1.  The arowana ecological habits

Arowana arapaima fish families belong to the ancient fish, Osteichthyes, is an ancient fish family. The waters of the growth of the wild red dragon, the water temperature between 24-32 degrees Celsius, water quality neutral acidic pH (6.4-6.9), the hardness is relatively low. Arowana was born in the tropical rainforest, so the bottom of the streams mostly mud bottom and dense aquatic plants of the region, so rich in aquatic insects and fish, these insects the fish and shrimp for the basic food of arowana, a pelagic species. The Arowana prey area for insects on the water, therefore, evolved a very good jumping ability, Arowana form to determine their ecological shows the perspective of the arowana to the evolution of things above the water.

2. The farming methods of the arowana

Standard aquarium keeping arowana, it is appropriate in the larval 100CM at present X-40CM X 50CM (H), adult fish aspects 200CM X 60CM X 80CM (H), because the growth of arowana body size can grow to about 50CM to 80CM If the tank is too small, grow to a certain extent, will stop the growth of the (slow) and even lead to fish deformation (deformity), affecting the shape of the arowana, large fish tank can increase its activity, adequate space. Many bait keeping arowana, arowana arowana to native habitat, insects, frogs and small fish for food, feeding also can use these live bait for food, but it should be noted that a lot of changes to the type of feeding, to avoid later cause nutritional imbalance, and singled out a bait, the so-called picky eaters, feeding underwater dragon fish live bait to be taken to avoid, because of the time, the eyes will cause sagging, or eat too fat can also cause this phenomenon, because too much fat arowana will result in the subcutaneous tissue relaxation beneath the affected eye, another way of saying Arowana are pelagic fish in the natural environment, the normal eye to the point of view, rather than down. In captivity live bait is usually in the Bottom, arowana to eat the bottom of the bait, must always be looking down, providing a small way, put a ping pong ball in a vat, the arowana boring bite one bite, the way you can eyes to see table tennis and toward the point of view, this approach is for reference purposes only. Bait feeding the relationship between the the arowana body body color, dragon fish color key is the complement of astaxanthin, astaxanthin is the red line species indispensable things, complementary sources can use a variety of shrimp, crickets , cockroaches, small gecko or sold in the market “love family arowana feed” and “hi dragon fish feed” and “Tetra Arowana feed.

3. Arowana Disease Control and Prevention

Cloudy eyes:

1. The surface of the eye whitish, said the deterioration of water quality, should the aquarium water to replace 1/3, improve water Wenzhi She’s 30 degrees, and by adding the antibiotic, a few days later, it will get better.
2. The alternative scenario, the center of the eye or near the bleaching phenomenon, and even grow the white cotton material, this is mostly a nutritional imbalance or bacterial infection, you can put: Sera in (Cerritos) governance bacteria governance Health pesticides, or the AZOO (love of family) governance bacterial agents direct treatment, while improving water Wenzhi She’s 30 degrees.

Parasite disease:

Mostly based on fish, fleas or anchor worm-based. Fish flea is a flat, discoid crustaceans about one millimeter in diameter, quillback blood adsorbed on the fish skin. The anchor worm is the long form of the parasite, usually buried in the fish muscle and cause ulcers in the attached, the swelling and congestion, arowana rapid disturbed friction fish tank, loss of appetite. Treatment methods as above.

Established scales of disease:

The symptoms of erect scales, it seems as if like pine cones, also known as the pineal disease. The reason is that the deterioration of water quality and bacterial infections. Treatment: Available brine bath with the governance of bacterial drug to strengthen the water to cheer on a daily basis for 1/3 water.

White spot disease:

Insects caused by the white spot, belonging to the ciliate protozoan, and more time, as sprinkled with white powder-like, very scary, arowana in the tank on the friction of the body, do not want to eat, the disease spread rapidly, leaving the epidermis rot seriously will lead to death. Treatments: commercially available many brands can be an effective treatment of white spot disease, such as: Sera in (Cerritos) governance white spots pesticides, the agent of the of AZOO (love of family) and external parasites.

Ascites disease:

Mostly in the larval stage, the causes are mostly fed with fresh bait, or bait with stab injuries to internal organs caused by infection, which causes the internal organs, ascites, late ascites serious, oppression of fish fat, the Arowana out of balance, collapsed and died . Treat the disease and no cure, I am also a prescription under the condition empirically.