The advantages of animal live bait are high nutritional value and high protein content, which is most in line with the growth needs of ornamental fish. However, live bait is not easy to store, and it may carry parasites and bacteria when feeding, which requires people with certain experience to operate.
Introduction of common live bait:
1, red worm
Also known as Daphnia, because the price is relatively cheap, most ornamental fish like to eat it, so it is the first choice bait for raising ornamental fish and the most common feed on the market.
2. Blood worm
Blood worm is the larva of mosquito, with high content of protein, which has the highest nutritional value among all kinds of fish and animals. Because it is relatively clean, the feeding method is relatively simple, but it is difficult to preserve in high temperature weather.
3. Water earthworm
Water earthworm is also one of fish's favorite live bait, but it is easy to carry parasites, and it may not be cleaned up after washing many times, so it is not recommended to use it for a long time.
Step 4 harvest shrimp
Generally, the newly hatched nauplii have high nutritional value, but the adult is relatively poor and it is not easy to buy in the market.
Second, freeze the bait
Frozen bait is the bait that is frozen or air-dried after the live bait is treated, which not only retains most of the nutritional value, but also is more convenient to feed and easier to store than the live bait.
Generally speaking, it is recommended to choose dried red worms and dried shrimps, because they are produced by air drying technology and will not carry parasites, so feeding is safer. In addition, shrimp is rich in nutritional value, which can meet the normal absorption of protein, fat, crude fiber and other nutrients by small fish, and can also improve the color of fish. But the air-dried bait tastes worse, so some fish may not like it very much. Secondly, you can choose frozen shrimp, although the nutritional value is not very high, but most ornamental fish love to eat, you can consider mixing with other feeds.
Generally speaking, it is not recommended to choose frozen red worms, because they are generally frozen products packaged directly with live red worms. Although they can retain more nutrients, they may carry parasites.
Third, synthetic bait.
Synthetic bait is the most recommended feed. Its advantages are rich varieties, economy, time-saving and labor-saving, and no parasites. Some synthetic baits are specially designed for the tastes and nutrition of different fish, so they are also very suitable for the growth of ornamental fish.
Introduction of common synthetic bait;
1, growth flake feed
This fish feed contains more than 40 kinds of nutrients, with high protein content, which is easily absorbed by fish. Suitable for the growth and development of small fish, both freshwater fish and marine fish can be eaten.
2, color card feed
Some ornamental fish will gradually fade in color after being raised for a period of time. At this time, you can feed an appropriate amount of colored feed to keep the fish bright.
3, high protein flake feed
Seaweed, shrimp and plankton are added to the common flaky feed, so protein and its nutritional value are higher and it is more suitable for large tropical fish.
4. Vegetable flake feed
Specially used for feeding herbivorous fish, omnivorous fish can also be properly fed to avoid vitamin deficiency of ornamental fish.
5, fry feed
Powdered fine bait is nutritious and suitable for feeding newly hatched fry.
6, high protein strip feed
Can be suspended on the water surface, is not easy to pollute the water quality, and is more suitable for fish who like to feed on the upper layer of the aquarium.
When choosing fish feed, we should choose according to the nutritional value, shape, size, fragrance and other aspects, and choose flexibly according to the different preferences of different fish. Novices can buy a small amount of different fish feed and try to feed it. Pay attention to cleanliness when feeding fish, so as to avoid harmful substances such as parasites, bacteria and viruses polluting the water with the feed and affecting the health of fish.