Ning Weimin was very selective and carefully inquired about the fish farming situation with the fish seller.
I bought these pairs of mature angelfish at a high price.
He strictly followed the instructions in the past regarding the temperature of the water and what kind of fish food the small fish usually feed, and he raised them very carefully.
Therefore, these pairs of fish moved to the new environment and adapted very well.
There was neither sick nor dead.
And within a few days, a small tube appeared under the body of the male and female fish of the pair of "Three-Colored Fairies" and began to droop.
This means that good things are coming.
Ning Weimin was overjoyed, and sure enough, one day in early June, the female fish began to lick the board.
This is a sign of actively cleaning the spawning area.
When it becomes more and more frequent, it reaches the point where it licks the board almost non-stop.
Ning Weimin knew that it was time to make special preparations for the incubation tank for breeding fish eggs, and it was time to receive the money!
To be honest, the technical requirements in this area are actually not difficult.
The main thing is to control the water temperature and oxygen.
Specifically, you need to trap the water in advance, and then set the water temperature in the hatching tank to be slightly higher than the temperature in the breeding tank.
Finally, you must ensure that the trapped water in the hatching tank is fully oxygenated.
Of course, since there are no professional electric equipment these days, all this can only be ensured through local methods.
For example, regarding temperature, Ning Weimin except the sun and water.
The only thing that can be done is light bulb baking.
He used a wooden board to connect four large sixty-watt light bulbs to illuminate the bathtub.
The power is just okay, not half as effective as a bathroom heater.
As for oxygen, it requires even more effort.
There was no oxygen in the trapped water, and Ning Weimin had nowhere to get an oxygen pump.
He could only create artificial oxygen by repeatedly stirring it with a ladle.
This is the main reason why angelfish are scarce on the market at this time.
Although the trick is just a thin layer of paper, due to lack of equipment, it is a new thing.
Except for Ning Weimin, no one in this generation knows how to pierce it.
Simple technology seems very high-end at this time.
This should be regarded as a kind of dividend of the times.
In short, after Ning Weimin struggled for almost two hours, the female fish finally began to lay eggs on the spawning plate.
At this time, the male fish also follows up and sprays sperm on the eggs.
It seems that the male fish will swim slowly above the birth plate with the female fish, which is called "sliding plate".
The whole process will last about an hour before the egg laying is over.
During this period, the most fearful thing is that the sound and drastic changes in light will disturb the male and female fish.
So just to be on the safe side, Ning Weimin not only left the house by himself.
He even stood outside at the window, begging the neighbors passing by to keep quiet as much as possible.
He makes everyone look at him as a godly person.
After the egg laying is completed successfully, Ning Weimin will take away the egg-laying board.
Then carefully place it in the prepared hatching tank, which is called the "lifting plate method" in the industry.
But at this point, I can only say that I am relieved, and it is far from done.
The last few days are the most important for successful incubation.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the fish eggs can "roll on the plate" smoothly.
Ning Weimin not only put his own diluted eye drops in the water to ensure water quality and inhibit the growth of bacteria in the water.
He even went to the master who had been repairing his watch a few days ago and borrowed an old dust-blowing airbag.
After connecting this thing, the thin plastic straw was inserted into the incubation tank, facing the birth plate, and from time to time, he had to pinch it a few times.
Haolai supplies sufficient oxygen with minimal movement.
But even so, after twenty hours of incubation, it is still inevitable that a few bad eggs will appear.
Normal fish eggs are generally transparent.
The bad eggs will turn white and will be opaque under light.
Needless to say, the harm of these bad eggs is that they will continue to infect surrounding fish eggs.
Only after forty-eight hours did the fish eggs begin to grow small tails one after another, and began to shake and roll down to the bottom of the tank.
Only dead eggs that have deteriorated will stop causing damage.
This is called "rolling board".
After all the fish eggs rolled down, the little fish all gathered at the bottom of the tank and squirmed like little bugs.
This situation will basically last for another two days before the small fish can grow eyes and start to "take off".
But at this point, the loss threshold has basically been passed.
It was only then that Ning Weimin could truly relax.
Not to mention anything else, being able to successfully incubate seven achievements is the biggest reward.
Make a rough estimate of your upcoming profits
Ning Weimin suddenly felt that all his efforts had been in vain. He was so tired and suffered for this - it was worth it!
Five days later, when the small fish grows its upper and lower fins and swims together, the scene is quite spectacular!
Not to mention that Ning Weimin was happy to see it, even the fishmonger named Gu Si'er who he brought back from the market was very happy to see it.
"Oh my god! Brother, are you really born from the same litter?"
"That's right. Don't look at it. Instead of being the same parents, how can they be the same? Just that pair, that pair of 'three-color' cubs."
"Oh, you are really like a fish with a handle! I admire you! I have never seen anyone who can hatch so many. It would be good if there are thirty or forty in a nest. You must be considered a success.
I have a unique skill..."
"No, I'm not bragging. I'm the only scorpion in the capital. If you want to find a second person, you really can't find one."
"No, I'm convinced. I'm absolutely convinced. I'm meeting an expert today. Isn't it true that your ancestors did this?"
"How is that possible? What kind of species do we raise here? This trick was found in foreign magazines, and I saw it..."
"No wonder, you still know foreign characters?"
"What's the matter? I speak English very well. Do you understand me?"
"I don't understand. Hey, master! Otherwise, this person must be very capable and capable. There are opportunities to make money everywhere..."
In short, one of them truly admires her, the other deserves it, and they are both people who know how to play with fish, so the two of them chatted happily.
However, despite the high spirits of these talks, it seemed like they wanted to become close friends. When it came to actual interests, Ning Weimin was a little disappointed.
One is that Gu Si'er is a little ignorant and actually fantasizes about buying him the secret of fish farming for a hundred yuan.
Second, he offered an auspicious price of sixty-six yuan, which Gu Si'er didn't agree with either.
"What's the matter, are you okay? Do you really think it's expensive? One fish costs less than two cents. This is a god. You just sell it tomorrow, at least three cents a piece. You can keep it for two more days and wait in the market.
It only costs 40 to 50 cents if you want to buy it. I’ll give you a preferential price.”
Ning Weimin was unhappy, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
"Brother, you are right. If I were rich, I would really want to stay!"
For this reason, Gu San was a little embarrassed to tell the truth.
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I can't make four or five yuan in a morning market. Your fish is good, but it's just too much."
"I'm not you, I'm not as capable as you, and I have to go to work. If I eat it all at once, if one of them doesn't take care of me well and the fish dies accidentally, I will have to use my two months' salary to compensate. My family
There will be no way to get through life.”
"Besides, it's hard for me to sell so much fish at once. If I want to sell it quickly, I won't have such a good price." "How about we calculate it by the piece? I'll take 20 cents a piece from you.
, how about taking the fifteen-dollar one first? I have to sell what I have before I can come back to get the goods."
Ning Weimin simply couldn't believe it.
"I said, that's not what you said when you came here. You are not a professional tropical fish trader in the morning market. How come you can't even pack a nest of fish? Are you trying to seduce me?"
Gu Si'er blushed even more.
"Brother, please don't say that. Mainly, I didn't expect you to be a god. Your nest is as good as ten others. Otherwise? I can't help you. When I come next time
, I can give you an extra two cents for each fish. You won’t lose money on fish food..."
"I said, are you in trouble? It really doesn't matter..."
"Hey, if I tell a lie, I will choke to death here. There is really no way. What we are doing is indeed a small business. We just want to have fun and make a little money while supplementing our lives.
It's not a state-owned store. Who has so much money to spend? It's not just me. Even if you go to Guanyuan'er, no matter how great the owner is, he will only eat half of your nest. It's not that you don't want it, it's everyone's fault.
I really don’t have any money, so it’s really hard to get it out. Everyone has to live, there’s nothing we can do!”
When Ning Weimin heard this, his heart felt a little cold.
Just going out for ten yuan a time? How many times should we go?
He was also thinking about the next nest of angel fish hatching.
How tired would he be if he had to bargain with various fishmongers every day in the future, while also having to take care of brood fish and small fish?
He originally wanted to have fun and make money, but now he felt a little tired.
It seems that I thought it was too good at the beginning, but I failed to get enough of it when I wanted to be in this business.
There are really not many people who make money from fish these days who have the skills to do it.
Not only do I have no money, I also don’t have the courage. In fact, I don’t have the adventurous spirit and ambition to take advantage of opportunities to make money.
To put it bluntly, there are not many serious people who know how to do business.
"I said, fifty-five, is that okay? I'll suffer some losses, but you can take it all! With ink like yours, it's better for me to pick it up and sell it myself."
Seeing that Ning Weimin was unhappy and a little anxious, Gu Si'er could only sigh.
"Let's do this, brother, I'll give you twenty-five yuan this time, and I'll get you a hundred and twenty pieces first. I have to say that the price you gave me is not a bargain, and I'm a little kid. But if I could do it again
If you pay a penny more, you are still a coward!"
"I'm almost a three-card person. Huh, why don't you teach me what to say! I'm not stupid enough to win a fish for fifty-five, so I have to give you seventy-five. Right?"
"I would like to say one more thing, don't think I'm ignorant if I want to buy your way of making money just for a hundred dollars. Your hatching method is indeed valuable. But no matter how precious it is, someone has to be able to afford it, right?"
"The price of one hundred yuan is what I dare to say. I really don't believe that anyone can pay more than me. It's ten thousand yuan to say one thousand yuan. This is the only thing that is good in the industry. Others may not have it.
I have such courage."
"I said, brother, are you in a hurry for money? It doesn't matter. If that's the case, I can help you contact two friends and get fish from you together. If you are willing to pass on the recipe, the three of us will do it together.
Collect the money to buy it. Even if I do you a favor..."
Good guy, being so cheap actually helps me.
Not only was Ning Weimin's nose almost crooked with anger, but his mood was completely depressed.
He is not so blind as to sell fish farming methods at such a cheap price.
When it comes to money, he is even more unwilling to relax.
But... what Gu Si'er said also reflects the reality.
The market is not booming, and the quality of the personnel is not good either. It is useless to talk about a thousand and ten thousand.
It's hard. It's easy to make money these days, but it's hard to make a lot of money easily.
You can't take advantage of capital and scale in anything you do, and you can only rely on hard work.
This was the first time he felt how anxious the primary market was.
Not only is the system very restrictive, but people's thoughts are also severely restricted.
He thought that at this time he would tell Gu Si'er that there would be hundreds of thousands or millions of ornamental fish in the future.
He probably could really scare Gu Si'er away and treat him as a lunatic.
So what else can be done?
We can only wait for the market to gradually mature.
"Come on, twenty-five is twenty-five. Let's agree first, I will wait for you for three days. If you don't come after three days, I will give the fish to someone else."