How does the ball fish divide the male into the female?

Ball fish is a small tropical ornamental fish, gentle temperament, many people will raise ball fish. However, the male and female of the ball fish are difficult to distinguish, and many people do not know how to look at it. Here's how the fish are divided into males and females.

1. How can the ball fish be divided into male and female?

The male fish is slightly smaller than the female fish. The anal fin of the male fish is rod-shaped, while the anal fin of the female fish is fan-shaped. The dorsal and ventral fins of the male are longer, while the dorsal and ventral fins of the female are shorter. If you don't know how to divide male and female, you can ask the boss to help you see it when you buy it.

2. How to raise ball fish?

The breeding environment of ball fish is relatively low, except that the water quality and temperature do not change greatly, there are no other strict requirements. The female fish breeding cycle for a month, about a month after giving birth, they will find that the female fish belly again protruding, as big as a quick burst balloon. In the days before labor, it is obvious that the cortex at the excretory orifice turns white and gradually protrudes outward. Be careful not to startle the female fish during pregnancy. With the approaching of the due date, the excretory hole will gradually expand, the female fish will eat less before birth, and the flow speed will obviously slow down, and there will often be the behavior of hitting the tank wall, and swimming up and down. At this time, the female fish can be taken out to give birth, about one to two days, you can harvest small fish, larger female fish each time can give birth to about 20-30. Care must be taken to protect larvae when they are born. Due to the weak discrimination ability of female fish, there will be cases of eating larvae by mistake. Newborn larvae are larger than yellow silver ball larvae, but their physique is poor and they are not easy to live. They must be carefully raised. In the first two or three days after birth, they should avoid shock and changes in water temperature, and do not change water or transfer. When they can swim out of the water, they should be fed egg yolk water or water.

Ball fish is relatively good to raise, and mild temperament, is a very good ornamental fish, can be raised with other fish, so if you like, you can buy a few fish back.