Experience in raising and taking care of ornamental fish in the house to live healthily and not die for newbies

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Experience in raising and taking care of ornamental fish in the house to live healthily and not die for newbies

Raising ornamental fish is not only for the purpose of decorating space, and bringing feng shui meaning to the family, but many players, especially young people, also feel passionate and excited.

But taking care of the whole scene is not just enough to feed them to own colorful and colorful pets. You must follow the process and technical standards, the new ornamental fish will ensure their health.

How much water is needed to raise ornamental fish? – Notes for beginners

Water is the leading factor affecting fish farming, so you need to pay special attention.

– Raising ornamental fish with tap water: Most of the water used to raise ornamental fish today is tap water. Therefore, you need to treat the chlorine before using it to raise fish. Leave tap water in a basin, basin, or tub without a lid for a period of 24 hours, allowing tap water to evaporate chlorine by itself.

For higher efficiency and faster, you can place water containers in open places with lots of sunlight and turn on an oxygen plow. Besides, you can also use a dechlorinating solution in tap water sold at the aquarium store.

You proceed to drip about 5 drops in 20 liters of water, after 5 minutes it can be used to raise ornamental fish. However, you should limit abuse, and only do it when you need water urgently or do not have time to store dechlorinated water.

– Well water for ornamental fish: Well water usually has a low pH, only about 4.5, and also low oxygen content, even in some areas where well water is heavily contaminated with alum, it needs to be treated more quickly.

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To treat well water for aquarium fish, you store well water in tanks, combined with strong oxygen aeration to help increase oxygen content and increase pH. Shredded coral can be added to the filter cartridge to increase the pH.

+ Treatment of well water when contaminated with alum: In addition to the above treatment, you need to put activated carbon in the water tank. On average, the amount of coal accounts for 1/3 of the volume of the water tank.

What kind of diet should a well-developed indoor aquarium fish have?

You should feed your aquarium fish with a sufficient dose, not leave excess food, and avoid overdoing with food that adversely affects the quality of your aquarium water.

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How to feed ornamental fish:

Fish have the habit of seeing the bait bite, so many people think that if the fish is still hungry, feeding a lot will cause the fish to be full and die. So you should only feed twice a day in the morning and afternoon. If the fish is left hungry for a few days, the fish will not die, but when it is too full, the fish will die.

– In addition to dry food, depending on the species of fish, you proceed to add fresh food such as brood fish, juveniles, bait carp…

Provide light, temperature, and oxygen to take care of aquarium fish

– How to raise ornamental fish in accordance with technical standards when the living temperature of the fish is between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius. If the difference is a few degrees, the fish can still live well.

If you live in the South, you don't need to be too concerned about the temperature factor, if the North and neighboring provinces have a cold climate, you must pay attention to using a thermometer to measure the water temperature along with how to use it. Use a heater for the appropriate aquarium temperature.

– Suitable light for aquarium fish: need to place the aquarium in cool locations, and avoid direct light, if left in a dark, unventilated place for a long time, the fish will get sick.

Depending on the situation, it is possible to use small-capacity lights for the aquarium with a dose of about a few hours per day (turn on during the day for less than 8 hours and turn off at night to let the fish rest). If the aquarium is placed outdoors, it is necessary to create shade and limit the impact of nature such as sunshine, rain, etc.

– Need to turn on oxygen for the aquarium regularly 24/24h, tanks with a height of over 60cm, then buy a water purifier, grow for a long time with experience, then apply more advanced filtration methods such as filtration. plank, overflow filter….

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What size aquarium is suitable?

– The aquarium needs to be large and airy, and the fish density is moderate. If the density is too crowded, it will cause the aquarium to lack oxygen, and the water will quickly become cloudy and dirty.

– For ornamental fish species that have a serious habit of biting other fish fins, you need to have a separate farming regime that is appropriate.

– Raising ornamental fish in a glass tank, and a glass pot will cause the fish to lack oxygen, and the water will quickly get dirty, so the fish will die easily. Therefore, this type of glass pot only feeds a few small fish species such as betta fish, goby fish, 7-color ornamental fish, ornamental seahorses, etc.

– If the campus has a large area, you can choose to raise fish in a cement pot. However, the cement tank will make it difficult for players to manage the quality of the aquatic life and easily encounter some problems such as the soil in the tank, the weather, etc.