I Contents of food
1 Live fish and shrimp. Some people say this is the best food for brontosaurus. But then, the purchase of live fish and shrimp live place is not always inside the ocean, so their bodies of disease-causing bacteria and parasites we can not guarantee less than the amount of harmful. Therefore, it is generally not recommended as the first choice of food. But conditions, want to feed live fish and shrimp, you can choose to raise a separate tank of feed fish, so that the quality may be able to meet the basic requirements.
2 Frozen fish and frozen shrimp. About this type of food, when feeding must be careful to be completely melted, otherwise it will make the brontosaurus gastrointestinal inflammation. The choice of this type of food or tend to be healthy live fish frozen for good, in addition to freezing for too long is also a feed flesh corruption.
3 Insects, worms. These are also the ideal food for brontosaurus you, but there are also restrictions on the selection. For example, breadworm and barleyworm these two nutrients are too high, it is easy to cause the fish to gain weight. And fish eating worms is equivalent to human drugs, fed a few times is not easy to change the food.
4 Dried food – dried shrimp. This food is an option for long-term feeding and is very convenient. Just nutrition will not be able to keep up, so it is not recommended as the main food choice, it is best used as a supplement.
5 Feed. A good quality feed is an extremely convenient and hassle-free food for most people, and nutritious and tasty for fish.
Second, the control of the amount of feeding
Because the brontosaurus’ resistance to hunger is very strong, so it is recommended that it is better not to feed than to feed too much. Feeding too much brontosaurus can not keep up with the digestive capacity, easy to get gastroenteritis. The body will also go out of shape. Feeding example: one meal of feed and one dried shrimp per day. Feeding 1~2 days a week, 1 month regularly feed some feed fish you raise.
Three temperature control
The brontosaurus does not require high conditions for water temperature, for example, the appropriate temperature for the seven-color brontosaurus is 22~28 degrees Celsius, above and below this point will cause harm to its body.
Four change the frequency of water and water flow
In fact, many brontosaurus live inside live water, so it is necessary to set the right water flow rate in the tank. The frequency of water change can be chosen to change one third of the tank every two weeks, and then one third every three weeks. The number of water changes should not be too many, and not changing water for a long time is not good.