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Chapter 75 Cultivating Silverfish Eggs

There were not many whitebait left in the pond, so Liu Xiaoguang decided to catch a few more so that the pond could not be empty.

Arriving at Laolong Lake with a fishing rod, Liu Xiaoguang sat there all afternoon, but found nothing.

In such a situation, Liu Xiaoguang was a little surprised.

Liu Xiaoguang is a master fisherman, and his fishing skills are naturally proficient.But the problem now is that there are no whitebait bites at all.

It wasn't until the sun slowly set over Liu Xiaoguang's head that the floats in the lake started to move.

With a thought, Liu Xiaoguang discovered the problem.

Could it be that the whitebait doesn't like to eat because the temperature at noon is too high?

When the temperature drops, the whitebait will naturally become active!
Liu Xiaoguang stretched his hand into Laolong Lake. The temperature of the water in Laolong Lake has always been relatively low. Although the air is hot at this time, the lake water is still somewhat icy.

This discovery made Liu Xiaoguang a little excited.

Liu Xiaoguang immediately went home with the whitebait he caught.The remaining few silver fish in the pond did not escape the bad luck of death.Liu Xiaoguang fished out these whitebait, and then put the newly caught whitebait into the pond.

"Brother Guang, tell me how wasteful you are. This whitebait is not delicious if eaten fresh. You have to feed it to death before eating it." Yang Leping complained, while taking the dead whitebait, and prepared to fry it for dinner .

"You guy, you know how to eat, come here and help, put the sunshade net on."

"What are you using the sunshade net for?" Yang Leping was a little surprised.

"Silverfish are afraid of heat. The reason why those whitebait died before may be because the water temperature in the pond is too high. When the temperature is high, the whitebait will stop foraging." Liu Xiaoguang explained to Yang Leping.

Yang Leping dubiously covered the pond with Liu Xiaoguang with a shade net.

After that, Liu Xiaoguang put the whitebait he caught just now into the pond.

"We'll see what happens tomorrow." After doing this, Liu Xiaoguang clapped his hands and said expectantly.

That night, Liu Xiaoguang was always a little uneasy.I don't know if my guess is right or not.

At dawn, Liu Xiaoguang immediately ran to the pond to have a look.

No whitebait floated to the surface, and the whitebait swims freely underwater.

However, Liu Xiaoguang knew that the real test was during the day.The temperature at night is low, and the silverfish can survive in the pond, and the situation during the day remains to be seen.

As the sun rose, the temperature began to rise, and Liu Xiaoguang's heart also hung up.

Yang Leping also began to care about the condition of the whitebait in the pond. From time to time, he came to check the status of the whitebait with Liu Xiaoguang, muttering, if the whitebait is dying, he should quickly fish it out and marinate it, so as not to affect the whitebait the taste of.

At noon, under the scorching sun, the temperature of the water in the pond began to rise. Liu Xiaoguang saw that whitebait had already floated to the surface to breathe.Fortunately, the sunshade net played a role. Although these silverfish were not in good condition, they survived.

Liu Xiaoguang feels that he has mastered the skills of whitebait breeding.

One is to control the temperature. Whitebait should be a cold-water fish. If the temperature is too high, whitebait will stop eating.The second is that the food of whitebait must be live fish, shrimp and snails.

To meet these two requirements, raising whitebait should not be difficult.

Liu Xiaoguang continued to catch whitebait in Laolong Lake, and then put it in his own pond.

In order to lower the temperature of the pond, Liu Xiaoguang planted fruit trees next to the pond to help the whitebait block light.Lotus flowers were planted in the pond to increase the oxygen content of the pond.

In this way, the silverfish almost never died again.

"The anchor's whitebait has been bred successfully. I'm going to the anchor's house to eat whitebait."

"The anchor is amazing. I haven't heard of any breeding of this whitebait. If we can produce a large amount of whitebait in the future, I will definitely make a lot of money."

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Yang Leping was also very surprised, he didn't expect Liu Xiaoguang to actually raise whitebait.

And, it looks like it works pretty well.

The number of whitebait in the pond has not decreased any more. Liu Xiaoguang continued to catch whitebait in Laolong Lake and replenish it into the pond.

The number of whitebait in the pond is increasing.

At the beginning, Yang Leping came to the pond every day to observe in a decent manner, waiting to fish out the whitebait that was about to die, but there was no harvest for several days, which made Yang Leping believe that Yes, Liu Xiaoguang did discover the method of whitebait breeding.

On this day, Liu Xiaoguang came to the pond to check the condition of the whitebait, and found that there was a dense layer of fish eggs the size of rice grains under the lotus leaves by the pond.

Liu Xiaoguang realized that the whitebait in the pond had begun to reproduce.

This shows that the whitebait has adapted to the pond environment very well.Otherwise, it is impossible for whitebaits to spawn here.

The whitebait can reproduce by itself, which shows that Liu Xiaoguang's breeding is quite successful.

With the hatching of whitebait eggs, the number of whitebait in the pond began to increase.

But Liu Xiaoguang discovered that the whitebait lays a lot of eggs, but the number of whitebait in the pond has not increased so fast!

The survival rate of the silver fish eggs does not seem to be high.

It seems that the proportion of whitebait eggs growing into whitebait under natural conditions is not high, which is why the number of whitebait in the wild is scarce.

"Is it possible to hatch silverfish eggs artificially?"

This idea appeared in Liu Xiaoguang's mind.

Only when the artificial hatching of whitebait eggs is realized, can the breeding industry of whitebait be truly developed.

Liu Xiaoguang is a person with strong mobility. Since he has this idea, he must give it a try.

Cultivating fish eggs is more complicated than raising whitebait.

Fish eggs have high requirements on temperature and water quality.Liu Xiaoguang looked through the information to find the suitable incubation temperature for silverfish eggs, but he still didn't get a satisfactory result.

There is no way, Liu Xiaoguang can only explore by himself.

Liu Xiaoguang adjusted the water in Laolong Lake to different temperatures to observe the effect of whitebait hatching.

After such a comparison, Liu Xiaoguang discovered the problem.

In water with a higher temperature, the success rate of silverfish hatching is obviously higher than in water with a lower temperature.

This also explains why whitebait has a low hatching success rate in a natural environment.Because the environment suitable for the growth of whitebait, the temperature is usually relatively low, such an environment is not suitable for the hatching of whitebait.

That is to say, the growth of whitebait and the suitable temperature for hatching of whitebait eggs are not the same.

In the end, Liu Xiaoguang determined that the most suitable temperature for whitebait hatching should be around 35 degrees.

Such a discovery put Liu Xiaoguang in a good mood.

Liu Xiaoguang specially made a tank for silverfish hatching.The temperature of this tank is constant at 35 degrees.

Seeing the densely packed whitebait roe in the tank, Yang Leping felt his scalp go numb, "Brother Guang, what are these things?"

"Whitebait eggs! Just wait and see, there will be whitebait hatching in a while." Liu Xiaoguang saw that the translucent whitebait eggs could already vaguely see the baby silverfish struggling inside the eggs.

(End of this chapter)