The parrot fish is one of the classifications of tropical fish in marine coral reefs. It has a special digestive organ. It can bite down the bones of the coral polyps together with the beak of the plate teeth, grind the polyps and then swallow them for digestion and absorption, and the debris of the coral is excluded from the body. The pet editor has compiled some suggestions for raising parrot fish, let's take a look!

1. Water quality of the aquarium

Parrot fish like soft water with weak acidity and low hardness . Due to the congenital lips of parrot fish cannot be closed, the ability to control the flow of water is poor, and the water flow through the gills is small, and the ability to exchange oxygen between the water flow and the gills is worse than that of its male and female parents and other fish. too much.

2. Sufficient oxygen equipment

The water in which parrot fish is raised must have sufficient oxygen. The aquarium is best equipped with biochemical filter cotton, water pump, and oxygen-enhancing aeration equipment. The specific indicators are about PH value of 6.5 and dissolved oxygen of 8 mg/L.

3. Keep the temperature of the feeding water

However, the parrot fish is quite sensitive to temperature. It is best to keep the water temperature in the range of 25 to 28 °C during the feeding process. In the case of drastic changes in water temperature, it is easy to produce a stress reaction, resulting in dull body color and loss of beautiful luster, and even black stripes or spots may appear.

4. Feed for parrot fish

Parrot fish eats miscellaneous food: artificial bait, flakes, pellets, red worms, brine shrimp, water worms, etc. They eat almost everything, and they are quite greedy Eat, the appetite is amazing. Therefore, it is easy to raise parrot fish, but it is not easy to raise parrot fish with strong physique and beautiful body color.

5. Astaxanthin needs to be ingested

The early rumors: Parrot fish must eat shrimp to make their body rosy! This concept is quite correct. Because the astaxanthin in the shrimp can promote the parrot fish to show off the body color, if the astaxanthin can be fully ingested, the parrot fish's bright red body color is just around the corner.

6. Quantitative feeding of feeds

Feed the bait regularly every day, reasonably match the nutrition of the bait, and feed fresh shrimp and small fish regularly. The artificial feed with astaxanthin and β-carotene-N added to the parrot fish is directly fed, which is not only convenient but also keeps the body color of the parrot fish red.

7. Feed the right amount of food

In fact, the parrot fish seems to be hungry at all times. Therefore, when feeding parrot fish, you must pay attention to the proper feeding method. They are too greedy and often excrete a large amount of excrement, resulting in sudden changes in water quality.

9. Selection of polyculture fish

In the selection of fish species for polyculture, it is strongly recommended to select some cichlids from Central and South America, especially some medium and large cichlids. sea bream. Parrot fish are also slightly territorial and sometimes attack other fish smaller than them.

10. Aquarium landscaping

For these fish with red body color and a single color, the landscaping in the water is in addition to color matching and avoiding the use of plants as landscaping In addition to the material, it is also necessary to consider the force of the fish's collision, so the sturdiness of the landscaping is also necessary.

11. Strong contrast effect

It is recommended to place the sinkwood or the sinkwood of the grown ink in the center of the aquarium, so as to match the bright red of the parrot fish , there is a stronger contrast effect.

12. Other problems with parrots

In fact, it is the mentality of the aquarist! Although after the necessary growth conditions are set, it does not need much care, but with patience It takes some energy and time to change the water regularly, check the equipment in the aquarium, and carefully observe the health of the parrot fish in the water!