The red lotus lantern fish is one kind of bodily form quite small fish, likes the collective activity very much. If you can raise dozens of them together, you will be able to observe the spectacular scene of them swimming and playing together. In addition, they like quiet and comfortable water environment, do not like strong light irradiation, so when feeding, we should pay attention to the adjustment of luminosity. Generally speaking, as long as we can understand their habits, they are very easy to raise.
1, water temperature: red lotus lantern fish like to live in the water environment between 22-24 ℃. But when they are breeding, they need to adjust the temperature by 25 degrees Celsius. Therefore, when raising, we should pay attention to controlling the water temperature.
2. Water quality: They are suitable for living in weak acidic old water. The acidity and alkalinity of the water body should be controlled within the range of 6.4-6.8, and the hardness should be maintained between 4-8 degrees. When they are in the breeding period, the water body should be soft water, the hardness is about 1 degree, and the acidity and alkalinity of the water body are between 5.6 and 6.8. They should be placed in artificial fish nests for breeding. In addition, because they like to live in the old water environment very much, they should control the number of water changes, do not change water frequently, and the amount of water changes should not be too much each time.
3. Feeding: They do not have too high requirements for food. Fish, worms, tubificidae, and dry feed are all acceptable.
