The key factors of raising goldfish

2022-05-06

Keeping goldfish is the preference of many aquarists, and the lovely goldfish has long been unanimously recognized by the public. Do you want to raise goldfish? First of all, we must learn to understand the habits and structure of fish and create a comfortable living environment for goldfish, which is the core key to raising goldfish.
1. Goldfish gills
The gills are an important part of the respiratory system of goldfish. The gills are located below the operculum. Each goldfish has two gills on the left and right. Each gill consists of two gill arches with neatly arranged gill filaments on each gill arch.
The gills of a normal healthy goldfish are bright red with no white spots. Once the water environment changes drastically, the gills are most prone to lesions. The gills of diseased goldfish are whitish, swollen, or have white spots. In the early stages of the disease, diseased fish are often difficult to find. If not isolated and treated in time, an entire fish tank will die.
For goldfish suffering from gill disease, the usual practice is to prescribe medicines according to the symptoms of gill disease, but the effect is often unsatisfactory. The core of goldfish disease management is prevention.
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2. Water quality of goldfish
The living environment of goldfish is fresh water. It is often said that raising fish first raises water. What are the qualified water quality requirements?
The first is the oxygen content of the water body. Different water sources have different oxygen content. Among them, the flowing rivers and streams are the most, and the tap water is the least. Although there are many aquatic animals in the stream, goldfish have a weak immunity after long-term breeding and breeding, and the water in nature contains a lot of harmful microorganisms. Therefore, when we raise goldfish, we generally choose tap water, and we must also choose tap water.
Tap water eliminates microorganisms through chlorine in the water body. The chlorine in the water is removed by drying or peroxygenation, and the oxygen content of the water body is also increased, which will not cause harm to the goldfish.
Followed by harmful substances in water, harmful substances in water generally refer to nitrite. As a strong oxidant, it oxidizes ferrous iron in hemoglobin to ferric iron. As a result, hemoglobin loses its ability to carry oxygen. When the concentration of nitrite in the water body accumulates to 0.1mg/L, it will cause damage to the fish, and the goldfish will respond slowly and reduce food intake.
The treatment method of nitrite exceeding the standard is generally to reduce the nitrite concentration or cultivate nitrifying bacteria by regularly changing the water. All in all, for small fish tanks, the best way to reduce the nitrite concentration in the water is to change the water. The water body is too small to maintain a stable water environment, which is not conducive to the cultivation of nitrifying bacteria.
Finally, there is the water temperature factor, which is often ignored when raising goldfish. As a "cold-blooded" animal, goldfish can't adjust the temperature by itself, and suddenly the temperature difference is large, and it is easy to catch a cold. Once the temperature difference reaches around 5 degrees Celsius in a short period of time, goldfish can easily get sick. For example, a person's immune system is easily damaged by temperature differences when they go in and out of outdoor and air-conditioned rooms in summer. To prevent goldfish from getting sick, the key is to maintain the water environment, from water quality to water temperature.
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3. Goldfish feeding
Many people keep goldfish, not only to watch the beautiful figure and gorgeous color of goldfish, but also to interact with goldfish feeding.
As the tubular digestive organ of goldfish, the intestine of goldfish has the functions of digestion, transportation and accommodation. Healthy goldfish are very hungry and prone to overeating.
Therefore, the feeding of goldfish should follow the principle of small amount and many times. Feeding goldfish depends on the number of goldfish. Each feeding should be controlled within 15 minutes. If the food is not eaten within 15 minutes, the remaining feed should be removed in time to avoid water pollution.
The feeding time of goldfish can be adjusted according to the season. The general principle of selection is morning and afternoon in spring and summer. The time chosen in autumn and winter is noon. In principle, it is best to feed when the temperature is higher during the day.
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4. Goldfish water change
As the core link of goldfish management, water change is crucial to the stability of the water environment. During the water change process, the changes in the water body in the fish tank are drastic. How to stabilize the changes of the water body is the technology of changing the water.
One trick is to divert water slowly. You can use an intercepting bucket and a hose with a diameter of 0.5 cm, place the intercepting bucket above the fish tank, higher than the water surface of the fish tank, and use the principle of the connector to slowly introduce the water in the bucket into the fish tank, and the amount of water exchange is generally controlled in the fish tank. watery 1/5.
The second trick is to use a heating rod to heat the water in the trapped bucket to the same temperature as the water in the fish tank. The amount of water exchange should not exceed one-third of the original water. The stability of the water environment is the core of fish farming. Maintaining water quality, water temperature and dissolved oxygen in the water is also an important factor in keeping fish healthy.
Summary
Water is the key to raising goldfish. Maintaining a stable and healthy body of water is key to goldfish survival. The ecological environment of fish tank water is inseparable from water temperature, water oxygen, harmful substances in water and water microorganisms. The second is feeding, a small amount of time is the key point, the intestines of goldfish are relatively short. The last thing is to insist that fish farming is a matter of self-cultivation and self-cultivation. In the process of fish farming, the knowledge and methods of fish farming have been increased, and at the same time, the joy of fish farming and the persistent sense of responsibility of fish farming have been gained.