Rational feeding of South American tropical ornamental fish and attention to its nutritional structure are the basic requirements for raising South American tropical ornamental fish. Usually, South American tropical ornamental fish are fed animal feed, plant feed and artificially formulated feed.
“Fish can’t starve to death, I would rather eat less than feed more”. This is a sentence that is often heard. Although there is some truth to it, this sentence is incomplete in the breeding of tropical ornamental fish in South America. Just imagine, if a fish often lives in a state of hunger, the color of the fish will be reduced. , The body shape will definitely not have outstanding performance, long-term malnutrition, the physique of South American tropical ornamental fish must be very poor, and the resistance to disease will be very weak. Therefore, feeding South American tropical ornamental fish reasonably and paying attention to its nutritional structure are the basic requirements for raising South American tropical ornamental fish.
1. Types of feed
Fish feed is divided into three categories: animal feed, plant feed and artificially formulated feed.
??1??Animal feed
, beef heart, egg yolk.
(2) Plant feed
as supplementary feed.
(3) Synthetic feed
Synthetic feed is the most used feed in tropical fish breeding.
(4) Self-made synthetic feed
2. Feeding method and time
(1) Method
Feeding tropical fish is not a complicated matter, but improper handling will affect the water quality and cause water pollution. Excessive feeding will cause the increase of excrement of tropical fish and the contamination of water quality by the remaining feed, and secondly, the tropical fish after being full can easily cause indigestion, enteritis, ascites and other diseases. Feeding should be timed every day. It is especially important to note that you must not feed it today without feeding it. Many breeders know that “no feeding for one day, no feeding for three days”. In the case of lack of feed, tropical fish must rely on the nutrients stored in the body to maintain their life. After the fish is hungry for a day, the body will consume a lot of energy. This energy cannot be compensated for in a day. It is best to feed it every morning and evening. Fish once, tropical fish fed regularly grow faster and stronger than tropical fish fed irregularly.
Whatever you feed, keep in mind that feeding them too much is not good for their bodies. Many breeders, especially those who are new to tropical fish breeding, often spoil tropical fish too much, even feeding them more than a dozen times a day. They thought that as long as they were fed more food, the fish would grow faster, which backfired. It is not uncommon for tropical fish to die from overfeeding. Excessive feeding often makes tropical fish indigestion, excess live bait shares the oxygen in the water with tropical fish, and the excreted waste hinders the growth of tropical fish; excess residual bait also competes for oxygen in the water and releases during decay, fermentation and decomposition. Toxins, “stuffy tank” will occur in severe cases. Therefore, the feeding amount can be based on the time required for the fish food to be completely eaten by the tropical fish, generally no more than 10 minutes.
(2) Feeding time
If feeding tropical fish twice a day, the best feeding time is before 10 am and before 7 pm. Like all creatures, tropical fish have the most vigorous life in the morning and consume the most energy. Tropical fish can rest peacefully for a night after eating before 7 o’clock in the evening.
Wild tropical fish cannot have abundant food sources every day in the natural environment. Therefore, in order to maintain their wildness in the artificial environment, they also need to be hungry for 1 day a week to increase the digestion of the fish. Function.
In addition, in the days before and after the transport of tropical fish, feed less or not; during the period of illness of tropical fish, also control the amount of feeding.
