What kind of food does the traffic light fish eat?

Traffic light fish are also called red lotus light fish, neon light fish, red and green neon light fish, red light fish, etc., the color of the ribbon is sometimes dark and sometimes light in different light or different environment, because the body color is very bright, neon fat carp has the laudatory name of "queen" in tropical fish, is a kind of popular ornamental fish, let's take a look at what kind of food traffic light fish eat!

What kind of food does the traffic light fish eat?

Traffic light fish like underwater activities, omnivorous, in the wild will eat some small insects and plant debris, artificial feeding can be fed with artificial bait, water fleas, red insects and other food, but also like to swim in groups, so it is better to keep a whole group swimming in the fish tank.

How long is the life span of traffic light fish?

The normal life span of traffic light fish is 1-2 years, so what to give traffic light fish to eat when raising traffic light fish to make them healthy has become a problem that many fish friends are more concerned about. in fact, raising traffic light fish in addition to the need to pay attention to the choice of traffic light fish feed, breeding environment and other issues also need special attention.

How to cultivate traffic light fish?

1. Culture environment: traffic light fish mainly live in the black and clear waters of the Solimonis River in South America. Its habitat is a typical tropical rain forest climate. It is hot and rainy all the year round, the temperature is between 20: 26 ℃, the pH value is between 5.0 and 7.0 (slightly acidic), and the GH value is between 1: 2. It is best to raise the fish in soft water, but after many generations of breeding, it can also accept the hardness of tap water.

2. Male and female identification: the main methods to identify the male and female of traffic light fish are that the male is slender than the female, the anal fin is sharp and the color is darker. During the reproductive period, the female fish is plump, the anal fin is fan-shaped and the body color is lighter.

3. The method of reproduction: the traffic light fish entered the sexual maturity period at the age of 6 months, and the best breeding period was from 8 to 10 months old. when the abdomen of the female fish was dilated, the female fish was separated from the male fish for a few days, fed enough food, and then paired into the box. The breeding water quality should be pH5.6~6.8,GH1~3.5 °, the water temperature should be 25 ℃, and the artificial fish nest should be put into the breeding tank. The breeding tank should be shaded and kept quiet. A female fish can lay about 150 eggs, and after spawning, the parent fish will be fished out to avoid swallowing eggs and hatch fish fry in 24 hours.

4, feeding management: the traffic light roe is small, the swimming amount is small, and the bait can only be eaten at the mouth. After the opening bait, the egg yolk water was sifted with 200 mesh nets and fed with straws one by one. After a period of time, when the larvae swam normally, they were fed with egg yolk ash water screened by 150 mesh nets. The larvae grow slowly and take longer to eat egg yolk ash water than other small species. In addition, the hatching water quality of larvae is very soft, and the water temperature is completely different from that of daily feeding. When the larvae grow to 5mm, they should be moved into a large tank and raised in a large tank, paying attention to the process of adapting to the water quality.