Craft Glass Swallow Fish: Solidified Flowing Light, Eternal Vitality
When the lively glass swallow fish leaps from the water into the hands of craftsmen, it takes on a different form — the craft glass swallow fish, which freezes the vitality of the underwater spirit in a solidified posture, becoming a work of art that carries craftsmanship and beauty.
What is most amazing about the craft glass swallow fish is the charm of its material. Craftsmen select crystal - clear glass and melt it at high temperatures, making the glass show a flowing water - like texture in the molten state. After cooling, the body of the glass swallow fish is transparent and clear, as if it has solidified the essence of a pool of clear water. When sunlight shines through the glass of the aquarium, the fish's body seems to be coated with a layer of tiny starlight. When swimming, the fins are like raised skirts, drawing soft arcs in the water. Unlike the thick color blocks of ordinary angelfish, the body color of the glass angelfish will change with the ambient light — it is light cyan in the early morning, turns silvery blue in the afternoon, and glows with a hazy moonlight white at night.
As a social fish, glass angelfish often form groups of 10 - 20 in the natural environment and inhabit the bays with gentle water flow. They are extremely sensitive to water quality, preferring weakly acidic soft water with a pH value of 6.5 - 7.0, and the water temperature needs to be stable at 24 - 28℃. In artificial breeding, it is recommended to match with submerged wood and water banyan and other aquatic plants for landscaping, which not only provides them with hidden habitat space, but also simulates the dim light of the original environment.
In terms of feeding, glass angelfish are omnivorous and prefer live bait. Feeding brine shrimp or blood worms once a day, together with spirulina patches, can not only ensure a balanced nutrition, but also avoid water quality deterioration. It is worth noting that they have a small appetite, and the amount of each feeding should be such that they can finish eating within 5 minutes.
Glass angelfish will show unique parenting behavior during the breeding period. The female fish will clean the spawning site with its snout before spawning, and the male fish will guard beside it. After the fish eggs are fertilized, the parent fish will take turns flapping their fins to supply oxygen to the eggs until the fry hatch 48 hours later. This careful nurturing behavior makes people see a warm side in the world of tropical fish.
Raising a tank of glass angelfish is like owning a flowing work of art. They are not as as parrot fish, nor as shy as lamp - eyed fish. They just swim in the water with a calm attitude, adding a touch of quiet poetry to life with their silent rhythm.
The craft glass swallow fish, with glass as its bone and craftsmanship as its soul, permanently freezes the beauty of the underwater spirit. It is not only a work of art, but also the craftsmen's reverence and interpretation of the beauty of nature, allowing us to feel the unique charm of the interweaving of nature and craftsmanship while appreciating it.