Is the lantern fish tropical fish?

Lantern fish is a kind of community fish, originally a kind of small lantern fish native to the Amazon River Basin in South America, which is hot from the Netherlands of Western Europe to the mainland due to simulating the water plant landscape tank of "tropical rain forest". As an important protagonist of the water plant tank, swimming among the water plants, the body color is colorful, especially the red light, blue light or green light. Let's take a look at whether the lantern fish is a tropical fish.

Is the lantern fish tropical fish?

Lantern fish is tropical fish. Lantern fish is the largest number of tropical ornamental fish, small size, rich colors, gentle temperament are their characteristics, most have fat fins, only a few species do not have fat fins, mouth have teeth, most fat carp family fish like to live in weak acid soft water between 22 and 28 degrees, scattered light is the best light, and some species need to live in a dark environment.

The skills of choosing and buying Lamp Fish

1. See whether the swimming posture of the fish is smooth: if it is close to the water head, it is likely that it has not adapted to the water quality, this kind of fish should never be bought.

2. See whether the color of the fish is uniform: if the color is dim, the fish may not adapt to the water quality or get sick, but it will also have this problem if the fish are frightened.

3. Choose a light fish with a uniform body: pay attention to the back of the fish can not "step", if you step on it may be an old fish, and the light fish will get a disease, first the back steps down, then the belly becomes thinner, slowly die, there is no cure. Therefore, we should pay special attention to this aspect when buying, do not buy fish in poor health at home.

Common species of lantern fish

1. Baolian lantern fish: Baolian lantern fish scientific name Daylight fish, new red lotus lantern fish, native to South America and Brazil, petite and slender, with a length of about 4 '5cm, flat on the side, spindle-shaped, wide head and tail handle, round and dull snout, the most obvious feature is a bright blue-green belt on the upper part of the body, and a red patch on the lower rear abdomen, with metallic luster, sparkling, especially beautiful when swimming, gentle temperament. It is suitable to be raised in groups, and the swimming posture is cheerful and lively, which is very likable.

2. Traffic light fish: the traffic light fish is neon fat carp, belonging to the family Cyprinidae. The whole body is shrouded in turquoise brilliance. There is a bright blue-green belt from head to tail, and there is a short red belt under the blue-green belt at the back of the body. The belly is silver-white, red belt and blue belt throughout the body, dazzling, the color of the ribbon is sometimes dark and sometimes light in different light or in different environments. Because the body color is extremely gorgeous, there is the laudatory name of "queen" in tropical fish, it is a kind of ornamental fish that people like very much.

3. Black lotus lantern fish: black lotus lantern scientific name black striped carp, also known as black lantern fish, black fluorescent lamp, black lamp tube, etc., a small ornamental fish of the genus Cyprinidae, distributed in the wild in the tropical primeval forest along the lower reaches of the Amazon River, colorful, crystal clear, small and exquisite, raised in the same box with other lamp fish, the fish appears elegant, outstanding and beloved.

4, triangle lantern fish: triangular lantern fish also known as Ni Hong lantern fish, lemon fish lantern, Australian lemon lantern fish, etc., the fish body is fusiform, slightly flattened, the caudal fin is forked, the body length can be up to 5 cm, its dorsal fin, anal fin, caudal fin are all red, and have white edges, the pectoral fin and ventral fin are colorless and transparent, and there is a black triangle pattern in the middle of the body from the ventral fin to the base of the caudal fin, so it is also called blue triangle or black delta fish.

5. Flame light fish: flame light fish, also known as flame lamp, is distributed in the Amazon River Basin of Peru, with a body length of only 2 centimeters and a bright red, also known as flame lamp and red stone lamp. This fish will be as red as a ruby if raised in weakly acidic water, so it is easy to raise, but mixed culture should be paid attention to because of its small size to prevent it from being swallowed by other fish.