Yellow Belly Giant
The giant mermaid has a graceful body and beautiful swimming posture. Although it does not have a beautiful appearance, its popularity among aquarium enthusiasts is unparalleled among all other tropical fish. There is no case where an enthusiast who has raised hot fish for many years has raised a giant mermaid. Giant mermaids are not gentle in character, they are territorial and have no special requirements for water quality. It is best not to mix them with small fish.
1. The great man with yellow belly
Also called Purple Face Fairy and Blue Back Fairy. He has little courage and is rare in the market. They often rest in caves or near deep-water rocks, and they need a certain amount of time to deal with the strong light in the aquarium. Provide holes made of live rocks for them to take shelter. Among the Acanthopteridae, it is easier to identify by their color. The bright yellow body is covered with large purple/blue spots scattered on the head and back. The beautiful color easily attracts attention. It rarely pecks soft and hard corals, but occasionally looks for shellfish on them. When young, the fish also likes to be alone and does not want to be associated with other Acanthopteridae fish. When it becomes a fish, it will become more territorial and will also attack other giants or other fish with similar appearance and appearance. Very critical of food. In the wild, they mainly eat sponge materials. In the aquarium, they can feed them frozen or artificial bait, but they need a certain amount of patience and slowly adapt to it. Because it has little courage, you can mix frozen mysids into the sponge when training bait to make it adapt faster and better.
2. Purple-backed Fairy
Purple-backed fairy
Also called female giant. The purple-backed fairy is native to Fiji Island and has an intoxicating yellow body with obvious purple back and dorsal fin. This kind of little giant is not uncommon in the aquarium market, but it happens to be the pursuit of salt water enthusiasts. It needs to be raised in an aquarium of 150 liters or larger and provided with live rocks for it to eat the microalgae on it. You like to eat SPS corals and shellfish, so you should pay attention to this. It is best not to mix them with fish of the same species. Food includes spirulina, seaweed, high-quality common food for giants, mysid shrimp, frozen shrimp and other carnivorous foods.
3. The Orange Bride
Only found in the Mariana Islands and Ogasamoto Islands, domestic sales are very small. These two islands are relatively remote from the mainland. The orange bride is very suitable for aquarium life, and the color of the male and female will be different. Males have darker, more pronounced stripes and blue patches on their gills. If provided with live rock, it will quickly adapt to aquarium survival. They can peck at soft and hard corals, but their main food is seaweed. The only reason they peck at corals is the microalgae food attached to them. Not very aggressive and easily bullied by other aggressive fish. It is recommended to raise the little giant in a separate tank.
Four. Shi Jiaren
Shi Jiaren
The front half of the body It's yellow, and the back half is dark blue. A dark blue stripe extends from the new top to the eye, and the tail is yellow.If kept in an aquarium of 150 liters or above, sufficient shelter and live rocks are required for them to feed. It is best not to put it in a coral tank as it will eat soft and hard corals and shellfish. Males and females cannot distinguish between males and females, making it difficult for them to lay eggs in the aquarium. You may wish to feed spirulina, seaweed, high-quality giant bait, mysid shrimp, and frozen shrimp.
5. Baidianxian
White-spotted fairy
It is also called the keyhole. It is the largest in this genus and looks better than other giant mermaids. It is drier, with a body ranging from dark blue to dark blue. The anal fin and pectoral fin are yellow, and there is an obvious white patch in the center of the body. It needs to be kept in an aquarium of more than 250 liters and provided with live rocks for shelter and feeding. Eat corals and soft bodies. May wish to feed filamentous algae and diatoms. Males and females are difficult to distinguish and difficult to grow in aquariums. >You may wish to feed algae, frozen shrimp, animal feed and giant fish feed
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