Guppies (definite introduction)
As a species that is widely raised While looking at fish, guppies bring us vivid expressions that make us happy, they also have many unusual habits and quirks when it comes to feeding. For example, female guppies will eat small fish. It has also been noticed by more and more people. So, what is the reason why guppies eat small fish?
Guppies have strong adaptability, prefer slightly alkaline water quality, have a wide range of food habits, and are gentle and lively by nature. Due to the good temperament of guppy, it can be mixed with many other tropical fish. However, although it is friendly, it is not friendly to its own offspring. When people say that guppies eat small fish, it should mean that the guppy mother eats the small fish she gave birth to. Guppy is an ovoviviparous fish with strong growth ability and early sexual maturity. The young fish will enter the mature period after being raised for 3-4 months and can produce offspring. Guppies give birth once a month. Depending on the size of the female, they can often produce 10-120 larvae. The number of larvae produced in a year is quite large, so it is known as the "million fish". However, after the female guppy gives birth to the baby fish, she must immediately raise the mother fish and the baby fish separately, because the mother fish and the baby fish may eat the baby fish. For guppies, they do not understand what "fraternal cannibalism" is. If you find a female guppy passing black stool, it means that she has eaten the baby fish she just gave birth to.
In order to prevent female fish from eating young fish, we know that parent fish usually do not eat young fish when they are consuming them. A female fish can consume more than 50 young fish at a time. When the fish is almost consumed, the male fish can be fished out and raised separately. When the female fish starts swimming to eat, consumption is generally completed. It can be fished out and raised separately to avoid swallowing the young fish. It is better for young fish to have aquatic plants. There is no need to add aquatic plants, but put it in the basin to avoid strong vibration of the water. Feed too much egg yolk water or even "grey water" to absorb excess debris and avoid direct shock to the young fish. The juvenile stage was quickly passed.
In other aspects, there are some small methods that can avoid this problem, such as separating the female fish that will be produced into the birth tank and placing some red worms in the birth tank. , use a black bag or thick carton to cover the birthing tank to create a dark environment, and inspect once a day until the female fish production stops. Take out the small fish and raise them in the nursery tank, add medicine to the birthing tank, put the red worms in and carefully raise the female fish, and put them back into the big tank at 3 dawn. Empty the birthing tank and disinfect it for preparation.Use it next time. There are several advantages to doing this,
First, the small fish will not be eaten by the female fish.
2. You can shorten the consumption time of female fish.
3. Female fish can receive careful care after giving birth.
After the young fish are born, we also need to take good care of the young fish, keep the temperature at 28 degrees, and change the water. If it is a fish tank with a filter device, it will take three days. Change the water once and change it one-third every time. If it is a small fish tank (if the tank is too small, be careful not to keep the stocking density too high), then change it every day, about one-fifth. It should be noted that the water temperature of the new water should be as consistent as possible with the water temperature in the current tank, and should not be too different. It is best to be within plus or minus 0.5 degrees, because the small fish are too weak at this time. When changing the water, don't let the impact of the water flow be too strong. Another thing to note is that you must not exchange it with the tap water you just handed over. The newly handed over tap water contains a lot of substances that are harmful to fish, so the water you just handed over must be left for two or three days before being changed to small fish.
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