The male body length of the red-tailed crown fish is about 20 centimeters, and the female is slightly smaller. The dorsal fin of this fish is very long, extending from the gill cover to the caudal peduncle, and the caudal fin and dorsal fin are golden or red after sexual maturity, the color is very beautiful.
1, fish tank landscaping: The red tail crown fish belongs to the medium and large cichlid fish, because the body is relatively large, so it needs a certain space for its activities in the fish tank, usually with a length of 100 cm of the fish tank to raise. In addition, the bottom sand can be laid in the tank, and some aquatic plants can be planted, which can also play a decorative effect.
2. Water temperature and water quality: The red-tailed crown fish is a tropical fish, so the water temperature should be controlled at 20-28 ℃, preferably at about 25 ℃, and the minimum temperature should not be lower than 17 ℃. It does not require high water quality, weak acid or weak alkaline water can be raised, Ph maintained at around 6.5-8 on it.
3. Regular feeding: The red-tailed crown fish likes to eat animal feed, so it can be fed with mealworms, tubificidae, water fleas, red worms, fish and shrimp. In addition, you can also feed a little high protein artificial feed, in order to maintain its body color, need to supplement green algae and other foods.
4. How to mix: There are many choices for mixing with red tail crown fish, but they are basically large tropical fish, such as map fish, parrot fish, ten fish, arowana, red tail cat, red devil and so on. If small fish are mixed, they will often be eaten by it.
