How to raise peacock fish

Peacock fish also known as anchovies, rainbow fish. Generally 3-5 cm in length, it is the most common type of tropical fish. The fish body is delicate and exquisite, swimming nimble and lively, colorful and colorful, and loved by people. The male fish is especially more beautiful than the female fish. The green-brown body is mixed with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple colors, just like the rainbow in the sky, so it gets its name. Fish body generally have a few small blue spots, round spots around the light color of the ring, very similar to peacock on the eye-shaped spots, guppies old friends laudatory name. Here are some tips on how to breed anchovies:

The temperament of guppy is milder, it will not fight with other fish, it is suitable for mixed culture with other fish; and it is not selective to food, it can eat egg yolk, steamed bread residue, etc.; but it is best to feed live bait such as fish worms and nematodes when artificially raised. Guppy after people's long-term breeding, there are many varieties. Some tail is particularly broad, some tail fin bifurcate such as dovetail, some whole body becomes golden yellow, some color such as brocade. Therefore, people are divided into different varieties according to their different characteristics, such as ordinary guppy, swallowtail guppy, long-tailed guppy, lute tail guppy, yellow guppy and so on. It is easy to distinguish the female and male guppy fish. Among the same age individuals, the female individual is longer and fatter than the male individual, and the body color is monotonous, without the colorful color of the male fish; the body color of the male fish is more gorgeous. Guppies are oviparous fish. When breeding, rectangular glass jars with specifications of 60 cm *20 cm *20 cm are generally used. The PH value of the breeding water is 6.8-7.4, the hardness is 6-11 degrees, and the water temperature is maintained at about 26 degrees Celsius. Tank to plant more than some water plants, preferably duckweed or lush leaves of water plants. As parent fish, individuals of the same species with a total length of 3-4 cm should be selected. The ratio of females to males is 1:1. Put the selected parent fish into the breeding tank to raise. Soon, the abdomen of the female fish gradually expands and the gonads become more mature; at this time, the male fish will chase the female fish, or intercept the female fish in many ways, and finally the mating organ of the male fish will be inserted into the male fish's ejaculation hole to complete the fertilization in vivo. Female fish after fertilization, abdominal expansion, and appear black fetal spots, soon the opportunity to give birth, to give birth, immediately take out the parent fish, another feeding, to prevent its swallowing larvae. After the larvae are born, they sink to the bottom of the water and hide in the weeds. Larvae after the day of production generally do not feed, the next day open feeding, should be timely feeding paramecium, fish meal or egg yolk water.