensure the safety of the fish, so don't be lazy when raising water.

If the nitrification system has been set up and the water has been kept for a few days, then you can go and buy your favorite fish, but don't put the fish into the fish tank at once, you'd better use a small container or small pet box. let them slowly adapt to the water you raise. But how do you do that? In fact, it is very simple, only to slowly drop the water into the container, drip slowly, wait a day or two, you can put the fish into the fish tank, although it is very troublesome, but these are basic fish farming skills, do not ignore oh, at first will feel very troublesome, and so on, I think everything will become very handy. When raising water, many people directly pump out the old water and add it directly to the tap water. in fact, this is not small to the fish, because the chlorine used for disinfection is often used in the tap water, if such toxic substances are directly added to the water, the fish with poor physique and weak resistance often lead to the death of the fish, so it is best to put the tap water in other containers and aerate for a few days before changing the water. In this way, these harmful substances will be volatilized, and the water will be stored and the harmful substances in the water will be volatilized, which is to raise water and change water in order to make peacock fish live a faster and more comfortable life. Day-to-day fish tank management is extremely important. In addition to paying attention to water quality and water temperature, it is also necessary to maintain the ecological balance in the fish tank. Give peacock fish the best living environment, at the same time, we should fully understand the relationship between fish tank and natural ecology. Nature has purified water and reused ecological environment, such as fish droppings or dead carcasses in rivers or oceans, which are decomposed by bacteria and become the nutrient source of plankton for bait. It is impossible to reproduce the same ecological environment as the vast natural world in a narrow fish tank, so it is necessary to use filters to purify sewage or change water to perform the man-made ecological environment.

Water is hard. The so-called hardness refers to magnesium or calcium ions dissolved in water, as well as carbonate ions. When there is a large amount of water, it is called hard water, and if there is less, it is called soft water. However, there are chlorine or heavy metals in tap water that are harmful to peacock fish. As long as the water is stored for a period of time, it will disappear naturally. The so-called PH value refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions dissolved in water. Such a value less than 7 is acidic, while greater than 7 is alkaline, and if exactly 7 is neutral. The water used for raising peacock fish must be adjusted to near neutral weak acidity or weak alkaline (PH6.5~7.5 degree). In this range, the breeding of peacock fish can be said to be no problem. Water making begins with neutralizing chlorine or heavy metals in tap water. Although it is tap water, the chlorine concentration varies from region to region, or from the same region to different seasons. therefore, in order to match the PH value of the peacock fish raised by oneself, and put into the dormant body of filtering bacteria; this is the aerobic bacteria that breed in the filter material, and for decomposition, Amonia or nitrous acid, which occurs in water and harmful to peacock fish, is also indispensable. Because of the breeding of this bacteria, it is suitable for the water quality used to raise peacock fish.

The water in the fish tank should be recycled frequently and filtered continuously through the filter, but the water quality will gradually deteriorate. Therefore, it is necessary to change water regularly. The basic change of water is "small but frequent", and once every 2 to 3 weeks, subject to the degree of 1/4 of the total water. The drastic change in water quality has done great harm to the peacock fish. In addition, a thorough cleaning should be done at least once a year, and the peacock fish is still difficult to adapt to the new water, so it is necessary to retain about 1/2 of the old water to add new water. New water can be aerated a few days before changing water in order to make those harmful substances disappear.