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Are clownfish easy to raise? How to raise clownfish

The clownfish (details) is a small tropical fish. The most common male clownfish is orange in color and has white ribbons on its head and body. It has a high ornamental value, but in fact, this fish has a very weak ability to prevent and protect itself, and they can only hide in sea anemones. The sea anemone uses the tentacles to release poison to eat the enemies attracted by the clownfish, and the clownfish uses the sea anemone to seek protection and form a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship. Many people think that clownfish are very cute. Are clownfish easy to raise? How to feed clownfish.

Water temperature and water quality conditions suitable for clownfish survival are that the water temperature is required to be 26-27 °C, the specific gravity of seawater salinity is 1.022-1.023, the pH value of seawater is between 8.0-8.5, and the water hardness is 7-9 degrees dh.

Food, clownfish are omnivorous fish. Clownfish can get the proper substances from two types of food, namely meat for protein and vegetables for vitamins. Vegetables can be fed cauliflower, lettuce, etc. Meat can be fed with brine shrimp, small fish, etc. In addition, you can also feed the clownfish finished feed. It should be noted that no matter what kind of food, you must pay attention to hygiene and health.

The living habits and the territoriality of wild clownfish are particularly strong, and they kill each other for the occupied area, while the territoriality of artificially reared clownfish is not as strong as that of wild clownfish, and they play more with each other. However, it is also necessary to pay attention to the stocking density when breeding to avoid the clownfish fighting because of the territory.

Precautions

1. When raising in a bare tank, the water flow at night should be smaller, and the fish should lie on the bottom of the tank to sleep at night. Too much water flow can easily cause fatigue of the fish and affect the growth of the fish.

2. The light must be sufficient before it grows to adult fish. During this time, the fish grows very fast. For example, insufficient light will affect the color and growth of the fish.