CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to Breed Blood Parrots

1. How to breed blood parrots

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Do you replace your filter cotton regularly? Unless it blocks the water, you don't need to change it so often.

For food, I also use Rama red.

The water must be well-drained. The water may be too alkaline, sprinkle a little baking soda to try, but don't add too much.

In your current situation, it is not recommended to grow aquatic plants. If aquatic plants are not grown properly, they will easily rot and will more seriously affect the water quality.

2. How to raise blood red parrot fish? Five breeding techniques will teach you

1. It is best not to mix parrot fish with other fish to avoid scaring them; frightened fish will become thinner and lighter in color; and the number of parrot fish should not be too many, because parrot fish are more active and love to play; for example, in an 80-centimeter aquarium, about 20 parrot fish can be raised.

2. Feeding: In fact, the most important thing for parrot fish is to eat feed containing pigments. Feed them some parrot fish special feed bought from the market, and you can also feed them some shrimps appropriately, because the astaxanthin contained in shrimps can keep the parrot fish's body bright in color.

3. Water temperature: Maintain proper temperature and good water quality. It is best to control the water temperature at 28 degrees. Avoid sudden changes in water temperature, which may cause the fish to become lighter in color or have lines or spots of other colors. Controlling the water temperature well can also prevent the leaves from being infected by fungi and dying in a short period of time.

4. Lighting: It is best to place the fish tank in a place where there is sunlight for 2 to 3 hours. In places without sunlight, you can use a 15-degree ultraviolet lamp for a few hours a day. Lighting to a certain temperature can not only sterilize but also maintain the color of the parrot fish.

5. Water quality: It must be kept in good condition, so you need to clean the aquarium thoroughly every 4 days to avoid excessive growth of bacteria in the water, which will affect the health of the parrot fish. Before cleaning the aquarium, you can change one-quarter of the water appropriately.

3. How to raise blood parrot fish

Parrot fish

parrot fish

Also called parrotfish.

Any of about 80 species of tropical coral reef fish of the family Scaridae in the order Perciformes. They have long, deep bodies, blunt heads, brightly colored bodies, and large scales. Their palatine teeth have hardened into a parrot-like beak, which they use to scrape algae and soft corals from coral reefs. Their teeth are strong and leave a noticeable pecking mark on corals. They can also grind food and coral fragments with the plate-like teeth in their pharynx. They can reach 1.2 meters (4 feet) in length and weigh up to 20 kilograms (45 pounds). Their color varies greatly between males and females of the same species, and between adults and juveniles. Parrotfish are edible, but the group as a whole is of little economic value. The banded parrotfish (Callyodon fasciatus) is the dominant parrotfish of the Indo-Pacific region. It is 46 centimeters (18 inches) long, with green and orange or green and red in males and blue and yellow in females. The Atlantic species includes the Queen Parrotfish (Scarus vetula), which is about 50 cm long. The male is blue with green, red and orange, while the female is reddish or purple with a white stripe.

Parrotfish are tropical fish that live in coral reefs. Every time the tide rises, parrotfish of all sizes, wearing green and yellow coats, swim from the deep water of the slope outside the coral reef to the shallow reef flats and lagoons. Parrotfish have a special digestive system. Parrotfish use their plate-toothed beaks to gnaw coral polyps together with their skeletons, grind them with their throat teeth, and then swallow them into their stomachs. Nutritious substances are digested and absorbed, and coral debris is excreted from the body. The throat teeth of parrotfish are not as sharp as teeth, but have evolved into strips of stone. The upper jaw surface of the throat teeth is raised, just in line with the concave part below. There are rows of fine and sharp small teeth on the upper and lower jaws. The small teeth are densely arranged to form many sharp-edged plates. Every time a large group of parrotfish swims by, the tops of coral branches are cut off, revealing white stubble. When parrotfish reproduce, the male fish first spreads sperm. Then, the female fish spreads eggs in the center of the sperm. This reproduction method can only fertilize some of the eggs. And only a few of them can become lucky. Some people say that parrot fish are poisonous, but some people say that parrot fish are not poisonous. What is going on? It turns out that parrot fish themselves are not poisonous. It's just that some of the food of parrot fish is poisonous. Parrot fish have organs that break down and digest toxins. Therefore, parrot fish will not be harmed by these toxins. However, if people catch parrot fish at this time and the toxins in its body are not completely removed, then the toxins in the food of parrot fish will be transferred to humans who eat parrot fish. Therefore, many fishermen advise greedy eaters not to eat parrot fish.

There is also a fish that is a hybrid of a male red devil and a female purple-red firemouth, also called parrot fish, specifically blood parrot fish.

Parrot fish is the most beautiful fish I have ever seen, especially the pink one, which is so cute. Its price varies from region to region and can differ by as much as ten times.

[Basic information and breeding methods of parrot fish]

Parrot fish is a hybrid of red devil and purple firemouth. Because it is a hybrid between different species, male blood parrots are not reproductive. The chromosomes of the fish eggs cannot be paired neatly, so the embryos cannot develop into fry. It should be theoretically possible to use male firemouths and red devils to fertilize parrot eggs. Some female parrots can also crossbreed with arowana. Parrot fish do not have the shape of adult parrots during the fry period. The appearance of the fry will gradually change after three weeks: the head bulges, the body becomes round, and the body color changes from black to gray and then slowly to red. The lifespan can reach 4 to 5 years, but the physiological functions of parrot fish will show aging symptoms after 3 years, and they will lose their ornamental and commercial value.

【variety】:

(1) Blood Parrot: Blood red in color, with a wide and thick body and a short tail peduncle. Its face resembles a parrot: big eyes, small beak, and maximum body length of 20 cm;

(2) Macaw: A variant of the blood parrot, with a tumorous bump on the top of its head, bright red in color, and a body length of more than 30 cm. It has a lifespan of about 8 years.

(3) Purple parrots: Select strong blood parrots and feed them special feed to artificially enhance the color of blood parrots;

(4) A Heart Parrot: A blood parrot whose tail was surgically cut off. When it stands upside down, it looks like a heart.

(5) Rhinoceros parrot: A blood parrot whose fry's dorsal fin is trimmed surgically to look like a rhino horn.

(6) Candy parrot fish: Blood parrot fish are injected with purple, blue, yellow, or orange colors. However, the colors are not durable. In addition, there are also blood parrot fish with words such as auspiciousness, fortune, wealth, and longevity dyed with lasers.

【Cultivation method】

The water temperature is 21 degrees to 35 degrees, preferably 25 to 30 degrees. Parrot fish prefer new water, and 1/5 of the water should be changed every day. If the water quality is slightly acidic and refreshing, do not change the water frequently. Due to genetic factors, the respiratory system of blood parrots is not perfect, and its efficiency is only half of that of other fish, so parrots need much higher dissolved oxygen in the aquarium. Gentle temperament. It has a large appetite and is omnivorous. It can be fed with a lot of feeds such as bloodworms, brine shrimps, mealworms, small fish, water fleas, earthworms, and pellets. It can be fed two to three times a day. In order to ensure the bright color of the body, it should be fed with feeds such as "Bao Zenghong" frequently. New fish will change color due to the sudden change in water quality when entering the tank, and it will gradually get better after adapting to the environment and adjusting the water quality. It is best not to mix other species of fish in the blood parrot tank first. It is best to set up large water plants, pottery pots, and driftwood in the aquarium for parrots to hide. However, after artificial training, parrot fish can change their timid habits: knock on the aquarium frequently to make parrot fish form a habit; feed only half of the food to force them to come out to forage; mix with fish with more courage to encourage them to move. Parrot fish have a strong sense of territory, and they are often seen fighting among their own kind. Increasing the number of fish raised will reduce the phenomenon of fighting. Because of their lively and active temperament, parrot fish also like to move the bottom sand. They can be mixed with Mary, Pearl, Swordtail, Lili. Angelfish; they can be raised with gentle large fish. They can also be mixed with smaller arowana from an early age, because they have a strong sense of territory. Adding penicillin and methylene blue will also make the body color of parrot fish lighter. Increasing light, strengthening filtration, thickening filter materials, and heating to 28 degrees are all practical ways to maintain body color. Pay attention to maintaining consistent water quality when changing water for the first time. If you find that the color of the parrot fish has faded, you can feed it color-enhancing feed or shrimp meat. However, artificially dyed parrot fish will definitely fade after a period of breeding, and it is irreversible. # Changing to a red light tube can also make up for the visual defect.

Common diseases: Skin mold disease, also known as Saprolegniasis and white hair disease, is one of the most common diseases of ornamental fish. The pathogens are species such as Saprolegnia, Acanthoclase, Amorpha, and Pythium. When catching and transporting ornamental fish, if you are not careful, the fish skin will be injured, or parasites will invade and damage the skin. The spores of the mold will invade the wound, absorb nutrients, and germinate rapidly. One end of the hyphae will go deep into the muscle, and the other end will grow outward to form cotton-like hyphae. When the mold first parasitizes, it is not easy to find it with the naked eye; when the naked eye can see it, the hyphae have invaded the wound of the fish body and grown from the outside to the inside. The hyphae and the cell tissue of the wound are entangled and adhered, causing tissue necrosis. As the cotton-like hyphae increase day by day, the fish body is overloaded, causing abnormal swimming, loss of appetite, and gradual thinning, leading to death. When ornamental fish are infected with mold, they are also affected by the length of light exposure. Long periods of continuous rain or insufficient indoor lighting, sunlight, and other light sources can promote the growth of mold. Fish infected with mold usually have a layer of white film on their skin, especially black and red fish, which makes the fish lose its luster. Then the fish become sluggish and often appear sluggish, floating on the water. If not treated in time, the mold spreads on the fish, the muscles of the affected area rot, the appetite decreases, and eventually death occurs. [Treatment Methods] Skin mold disease can occur all year round, but is most common in early spring and late winter. In order to prevent the occurrence of water mold disease, care should be taken to avoid damaging the fish and parasite bites during operation, and a small amount of salt can be added to the water to inhibit the occurrence of water mold disease. When the fish is found to be infected with Saprolegniasis, it can be washed with 3% salt water once a day for 5 to 10 minutes each time, or soaked in 2 parts per million (2ppm) potassium permanganate solution plus 1% salt for 20 to 30 minutes, or soaked in 1 to 2 parts per million (1 to 2ppm) malachite green solution for 20 to 30 minutes, or soaked in 1 to 2 parts per million (1 to 2ppm) methylene blue solution for 20 to 30 minutes, or soaked in 5 parts per million (5ppm) furazolidone solution, or directly splashed into the aquarium with 0.02 parts per million (0.02ppm) malachite green solution and 0.3 parts per million (0.3ppm) formaldehyde solution to inhibit the growth of mold. The growth of Saprolegniasis can also be inhibited by increasing the water temperature. Installing a 15-watt ultraviolet lamp on the top of the aquarium and irradiating it for several hours a day can effectively inhibit or eliminate the growth of Saprolegniasis.

The pathogen of white spot disease is Ichthyophthirius punctatus. Tropical fish can be infected all year round, with high morbidity and mortality. Symptoms and lesions In the early stage of the disease, white spots are scattered on the pectoral fins, dorsal fins, caudal fins and skin. Although the sick fish forage as usual, they often gather at the corners of the fish tank and squeeze and rub each other. After a few days, white spots are all over the body, and the sick fish often float on the water surface in a sluggish state. [Treatment method] A. Raise the water temperature to 28 degrees Celsius. After a few days, the Ichthyophthirius punctatus will break and fall off. At this time, replace the water with new water and maintain the water temperature. The sick fish will basically recover. B. Use a 0.05%~0.07% concentration of red mercury solution, soak the sick fish in water for 5~15 minutes, and continue for 2~3 days. The effect is good. C. Soak the fish in salt for 24 hours, and it will be effective after a few days.