If the blood parrot fish turns white, you can isolate the sick fish first and perform adjustments such as changing water, lighting, and adding salt. Most of the whitening on the body is caused by the frequency of water changes or water temperature. If you want to improve the whitening problem, you need to understand the specific situation and deal with it in a targeted manner.
1. Reasons for turning white. First, the number of water changes. The parrot's color will become lighter within the first 2-4 hours of changing the water, but it will soon return to red. Similarly, if no new water is added for more than 4 days, the parrot will lose color. Therefore, the water is usually changed every 2-3 days, one third or one quarter at a time. Keeping the water fresh can protect your parrot from fading.
2. Temperature: Parrot fish are prone to lose their distinctive body color or even fade due to psychological reactions, or worse, black stripes or patterns will appear. The water temperature is kept around 28 degrees, which allows the fish to show bright colors and be full of vitality. Parrots that live in low water temperatures for a long time will have fading problems and are prone to illness and death.
3. Light intensity: Parrots are more sensitive to light. Strong light exposure needs to be given on time and quantitatively. Keep it exposed to bright light for 1-2 hours every day, and then let it spend the rest of the day in a darker environment. Remember: the light exposure time should not be too long, and the environment of the fish tank should be kept relatively dark after turning off the lights.
In this way, once there is light again, the owner will find that the parrot is much redder than before. If the fish tank is in a room without facing sunlight, reduce the light exposure by two hours a day and then turn off the lights. If the room is brighter, the light in the room should be properly blocked after the light is illuminated, so that the fish tank is in a dark state. (The duration of light exposure cannot exceed 3 hours a day).
4. Light color: Changing to a red light tube can fully reflect the red color of the fish. Generally, fluorescent lights will make the fish look blue and white.
5. The owner may have discovered that the fish will fade a little in the first few days after it arrives in the tank. This is because it is not consistent. As their adaptability improves, they will gradually get better. So, don't surprise them, which is another simple way to deal with the problem of fading.
6. Maintain sufficient oxygen, because blood parrots are gifted with the ability to heal their mouths (especially special A-level and A-level blood parrots). When introducing water through the gills for breathing, In terms of ability, half of it is missing. Therefore, the respiratory efficiency of the gills becomes a significant Achilles heel. Once the gills are injured or the process of absorbing oxygen is irregular, it will directly affect the mental health of the blood parrot. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a high oxygen supply for blood parrots
For this reason, raising blood parrots requires more maintenance than other fish to maintain better water quality and provide sufficient oxygen. In particular, the melted nutrients in falling water are very important to prevent the massive growth of bacteria and cause gill diseases, and to protect the ability of gill cells to effectively absorb oxygen.
7. Add salt (industrial salt, never iodine-containing table salt), estimate the water sedimentation in the tank, and adjust the salt concentration to be 0.3 to 0.6%, do not exceed 0.8%, sterilize and prevent diseases, add protection when changing water.
8. Don’t let the parrot be frightened, otherwise the fish will turn white or have black spots.
Lighting is very important when raising blood parrots.
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