The water quality of guppy needs water temperature. The acceptable water temperature range of guppy is 65438 08℃ to 34℃. If it is lower than 18℃, it is likely to cause loss of appetite, mental paralysis and water mold infection. So you can decide whether to use the heater according to your personal situation. In summer, the room temperature is often higher than 30℃, and the weather is hot, so the owner is usually too lazy to change the water, so the concentration of feed residue, excrement and nitrous acid in the water will rise rapidly, threatening the survival of guppy. Moreover, the high temperature is accompanied by the rapid metabolism of guppies, which leads to a large loss of calcium in the body. So big old fish tend to bend their spine. The greater the curvature, the easier it is to oppress the internal organs and threaten the survival of guppies. The solution to this problem is to lower the temperature. There are many ways to reduce the temperature. The easiest way is to turn on the air conditioner at home, but the disadvantage is to pay more electricity bills. Another method is more economical, but more laborious, and that is "changing water frequently". If you can change the water every day, it can be reduced by several degrees, and the peacock can grow fast and the fish is healthy, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. The most suitable PH value for guppy is between PH 6.5 and pH 7.5, and the pH value in water has a great influence on guppy. The pH value is logarithmic, so the water with PH5 is ten times that of PH6 and one hundred times that of pH 7. So it's only a small gap of "1" for human beings. I'm afraid the guppy has been tortured to death. In addition, it should be noted that if the frequency of water change is low, with the passage of time, due to various factors, the water quality has already turned acidic. At this time, if the water is suddenly changed in large quantities, it will inevitably have a considerable impact on guppy. Hardness guppies like hard water, and the hardness is about 10 ~ 15 degrees. Nevertheless, the moderator personally thinks that the hardness of water will not have much influence on guppies. Take two countries with a long history of raising peacocks as examples: Germany and Japan, where the water is hard and the water quality in Japan is soft. These two completely different conditions can raise peacocks. This is also one of the reasons why many people often say that guppy is easy to raise. Nitrite concentration Nitrite concentration also has a considerable impact on the survival of peacocks. Although the adaptability of peacocks to nitrite concentration far exceeds that of other fish species (according to the data, the nitrite concentration that peacocks can tolerate is about 100 times that of colorful immortals), once the nitrite concentration is too high, it will always be a kind of harm to peacocks, especially the aquarium is a completely closed water body. In addition, we usually raise fish at a high density. If we are not careful, the guppy may die suddenly in a short time. As the owners of fish, we can't ignore the importance of this problem. There are many reagents for detecting nitrite concentration in the market, which can easily measure the approximate value. To solve the problem of high nitrite concentration, the fastest way is to replace it with chlorine-removed fresh water immediately. However, if the concentration of nitrite is too high for a long time, it is necessary to consider whether the filtration effect is too poor or the feeding density of fish is too high. There are quite a few kinds of artificial feeds on the market at present, which can be roughly divided into three types: 1. Feed paper; Second, pellet feed; Third, frozen feed. These feeds are the easiest to obtain and feed. In addition, there is a feed specially developed for guppy, which should be the choice of most guppy owners as a staple food, with quite complete nutrients. The use of live bait has always been a sham, because the nutritional value of live bait is far better than that of artificially treated feed, but it is also accompanied by safety problems. As a host, you must not be careless, otherwise the sequelae will make you feel that it is better to feed directly! The safest live bait at present should be shrimp (nauplii)! It doesn't take too long to prepare, and it doesn't need too many formalities. But feed them as soon as possible after hatching, because the most nutritious thing for nauplii is that when they hatch with yolk sac, if the yolk has been absorbed by nauplii for too long, the nutritional value will be slightly discounted. If netizens have the habit of incubating prawns to feed peacocks, if there are many hatched prawns, they can be frozen and used for feeding next time, as long as they are thawed. There is also a kind of water flea, which can reproduce with green water. It should be noted that water fleas just collected from the wild should not be directly fed to fish, because water fleas are the intermediate hosts of camel nematodes, and once they are parasitized by camel nematodes, it cannot be solved in a few words! Moreover, the Daphnia collected in the wild may have a high bacterial content in the wild water. If it rashly enters the fish tank, it may infect the little baby in the greenhouse-guppies. Also, pay attention to what kind of Daphnia you get. If it belongs to cyclops, it is not suitable because of its hard shell. In addition, the longest-lived bait used in some aquariums is earthworm, which has very high nutritional value. If you put some in the fish tank, it can survive for a long time, so that your peacock can keep eating, so that the peacock fish will grow quite fast, and it can also be used as a drug bait. The medicine is fed to the earthworm first to become a drug guide, and then to the peacock fish, and the effect is quite good. In this way, earthworm should be the most perfect feed, but because the source of earthworm is collected from the wild, although some aquariums will disinfect it first, no one can guarantee that earthworm will not carry parasitic eggs, so users have to pay attention. The feeding method of guppies starts from the birth of guppies. Friends who love fish must be busy preparing all kinds of delicious food. After the peacock fish is born, it will swim and eat soon. If they find that the mother peacock is about to give birth, they can start preparing to hatch the harvest shrimp. When the fish is born, there will be a rich first meal, but remember to pay attention to the amount of feeding. If you eat too much feed, it will pollute the water quality and cause adverse effects. If you don't have shrimp eggs on hand, or have no hatching experience, you can also take the flaky feed of adult fish and grind the flaky feed into crumbs for small fish to eat. It should be noted that the amount of bait should not be too much, so as not to pollute the water quality because small fish can't finish eating. Another kind is to use boiled egg yolk, wrap it in a net, and shake it slightly in the water, not too much. Because it is too nutritious, the pollution of residual bait will be even more terrible. If necessary, be prepared to change the water immediately after feeding. Usually, you can try to feed the peacock with high-protein food before the gender separation, but after the male and female fish can be raised separately, it is best not to let the male fish eat too much high-protein food, so as to avoid the waist of the male fish becoming too thick, and the female fish need not worry. You can try to feed the female fish to make it more round, but if the feeding amount increases, you should adjust the frequency of changing water relatively to avoid the rapid deterioration of water quality, causing diseases and hurting guppies. Usually, mature guppy will be happy to eat all kinds of feed, but it is best not to use the same feed often, and you can change some tastes occasionally, mainly to prevent problems caused by unbalanced nutrition. There is no doubt that any fish must be kept in a fish tank. Generally speaking, except for the special-sized fish tanks mainly designed by aquatic plants, almost all players who usually cultivate guppies have quite a lot of tanks, which are about one foot, one foot two, one foot three, one foot half and two feet. Other pet boxes that we often use are also good tools for temporary emergency. If you are interested in keeping peacocks for a long time and fall into the trap of peacock breeding, you'd better make a good plan when you set up the tank, and leave room for future expansion in advance. Don't have fish tanks everywhere, which will only increase management troubles. Filtration system Filtration system is more important in the artificial culture environment, because the fish tank is a very closed environment, and fish excrement has accumulated in the water. If there is no way to eliminate these wastes, peacocks will definitely not be beautiful, or even reduce their disease resistance for a long time. Imagine how many people can stand it for a long time if human beings live in a place full of garbage and can't handle it, not to mention the peacock fish, which is more fragile than human beings. Because most players of guppies raise different strains of peacock independently in many fish tanks, if each fish tank is equipped with a complete filtration system, I'm afraid not everyone can afford it. Therefore, the most commonly used filtering method for guppy players is to use sponge pneumatic filter, which is also the main filter we discuss. The advantages of sponge filter are convenient installation and light economic burden. And don't worry that the small fish laid by the mother peacock will be sucked in by the filter. The disadvantage is that sponges are more susceptible to blockage, so users had better clean them regularly, because some pathogenic factors will always remain in the filter cotton. If left untreated for a long time, I'm afraid diseases will often occur. There is also a commonly used submerged filter, which absorbs water with a motor and then filters impurities in the water with a filter cotton. The effect is quite good, and there are quite a few kinds of products on the market. It can be said that it is very convenient to clean filter cotton regularly, but the cost is too high. If you have a large number of fish tanks on hand, I'm afraid you have to use one for each tank, which will cost a lot of money. Other filters, such as upward filter, cylinder filter and even trickle filter, can be used in peacock fish tank as long as the filtering effect is good, but the most important thing is to suit the size of your fish tank and the feeding budget. Some people think that lighting is necessary for the growth of peacocks, while others disagree. The host thinks that it is not necessary to use special aquarium lights, but at least there should be light to create a feeling of day and night. According to the moderator's experience, guppies in the dark are less likely to accept bait. The color of guppy will also be dim, which will increase the speed of grabbing food and reduce the chance of excessive pollution of water quality by residual bait when there is light; The color of guppies will also be brighter. Moreover, in the case of sufficient light, it is more convenient to observe whether the peacock is sick and when to prepare to send small fish and other daily routine work. For some peacock fish players, the number of fish tanks managed at ordinary times is huge, so it is impossible to install lamps in every fish tank. In the long run, the electricity bill is also a big expense, so most of them don't pay much attention to lighting, enough to complete some daily work, and friends who just started to raise peacocks don't have to spend too much money on lamps. Temperature control system The temperature range that guppies can tolerate is quite wide, from 18 degrees to 30 degrees, so it is not necessary to have a temperature control system. But if it's really hot in summer, it's best to keep the place where guppy is raised well ventilated, otherwise the temperature is too high and the metabolism of guppy will be too fast. For mature peacocks, too fast metabolism can easily lead to accelerated calcium loss in the body. If postpartum disorder is added, the spine may bend, so it is best not to let the temperature exceed 30 degrees. As for winter, the growth rate of peacock is slowed down because of the drop of water temperature, but the growth rate of peacock fish can be controlled, and its life will not be exhausted prematurely because of long-term heating. Keeping guppies at a constant temperature has some sequelae, such as being very sensitive to changes in water temperature. As long as there is power failure or heater failure, it will cause no small problem. Bottom sand commonly used to raise peacocks should be regarded as silica sand commonly used in aquatic plant tanks. In fact, guppies have strong adaptability, so long as neutral bottom sand is used, there is no problem. Some people like to raise peacocks with coral sand, because coral sand can make water hard and alkaline, and create an environment that peacocks like, but we should also be careful not to let the PH value be too high, otherwise it will be counterproductive; If you want to grow some aquatic plants together, you must consider whether you can accept this water quality. As far as the moderators are concerned, they keep guppies in bare tanks just to breed peacocks. It is convenient to change water and remove deposited feces without laying bottom sand. However, it is more suitable for friends who have a little experience in fish farming, so it is better to change water to take care of them, otherwise the peacock will not live happily. I suggest you register in the forum of the Ornamental Fish House, where there are very detailed introductions and fish experts to answer all kinds of questions for you.