Yinlong fish has a long strip-shaped body, a flat side, a fan-shaped tail, and five rows of pink semicircular scales. Huge, with relatively small scales to the tail, adults 90-100 cm long. It can show other colors such as pale pink under the illumination of light. It is native to the Amazon River and Guyana.
1. New fish entering the tank
It should be known that when the new fish is just bought, the air pump of the fish tank must run for at least 24 hours to completely eradicate the water. Chlorine.
2. Suggestions for polyculture
It should be known that silver arowana is quite aggressive, can swallow small fish, and should not be mixed with other fish. But its personality is very gentle among all bony tongue fish, and it can swim with fish of its size.
3. Fish tank size
Since dragon fish is a large fish, the fish tank should be at least 1.5 meters long, 0.5 meters wide and 0.7 meters high. The fish tank must be covered. Arowana is a fish that swims in the upper layer and likes to jump to avoid suffocation when no one jumps out of the tank.
4. Lighting suggestions
Red Arowana needs a lot of light, and it is best to achieve 4 hours of light every day. Other arowanas are also best able to achieve 8 hours of light. Some fish lovers, such as raising red dragon fish, like to use red light to illuminate red dragon fish to achieve better results.
5. Daily management
It should be noted that the water should be changed at least 20%-30% per 1L, and the ammonia content in the water should not exceed 0.1 parts per million (mg/1) In order to raise silver dragon fish.
6. Suitable for water quality
For the fish tank of silver arowana, care should be taken to maintain the water quality in a slightly acidic and soft water tank with pH 5.8-7.0.
7. Suitable for water temperature
For the fish tank of silver arowana, it should be noted that the water temperature should be maintained between 23 degrees and 28 degrees in order to raise silver arowana well.
8. Test PH
For the fish tank of silver arowana, you should pay attention to the PH value and the content of other toxic substances every 1L to avoid any problems.
9. Suggestions for changing the water
The fish tank for silver arowana should be paid attention to. Be careful when changing the water to avoid the arowana being frightened. And when raising arowana, you must avoid completely replacing it with new water, otherwise it will cause damage to the fish.
10. Too much water change
For the fish tank of silver arowana, you should pay attention. If you see the fins and scales of the arowana fall off, it means that the water is changed too much. You can stop changing the water and they will recover naturally.
11. Too little water change
For the fish tank of silver arowana, it should be noted that the amount of water exchange cannot be ether. Too little, too little will make the fins opaque, and the eyeballs will be cloudy, which will cause the gills to flip.
12. Arowana loves to eat
It should be noted that most of the recipes for arowana are frogs, loach, cricket, goldfish, grasshopper, shrimp and so on. These can raise silver dragon fish.
13. Food is prohibited
It should be noted that the internal organs, especially the liver, are not suitable for feeding arowana, and its high fat will cause diseases of the arowana.
14. Artificial bait
It is best to use beef with less fat content for artificial bait. Of course, you can also buy finished arowana special bait, but you just started to feed artificial feed. At times, the dragon fish will be very unaccustomed and need artificial bait.