How to nourish parrot fish

Blood parrot has limited ability. Sorry, that's all I found.

Family and species: cichlidae

Origin: Taiwan Province Province, China.

Water temperature: about 25℃

Ph value: about 6.5

Food: red worms, nematodes, etc

Temperament: gentle, lively and lovely.

Blood parrot, also known as rich fish, has a short body, a short head, a high back, a round abdomen, a generous body and a body length of more than ten centimeters. The tail handle is short, the tail fin is cut, and it has a parrot-like face. Body color from small to large, from deep to light, gray, grayish white, pink, orange red, adult fish is blood red. His posture is clumsy, but he is red and happy, but he is also pleasing.

Feeding mode:

In the disease management of blood parrot, water quality factors and physiological structure of blood parrot should be considered. These two key points determine the health, body shape and body color of the blood parrot. Before talking about disease treatment and management (including medication), let's start with the most basic prevention and management. After all, the phrase "prevention is more important than cure" cannot explain the role played by this concept in aquatic organisms again and again. Especially for this kind of fish with congenital "defects" in physiological structure, it is best to ask for medical treatment and medicine when fish diseases occur, so as to avoid the chance of pathological changes as much as possible!

Water quality factor

In addition to several key points mentioned in water quality management (discussed in detail above, not repeated here), the most important thing is the "mentality" of water quality management. It has been clearly stated in the article and general feeding management experience that "blood parrot" is a kind of fish that is taken care of very well and is very "resigned", and it is definitely not the kind of Jiao Jiao woman who needs to spend a lot of time and energy to take care of it. As a result, there are many ridiculous jokes about spitting rice: "Does the parrot need to change water?" "My blood parrot hasn't changed water for eight months. What about yours? " "Blood parrot want to live can live. Did that genius raise the blood parrot to death? " Of course, there is also a sneer at the death of the blood parrot. Now let's put away these contemptuous thoughts and face up to the pathological problems that blood parrots may face.

Bacterial disease

This pathogen mainly invades two parts of the blood parrot, one is the gill and the other is the digestive tract. In the aspect of branchial diseases, the author thinks that it is the biggest health problem of the blood parrot, because once bacterial infection invades the branchial region of the blood parrot, the branchial silk becomes red and swollen until it is ischemic, white and broken, which is almost a series of reactions, and finally it will cause quite common fish albinism and a large number of deaths. In addition, this disease often invades the eyes of fish, causing diseases such as exophthalmos and turbidity.

As for the impact on the digestive tract, when pathogenic bacteria (not necessarily the same bacteria that invade the gills) invade the gastrointestinal tract, the abdomen will be full of water (gas), and the symptoms of genital pores and nearby skin congestion and redness are quite common. This kind of sick fish often can't sink smoothly and will float near the water surface.

Fungal invasion

In this respect, dermatophytes and saprophytes are usually parasitic. In autumn and winter, when the fish has some small wounds and the water quality is relatively good, it is a very common disease.

Parasitism of protozoa

The main parasite is the white spot worm in the fiber worm. This single-celled parasitic animal will appear in autumn and winter and spring and summer when the water temperature changes dramatically. In addition to the formation of quite dense white spots on the body surface, there will be quite a variety of bacterial diseases.

Endemic diseases that are still controversial

What I want to mention here is the head hole disease of cichlids (especially cichlids in Central and South America). Although some "experts" claim that this disease is caused by flagellate parasitism, there is no direct evidence in academic circles at present! To be sure, this disease is more serious in some aquariums or pools with fairly good water quality.