A, aquarium
1, the size of the aquarium size is recommended to use 1200mmX500mmX450mm or more. The size is too small tank will affect the growth of fish, small fish can grow rapidly in a proper tank environment, from small fry to 15cm, only a few months, the gender is different, the fish grow at different rates.
2. Superb jumping ability and unique gill cover are the tools for climbing bass to successfully escape from the tank. Therefore, the tank cover is essential, and the tank cover needs to be reserved with ventilation holes. The water level and the cover keep a distance of 10~15cm, the tank cover should avoid the use of hard materials, which can reduce the collision of the cover when jumping on the water on the climbing perch, more importantly, to create a good environment for the climbing perch, so that the climbing perch can of course, live at ease in the tank.
3, if you can plant a lot of aquatic plants is the best. Even aquariums without planted aquatic plants need to be equipped with softly lit aquatic plant lights. The aquatic plant light can be used to attract color, so that the climbing bass can appear different body color according to the different living environment.
4, good aquarium filtration device is also a must, to avoid strong water flow, fish like in the still, slow water environment.
5, new fish into the tank must be placed to hide. If the fish is injured or sick after jumping from the tank, the climbing perch should be placed in a still-water treatment tank to recuperate. To lower the water level (water level below 10cm) to reduce the burden of the fish floating on the surface of the water to ventilate.
II. Recipes
1. Small fish: such as mosquito eating fish. You can put 1~3cm of small feeder fish in the tank to let the climbing perch feed on their own, and also prevent the climbing perch from fighting due to hunger.
2, shrimp: contains red pigment, need to remove the head and tail and hard shell before feeding.
3, small insects: such as moths and breadworms. These are the favorite food of the tortoise shell bass, before feeding with scissors to remove the wings, claws, mouthparts or head, there are scaly moths also need to remove the scales, these are not easy to digest or can not be digested by the climbing bass.
3, aquarium feed: should choose partial carnivorous fish feed and flake feed. Climbing perch tend to be interested in aquarium feed as opposed to small feeder fish. Climbing perch can also get along with other small feeders in the tank if adequate aquarium feed can be provided. Feeding poor quality aquarium feed should be avoided.
4. Centipedes: Centipedes are the favorite food of climbing perch and the palate teeth should be removed before feeding.
5, vegetables: Occasionally, you can feed spinach leaves, cabbage leaves, lettuce leaves and other fresh vegetable leaves to the climbing perch. :Vegetables are not used as the main food of the fish, vegetable leaves are sometimes soaked in water for 1~2 days to eat.
6, climbing perch can eat many kinds of food, but some food climbing perch eat will lead to digestive condition is not good, so do not feed rice, noodles, pork and so on.
Three, about mixing
Large aquariums required to keep climbing perch, you should choose to mix with fish of comparable size, to avoid mixing with too small and aggressive fish, many people grabbed the turtle shell climbing perch with their bare hands, often by the vertical side of the muzzle and the gills saw stabbed, and therefore think that the species is ferocious and abnormal. In reality, this species is more often than not gentle and calm when not attacked and kept in a sensible environment. However, if starved or kept in too little space, climbing bass will be aggressive.