1. Water temperature: Warm environment can promote the color of fish, so it is recommended to control the water temperature between 24 and 26 degrees Celsius. The sudden change of water temperature will affect the color of fish, so it is necessary to ensure that fish live in a constant temperature state.
2. Illumination: Proper illumination helps to improve the activity of photoreceptor cells in scales, so that the body color of fish is more bright. However, Baolian lantern fish like dark environment, so only let it receive 1 to 2 hours of light every day.
3. Feed: Good quality bait helps the fish to develop color. It is better to choose some small fish and insects to feed them, such as fresh water fleas and nematodes. They can also be fed with hyperchromic feed to make their colors more bright.
The treasure lotus lantern fish is an omnivorous fish, can eat a lot of food. The nutrition of artificial diet is more comprehensive, and the nutritional value of animal bait is higher. When raising fish, the two can be used together. Artificial feed can choose the special feed for lantern fish, while the choice of animal bait is more. Generally, protein-rich fish and insects, such as water fleas, nematodes and red worms, are used to feed them. But these fish and worms often carry bacteria. In order to prevent fish from getting sick, live bait should be disposed of before feeding them. Although some hyperchromic feeds can also make fish colorful, long-term feeding will affect the health of fish.
