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Speaking of doghead fish, many new aquarists may be relatively unfamiliar, but if you talk about puffer fish and submarine fish, it is estimated that there are very few aquarists who do not know, doghead fish are actually ornamental fish that belong to the puffer fish, and some of the more popular doghead fish breeds, most of which can be raised with pure fresh water.
For new aquarists, or do not try some soda fish, then we will be difficult to grasp the salinity, although the data shows that the adaptable sea water ratio of those soda doghead fish is 1.022, but this thing is not a fixed value, with the growth cycle of these soda fish is different, the salinity they need is constantly changing, so it is not easy to do it.
The last picture of this article will make a general summary of some common doghead fish, the water quality they adapt to, and we can refer to it appropriately.
<h1>Several common breeds of doghead fish</h1>
At present, the doghead fish we can buy are roughly crowned doghead fish, zebra doghead fish, red papaya doghead fish, hairy doghead fish, Harley doghead fish, chocolate dolls and so on.
The larger individual doghead fish are the crown doghead fish and the zebra doghead fish, and the smaller individual is the chocolate doll.
<h1>Doghead fish adapt to water quality, water temperature and feeding habits</h1>
Most doghead fish can adapt to neutral or weakly alkaline water quality, suitable for water temperature around 25 degrees is better, feeding habits are meat-eating.
We can choose the corresponding foods of doghead fish according to their size, growth cycle and palatability, such as small fish, small shrimp, small crabs, snails and other foods, which are more likely to eat by doghead fish.
The biggest feature of doghead fish is that the teeth are sharp and sharp, can easily bite the hard shell of various snails, and their large teeth also need to have a process of teeth grinding, so in the food of raising doghead fish, crustacean aquatic organisms can not be lacking, and their food intake is also very large, and grow rapidly.
<h1>Introduction to the main breeds of doghead fish</h1>
First, the crown doghead fish is the king of doghead fish
Crown doghead fish is native to the Congo of Africa, can grow to more than 60 cm in the wild, belongs to the large doghead fish, their body color is also the most beautiful of all the doghead fish, relatively mild personality, adapt to water quality is neutral, water temperature above 26 degrees is appropriate.
Because the Crown Doghead fish is a huge individual, growing very fast, so we still need a larger water body and a strong fish tank filtration system to raise The Crown Doghead Fish, although the Crown Doghead Fish is relatively docile in temperament, to some extent it can be mixed with other ornamental fish, but we are still good at single breeding, even if there will be similar fights between them.
In terms of price, the price of crown doghead fish is more expensive, and we can take a second place and choose zebra doghead fish breeding.
Second, zebra doghead fish is more grumpy
Fish farmers suggest that our first breeding of doghead fish can start from zebra doghead fish, first of all, in terms of cost performance, zebra doghead fish is much cheaper than crown doghead fish.
Zebra doghead fish originated in Africa, in the wild environment can grow to more than 40 cm, but also belongs to the large doghead fish, the same suitable for neutral water quality, breeding water temperature is best at more than 26 degrees, in addition to grumpy, other aspects and crown dog head is no different, so it is best to raise alone, and the water body is wide.
In fact, these medium and large doghead fish, they are very skinny ornamental fish, as long as we can effectively ensure the water quality and water temperature of the fish tank, try not to drug, excessive salt, they can grow normally.
Zebra doghead fish has wild and artificial breeding, the two will also have a certain difference in price, the biggest difference is actually with a lot of native ornamental fish and artificial fish is a truth, wild zebra doghead fish must be more bright color, the pattern is very clear, the body shape and mouth shape is more slender, more sharp teeth, more irritable personality.
We can identify and distinguish them by the above characteristics and prices.
Third, red papaya doghead fish, freshwater doghead fish with variable colors
Red papaya doghead fish is also native to the Congo of Africa, the largest individual can reach 20 cm, they are also very beautiful color of the doghead fish, in adapting to the water quality of the water temperature is similar to the above doghead fish.
Red papaya doghead fish in the personality between the crown and zebra doghead fish, not easy to mix, in addition to red performance, there will be brown, gray, orange and brown, etc., their body color and environmental and genetics, water quality and other factors will have a certain relationship.
Fourth, chocolate doll, the smallest doghead fish
Chocolate dolls are the smallest doghead fish, they are native to India, the largest individual is also under 5 cm, relatively small and exquisite, but also a very cute doghead fish.
Chocolate dolls prefer weak alkaline water quality, and all doghead fish that prefer weak alkaline water quality are biased towards salt-loving varieties, but now chocolate dolls can also be raised in fresh water, and the suitable temperature is also about 25 degrees.
Chocolate dolls are also a full-fledged snail removal master, for small shrimp, small snails are particularly preferred, although their individuals are small, but the same habits as other doghead fish, like to bite the fins of other ornamental fish, not suitable for mixed culture with other ornamental fish, chocolate dolls have a strong regional concept, there are also fights between the same kind, suitable for raising alone as well.
<h1>Other note issues</h1>
Most doghead fish have the habit of turning the sand and lying in the sand to hide, especially the papaya doghead fish, we can raise them in the fish tank appropriate landscaping, you can choose white fine sand or coral sand landscaping, if the number of breeding is large, you must set up certain obstacles, such as shellfish things.
However, the doghead fish has a huge amount of food and excrement, if we only raise it alone, we can choose a bare tank, which avoids the trouble of washing sand.
In addition, although the doghead fish feed fiercely, but does not represent the gastrointestinal function is good, we must grasp the amount of feeding when feeding, eat less and eat more meals, pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of food, do not feed too much in order to watch their feeding behavior, it is easy to cause them enteritis.
Doghead fish and pufferfish, many breeds have a certain degree of toxicity, and they will also bulge their bodies into a ball when they are frightened, I believe that many fish friends who have just started raising doghead fish must want to see them frightened, in fact, this can easily lead to their extreme fear, in this case, and then go to a large number of feeding, will also lead to enteritis.
In addition, we should not easily catch them with our hands, even if they are not poisonous, they may be injured by their sharp teeth.
The interaction behavior of the doghead fish is very good, and it can also chase hands like the Luohan fish, and we can deliberately train them to domesticate, but it must be outside the tank.
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