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If you want your fish to grow healthily and vigorously, good fish feed is indispensable. So, do you know what common ornamental fish feeds are? Animal feed, plant feed, artificial compound feed, etc. are common fish feeds. How do you choose ornamental fish feed? Good fish food is added with natural astaxanthin, without spraying oil, and has a strong smell of fish and shrimp.

What are the common ornamental fish feeds

Acrylic Automatic Shrimp Feeder 200mm-350mm

1. Animal feed

Animal feed is mainly fresh feed and fish meal, dried fish and insects, meat meal, fish meat, egg yolks, nauplii shrimp, juvenile earthworms (nematodes), juvenile shrimp, rotifers, "tadpoles", yellow mealworm larvae, Silkworm pupae, blood worms, etc.

2. Plant-based feed

Plant-based feeds include various algae, cereals, leguminous ground products or finished products. For example, chlorella, spirulina, and barberry are rich in protein, and also contain various vitamins and trace elements. They are auxiliary feeds for freshwater ornamental fish.

3. Artificial feed

The artificial feed has the characteristics of convenient use, comprehensive nutrition, easy preservation, and feeding. This kind of feed has various types such as pellets and flakes, as well as special feeds specially designed for some specific ornamental fish tastes and nutritional ratios. Artificial feed not only contains a large amount of protein but also generally adds a variety of microbial live bacteria, providing a benign micro-ecological cycle, with good absorption and environmental protection effects.

The main animal raw materials of artificial compound feed are fish meal, blood meal, liver meal, dried noodles, dried wire earthworms, skim milk powder, yeast, etc., and plant-derived materials are wheat flour, cereal flour, spirulina, bean flour and so on.

4. Self-made feed

In actual breeding, the feed can be self-matched, can be supplied for a long time, and can be used alone with fish and insects. The self-made feed can add vitamins or antibiotic drugs to prevent and cure diseases, which has many advantages. For example, the "bull heart burger" that colorful angelfish loves to eat can be self-made. The main ingredients are beef heart, shrimp, vegetables, multivitamins, etc., which are broken and mixed with a meat grinder, and cut into pieces when used. It can also be frozen for a short time. "Bull heart burger" type self-made feed has become the staple food of colorful angelfish.

How to choose an ornamental fish feed

1. Color of fish food

In the process of making ornamental fish feed, some pigments will be added to meet the existing consumer habits, so that the appearance of the feed will look brighter and more attractive. In fact, the addition of these pigments has little to do with increasing the body's redness of the fish. These pigments only increase the ornamental of fish food. Of course, some fish also consider color as food. High-quality feed formula + astaxanthin + special process are the factors that have a bearing on the color of the fish. At present, there are two cases of pigments added to the commercially available ornamental fish feed.

2. Fish coloring time

Many aquarists like fish foods that increase colorfast. It is wrong to think that the faster the color increase effect, the better or slower the better. It is wrong to add natural astaxanthin to good fish foods. Slow red is the best for 2-4 weeks. The most beneficial.

3. The appearance of fish food

Many aquarists like oily-looking fish food, and feel that oily and bright fish have a special appetite for fish. It is true that many feeds have an oil spraying process in the production process. The purpose is to improve the brightness of the feed and improve Attractively, but it is also harmful to fish. The international export standard of fish food is strictly prohibited from spraying oil. Good fish food should also eat fish without spraying oil.

4. The smell of fish food

Good fish food should have a strong smell of fish and shrimp. Poor fish food often has very little or no smell. Everyone should know that (some companies add antibiotic drugs (such as allicin) to their products, so the feed has drugs. (Smell.) In order to explain that their products have a large content of fishmeal, some fish flavors, such as fishy treasure and fish flavor, are added to make them fake. Such products generally have a strong fish aroma. For example, after soaking in water for a period of time, the fish and shrimp flavor disappears or fades.

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Riccia fluitans and Glossostigma elatinoides are the two most common varieties in the aquatic plant world, and they are the species that people prefer more when they choose to plant water grass.

When breeding such kinds of aquatic plant species, in addition to scientific and reasonable care, but also regular trimming. Cut off the aging and rotten leaves, so that the new leaves can grow normally, and let the water plant always maintain a beautiful and tough status.

For Glossostigma elatinoides, it is like a green velvet carpet, and the emerald green luster can always amaze people's eyes as if people are sloping on the green grassland, breathing the fragrance of green grass.

It is not easy to maintain the whole area of Glossostigma elatinoides. When the Glossostigma elatinoides grow too dense, the lower grass will rot and rot because they cannot reach the light. So the method of trimming the Glossostigma elatinoides is that When the growth is too dense, the leaves should be trimmed directly from the top, and the new leaves will grow back after trimming.

This kind of trimming method depends on the environmental conditions and the frequency of trimming times. But the maximum is 2-3 times. After multiple trimming, the new leaves will no longer grow, or the leaves become smaller. At this time, it needs to be replanted.

Riccia fluitans is like an elf in the water. Bubbles will pop up from the end of the leaf, like a layer of crystal clear pearl, dazzling and charming. Makes people fascinated in looking at it.

Riccia fluitans is a rootless aquatic plant, which needs to be fixed with plastic net or cotton thread when planting. And when it reaches a thickness, if without trimming, it will float to the surface like a cloud.

Since Riccia fluitans produces many oxygen bubbles during photosynthesis, it will increase the buoyancy of aquatic plants. The water plants at the bottom will also turn wither-yellow or even rot because they cannot reach the light; When the buoyancy is too strong, the water plants will float to the water surface.

So when trimming, we can use thinning methods, just like trimming the hair to make multiple layers. Trimming with water grass scissors at an oblique angle, only trim a part of the water grass, and the top growth parts could not completely be trimmed or destroyed.

Here I recommend this kind of tools: Plants Aquascaping Tools Kit

This kind of trimming does less damage to the moss, and the water grass recovers faster.

Different species of aquarium plant mesh have differences when trimming. We can make effective trimming methods according to the specific form of the water plant and the specific setting of the planted tank, so that the water plant can also fully show its beauty and toughness.

SENZEAL: THE MOST SUITABLE CHOICE FOR AQUARIUM

If you want to buy high-quality aquarium accessories at a reasonable price, then believe me Senzeal must be the best choice for you. Senzeal is the ultimate destination for aquarium accessories, here it provides a variety of aquarium-related products, mainly including sustainable and high quality aquatic biological equipment, aquarium accessories, aquarium decorations, fish care, and plant care, to provide you with the best shopping experience. Our online store offers the latest and best quality of aquarium-related products. Therefore our facilities use state-of-the-art equipment and technology to maintain the water quality conditions and the optimum health of all aquatic life. You can comfortably shop on Senzeal.com at home, we will use the safest transportation system, to ensure that all products before arriving at your home can get the best care.

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 how to get rid of hair algae planted tank? also known as black brush algae, is one of the most common algae in the planted tank, and one of the most difficult algae to remove in the planted tank. It has certain damage to aquatic plants and will affect the beauty of the entire planted tank. The reason why there are black hair algae in a planted tank is that the ecological balance of the aquarium was not established in the early stage, giving the black hair algae a chance to survive.

The features of black hair algae:

1.Light

The black hair algae is a kind of algae that can use almost all visible light for photosynthesis, and the photosynthesis it can perform is impossible for other aquatic plants and other plants. This is why it is easy to survive in any environment.

2.Nutrition

The structure of the black hair algae is very different from other algae. Its body contains an ammonia-fixing enzyme, which can convert the dissolved ammonia in the tank and absorb it by itself, but it has a weak ability to absorb phosphorus.

3.Reproduction

The black hair algae are mainly derived from spores-like reproduction. They usually bring in these spores when other new creatures are kept in the aquarium.

Based on the above reasons, we have summarized some methods for removing the black hair algae:

In the early stage when the black hair algae began to reproduce, you can add some snails, Yamato algae shrimp and other algae eaters in the tank and let them eat the black hair algae. After the algae-removing creatures are put in the tank, the feed amount should be reduced, because too much feces and feed in the tank will also provide the black hair algae a good living condition. At the same time, you need to change the fish tank water frequently. If possible, you can use germicidal lights to reduce the number of spores in the water. We suggest you try this Aquarium UV Sterilizer. It can also help to kill bacteria and viruses in the aquarium. Usually, it can not be put in the fish tank directly. It should be placed in the filter tank if you have one. If you do not have a filter tank, we suggest you add the Aquarium UV Light Hood first before putting the UV light into the aquarium. When changing the tank water, you must clean up the feces of the organisms in the tank. At the same time, you must cut off the leaves which have the black hair algae to prevent it from reproducing. There are already special medicaments for removing the black hair algae now, and the effect is also good. But when you use them, you must pay attention to the dosage. You need to remove the aquatic creatures before adding the medicament in the tank. You can also add some drugs that remove phosphorus.

SENZEAL: THE MOST SUITABLE CHOICE FOR AQUARIUM

If you want to buy high-quality aquarium accessories at a reasonable price, then believe me Senzeal must be the best choice for you. Senzeal is the ultimate destination for aquarium accessories, here it provides a variety of aquarium-related products, mainly including sustainable and high quality aquatic biological equipment, aquarium accessories, aquarium decorations, fish care, and plant care, to provide you with the best shopping experience. Our online store offers the latest and best quality of aquarium-related products. Therefore our facilities use state-of-the-art equipment and technology to maintain the water quality conditions and the optimum health of all aquatic life. You can comfortably shop on Senzeal.com at home, we will use the safest transportation system, to ensure that all products before arriving at your home can get the best care.

Although the feeder is a rising star in the stamping industry, it is widely used as an automated production equipment because of its high precision, high stability, and multi-purpose use. It has gradually replaced the roller feeder as the leading feeding equipment in the industry.  It is an industry that pays great attention to efficiency and precision. It is very precise. The details are very important, and often a detail is not done well, which will cause various problems in the feeder. Then the accuracy of the punching machine NC servo roll feeder is related to what factors, Kinglan tells us below.

1. Mechanical part

The mechanical part of each press servo roll feeder is made up of many spare parts. Small screws can also cause the machine to malfunction. Any small links can cause big mistakes. In this machinery industry, we should pay more attention to the fact that large-scale mechanical equipment is assembled with various parts. One ring and one ring will damage the operation of any whole machine. Therefore, each accessory plus process technology, using different materials, will also affect the feeding accuracy. (For example, whether the gear is grinded strictly, whether the wheel is grinded with silk several times, what is the thickness of the wall board, and what kind of material is used in, all of them all affect the accuracy of accessories.)

2. The quality of the electrical parts used is good or bad.

Everyone knows that the electrical part of the NC servo roll feeder is controlled by the servo motor and PLC operation. Therefore, the precision is relatively high, like the Youyi NC servo roll feeder with an accuracy of up to 0.02mm, and the operation is convenient. When manufacturers use accessories with poor brand or high imitation goods, the quality of the accessories themselves is not good, the accuracy is not high, how can be used in the equipment to achieve high precision. That's why prices vary from house to house.

3. Whether the installation and commissioning are correct

The NC servo roll feeder is installed on the punch to be used. When the installation is unqualified, the feeding accuracy will affect the feeding operation. If the installation is correct, but the debugging method is wrong, it will also affect the feeding accuracy, such as the relaxation is not in place, the material is not placed when it is fixed. 

The power press auto feeder is used with the press machine automatic production line equipment for press machine, which plays the role of accurate conveying and leveling of the press machine equipment. The power press auto feeder punch press automatic production line is widely used in the market, such as mechanical manufacturing, electrical equipment, instruments, screens, electrical control cabinets, hardware processing, auto parts and other industries of stamping production. The NC power press auto feeder is equipped with CNC press machine, which can realize the production of one line of products such as fully automatic feeding, leveling and processing. It can make the whole machine tool realize the whole material feeding machine, automatic material discharging, automatic feeding, automatic stamping and other functions, which can fully utilize raw materials to ensure manual safety production and improve production efficiency. It can also process stamping for complex graphic products. Specifically, let’s look at the power press auto feeder application installation case!

In the use of the power press auto feeder, the raw materials are fixed by the pneumatic machinery, and a zero point position is set. After that, the feeding system automatically sends the coffin to the punching position below the punch punch according to the shape of the required punching hole. After punching a hole, the punch is automatically lifted, and the feeding system sends the next punching position of the coffin to the punch below the punch. Repeating the flushing until it is completely flushed back to the zero position as required.

The overall application of the automatic feeder for power press is to place the material on the fixed frame of the automatic feeder, fix it by air pressure, and then input the corresponding data into the operation interface dialog box of the feeding system according to the size of the coffin and the required product. In the parameter column, after the operator inputs the value, the system will automatically calculate according to the filled data, eliminating the complicated human calculation and programming process and realizing automatic production. It is also possible to perform a separate jog operation according to customer requirements.