Red Swordfish is a kind of semi-salmonophilic freshwater fish, which requires clear water, moderate hardness and stable pH value. Therefore, the fish mixed with it must have similar water quality requirements, such as Moscow Sugar, Pearl Fighting Fish, Goldfish and so on.

At the same time, the red swordfish is an aggressive and aggressive species, so when mixing with it, avoid mixing it with stable species, such as silverfish, silver dragon, red-spotted three-point, and other docile character species.

2, mixing taboos

Red swordfish have a certain sense of territory and aggressiveness, so it is not suitable to mix with brightly colored varieties with similar tail shapes, such as peacockfish, diagonal banded peacock. In addition, it is not suitable to mix with varieties with inconsistent temperatures, such as koi, grass carp, etc. These fish are not suitable to be placed in the same aquarium with the red swordfish.

Additionally, it is not advisable to mix with species that are aggressive in nature to prevent similar food competition. Fierce species such as tigerfish and blackback bream are not suitable for mixing with red swordfish.

3. Recommendations for mixing

Red swordfish is a predator that feeds mainly on small fish, so mixing with small fish will be more effective. For example, small salmon, lantern fish and other advantageous vitality species. These species are relatively docile and will not affect the survival of the red swordfish, harmonizing with each other to form an ecological balance.

And Galaxias, Tigerfish, and Butterflyfish are also better mixed species for Red Swordfish. These species have excellent color and beautiful appearance, mixing can make the whole aquarium has a better ornamental.

4, mixing notes

In the process of mixing, we must often observe the state of the red swordfish, and deal with the fight between the different species in a timely manner. If there is fighting behavior between the two species, you can choose to strengthen the filtration and other situations to balance the water quality, to prevent excessive waste such as ammonia and nitrogen, affecting water quality.

At the same time, in the mixed feeding should be reasonable control of the feeding amount, according to the needs of different varieties to the reasonable supplementation of feed. Reasonable nutritional matching is conducive to the growth of various species, but also can control the water quality, to prevent the water quality is not good because of too much feed.