Map fish is a large tropical fish, like a warm environment. Usually the water temperature should be maintained between 25-31 degrees Celsius, in this range, the fish can survive. If you want to make it grow better, you can control the temperature around 26-28 degrees Celsius. If the water temperature is not suitable, the fish body is very easy to get sick. Especially in the seasonal stage, we must heat or cool the fish tank in time to avoid its impact.
The map fish has a relatively large appetite, and it is an out-and-out big eater. There are many kinds of feed to be fed, such as earthworms, water fleas and so on in the juvenile period, and small fish, shrimps and loaches need to be fed after adult fish. To feed 2-3 times a day, each feeding mouth to control in half an hour to eat. It should be noted that if feeding loach, it must be cut into sections, can not be directly fed alive.
The map fish is relatively large in size and very slow in action, but it is very fierce in character and very greedy. Usually, it should not be mixed with small fish, otherwise it will become its food. As an oviparous fish, it will enter the mature period when it grows to 18 months, and it can reproduce several times a year, mostly in summer and autumn. When breeding, it needs to be placed in a breeding box, and the bottom can be covered with stones or porcelain plates so that the eggs can attach.
