If you want to raise red parrot fish, please give me some advice! !
1. Management of water quality
Similar to the growth conditions required by ordinary Central and South American cichlids, blood parrots also require weak and low-hardness water quality. However, because blood parrots are born with mouth healing conditions (especially special A-level and A-level blood parrots), the ability to introduce water through the gills for breathing is reduced by half. Therefore, the respiration of the gills has become an obvious "fatal injury"! Once the gills are injured or the process of absorbing oxygen is not smooth, it will directly affect the physiological health of the blood parrot.
Therefore, when raising blood parrots, they need to maintain better water quality and provide sufficient oxygen than other fish. In particular, it is very important to reduce the dissolved nutrients in the water, avoid the proliferation of bacteria and cause gill diseases, and maintain the ability of gill cells to effectively absorb oxygen.
Temperature control
The blood parrot is a very "sensitive" fish species to temperature. The point is not that the fish body has poor adaptability to temperature, but because the fish body has poor adaptability to temperature at low water temperatures. In the case of drastic changes, it is easy to lose its bright body color due to physiological reactions, and even worse, black stripes or markings may appear. Using a heater to raise the water temperature to a range of 25 to 28°C can make the fish appear brightly colored and full of vitality. Fish that live in low water temperatures for a long time are not only in poor health, but also prone to illness and death. I believe this is not something players would like to see!
2. Selection of feed and bait
Early rumors spread: "Blood parrots need to eat shrimps to have a ruddy body color!" This concept is quite correct. Because the "astaxanthin" in shrimps can promote the body color of blood parrots, if astaxanthin can be fully absorbed, the bright red body color of blood parrots is just around the corner. However, there is no need to be so troublesome now. There are many special feeds available for blood parrots that add astaxanthin and "β-carotene". Feeding them directly can keep the body color of blood parrots in bright red. case.
3. Tips for mixed breeding
Many families and companies like to keep a group of blood parrots alone in aquariums. Watching a group of healthy blood parrots swimming in a group in the aquarium is a spectacular and touching sight. . However, there is another group of people who prefer mixed aquariums. This is also why vegetables and radishes have their own advantages.
When it comes to choosing fish species for polyculture, it is strongly recommended to choose some cichlids from Central and South America! Especially some medium to large cichlids.
Because the body shape of the blood parrot is similar to a triangle and its mouth shape cannot be closed, which reduces its aggressiveness (it can only impact but not bite), you can choose golden pineapple, black cloud, and red pearl sword. Pearl Fire Mouth 1 Combining different types of fish, in addition to having a variety of body color combinations, can also achieve a state of peaceful existence under a certain balance.