Tigerfish, belonging to a kind of marine fish, large carnivorous fish. In the ornamental fish, belongs to the more common, color diversity, a variety of species. Some tiger fish are edible. Ornamental tiger fish belongs to the cavernous fish mostly for the Thai tiger fish, so when feeding can choose the wigwam stone and other decorations, juvenile tiger fish is more timid, while the adult tiger fish is more bold. Although the tigerfish belongs to carnivorous fish, but the temperament is relatively mild, not as fierce as the name, more suitable for mixed breeding, but this does not include the legendary piranha, a class of tigerfish, also known as the water tigerfish, the fish is large, the teeth are mostly triangular sharp teeth, with strong aggression, belong to the strong carnivorous fish.

How to raise tiger fish?

1, 150cm long, 60cm wide and 60cm high, which is the basic standard for raising tiger fish, can be expanded appropriately

2, filtration system, because the tiger fish grown in stable water quality will show beautiful spots, individual health is also better, and in the process of growing more practical, so you need a better filtration system,

3, water quality Requirements, although the tigerfish adaptability is relatively strong, but also can not be lax, the general water temperature between 26 ~ 33 degrees Celsius, ph in the 7 up and down, it can be used, but pay attention to the use of oxygen pumps, because of its oxygen content for the high demand.

What do tiger fish eat?

Tigerfish is a large pure predatory fish, like to eat live bait, fish, shrimp, loach are tiger fish very favorite food. After bait training, tigerfish can adapt to some artificial feeds, such as beef, breadworms, insects, fish pieces, burgers and so on. The growth rate is okay, with some difficulty compared to other large fish. The body color of this species is a health indicator. When their body color fades or darkens it is a sign that they are not in a plus mood or have health problems.

Thai tiger fish is very popular because it is more well-fed and more interactive with people, plus the Thai tiger fish is basically imported, the number is relatively small, and the breeding is difficult, so the price of Thai tiger fish is relatively high. Generally around 5000, the length is about 10cm, belongs to the juvenile. General tiger fish according to its body lines as well as color to grade, the more yellow the color, the deeper the lines, then the price is more expensive.

The common tiger fish on the market to the Thai tiger and Indonesian tiger is the most, the selection of tiger fish is almost the same, no matter what tiger, we should select the body square, clear and natural lines, almost balanced (lines even to the abdomen is best), belly funny long and flowing, the back funny upright (with ink stains is best), the tail funny wide, swim fast, bright eyes for the best. Generally can be considered from the following aspects:

1. symmetrical package belly

2. wide lines

3. no miscellaneous lines or dark lines (except for the practice tiger)

4. wide body, that is, to see on the top of the out is not long and skinny can be

5. no drop mouth, nostrils and the mouth of the middle part of the no abnormality

6. such as the tiger body black to be carefully checked and viewed! Miscellaneous dark lines, the black veil can disappear

Tigerfish identification

The identification method is to use the [number of] to identify, from the eyes of the beginning of the black lines for the first base between, to the tail of the last black lines for the end of the inter (into the tiger's caudal fin is often up to the whole black, so into the tiger's caudal fin of the black part of the not counted), the following list of a few kinds of tigerfish between the number of in order to show that the identification:

Tigerfish is usually used to identify the [number of] to The first black stripe from the eye is the first reference interval, and the last black stripe on the tail is the last interval (the black part of the tail fin of the adult tiger is not counted as the tail fin is often completely black), and the following is a list of intervals between several kinds of tigers to show the identification:

1.Thai tiger. From the eye of the first count, the total number of intervals is six and a half, the so-called half intervals refers to the tail of the penultimate third intervals, the intervals are not straight through the height of the tiger fish, about the end of the tail handle at the beginning of the width of the yellow and black lines is about 1:1.

2.Fine-grained Thai tigers. The distribution of the lines and the number of intervals are the same as that of the coarse-grained Thai tiger, but the difference is that the black lines are finer, and the width of the yellow and black lines is about 2:1.

3. Cambodian tiger. The number of tigers is six, the distribution of lines and the ratio of yellow and black lines are similar to that of the coarse-grained Thai tiger, and the only difference is in the penultimate and third lines. The only difference is in the penultimate and third room. If the distribution of the lines of the coarse-grained Thai tiger is taken as the benchmark, the penultimate and third rooms of the Cambodian tiger are connected as one room.

4. Vietnamese Tiger. It comes from the Mekong River in Vietnam, but because of the small number of exported tigers, it is a species that has not yet been recognized by the outside world. However, in recent years, the Japanese have traveled to the area to collect them. It has the characteristics of (CT)'s gunner's tail and (IT)'s two intertails, and the adult is more golden in color. At present, it is only exported to Japan, and it is also the last species of the Thai tiger.

Tiger fish mixing

Tiger fish has a mild character, so it is recommended to choose a gentle nature of the right size of fish for mixing, such as dragonfish, tiger fish,? fish, flying phoenix, silver version, parrot fish and so on!