Common Misunderstandings in Arowana Feeding
I. Unreasonable Feeding Loach
The loach is rich in nutritional value, and feeding arowana helps to promote its rapid growth. Many people choose to use loach to feed arowana, but some breeders do not know about loach the correct feeding method, resulting in catastrophic disaster. The loach needs to be properly handled before feeding the loach, and a whole loach cannot be directly fed to the dragon fish. Because the loach’s vitality is strong, if the arowana swallows the loach directly, the loach may be lost in its body for a long time and will not die, and it may also pierce the arowana stomach and cause the death of the arowana. Therefore, the correct way to feed the loach is: after buying the loach home, raise it in a container for a period of time, and treat it with heavy salt for 10 minutes when it is about to be used for feeding to remove the mucus and bacteria on its body surface. It is segmented before feeding.
Second, a large number of water changes
Water change is a very important part of the daily management of arowana. But if it is not carried out properly, it will also lead to many misfortunes for the dragon fish. Regardless of the water quality, a large number of water changes will cause discomfort in the arowana, ranging from sickness to death in severe cases. Because when the water quality changes greatly, the regulating function of the dragon fish cannot adapt to this change in a short period of time, and it will fall ill due to the decreased resistance. So every time you change the water, you must control the amount, not more than 1/3 each time. At the same time, the water change speed should not be too fast, otherwise it may also cause the death of the dragon fish.
3. Improper use of water purifiers
Using aquariums to raise dragons When feeding fish, most breeders use water purifiers to clean the feeding water in the fish tank
. The effect of using water purifiers to clean water is indeed very obvious. It can quickly bind suspended particles in the water to form flocs, which are then filtered out through a filter system. The tap water that is used daily outside is also treated with a chemical called polyaluminum, and this principle is also used. Normally there is no problem using this method. However, this method cannot be used if the arowana is already kept in the aquarium. We all know that fish breathe through gills, and they use a large number of capillaries in the gills to absorb oxygen in the water. However, the flocs produced by this water purification method can easily lead to blockage of the capillaries in the gills of arowana, which in turn leads to Arowana suffocates to death, so it must be remembered that the water purifier can only be used as a pre-water treatment agent. Once there is arowana in the water, it is best not to use it.
Fourth, the shrimp sword is not handled properly when feeding the shrimp
It cannot be denied, the shrimp It is a good feed for feeding arowana. It has high nutrients and is rich in astaxanthin, which is very helpful for the enhancement of red arowana, but if the way of feeding small shrimp is incorrect, it will hide great harm. Arowana can easily cause gastrointestinal damage after eating shrimp directly, ranging from enteritis to ascites or even death in severe cases. Therefore, when feeding small shrimps to arowana, the shrimp sword must be removed first to avoid the above hazards.
