Zhang Zian actually didn't know much about raising fish. Most of his knowledge came from the information he found after deciding to open an aquarium, plus the knowledge he learned from Karl and Paul. When his parents used to run a pet shop, there were only two or three freshwater fish in the shop. They didn't have much experience in raising fish.
As they walked, Snowy relayed the questions from the aquarium fans in the live broadcast room to him, and he couldn't answer them as easily as he could with cats and dogs. He often had to think before answering. However, because the two of them were walking, they needed to avoid pedestrians and vehicles, and they also had to fight back against the netizens' teasing. Neither the netizens nor Snowy could tell that he was thinking hard to answer the questions.
The netizens were actually right. Every aquarium in Binhai City that opened one basically lost money. There were basically no aquariums that could barely make ends meet, because it was too expensive to open an aquarium. Not to mention the price of fish tanks, equipment, materials, and aquarium creatures, just the monthly electricity bill was a huge expense.
The cost of keeping aquarium creatures was much higher than cats and dogs, but they weren't as popular and popular as cats and dogs, so they lost more than they earned.
Zhang Zian's heart was also drumming. If he didn't manage it well, he might lose all the money he had saved up in the past.
Aquariums had a hard time surviving, but the fish market in Binhai City didn't die because of it. The fishmongers in the fish market would try to reduce the pressure on their stock. The fish they bought this week had to be sold within the same week, and at the same time, they tried to prevent the fish from dying. The methods were nothing more than not feeding the fish or putting drugs in the water. It was basically an open secret in the industry.
The two of them walked a few streets and arrived near the fish market.
Although it was a working day, because most elementary schools hadn't started yet, parents often walked over from the direction of the fish market with their children.
The parents were holding a fish tank in their hands, and the children were holding a transparent plastic bag with one or two cheap cold-water fish in it. The parents and the children were happy, even though Zhang Zian knew that most of the fish would die in a few days.
Children didn't know how to raise fish, and they didn't have patience. They wanted the small fish to grow up in the blink of an eye, but they were afraid that the fish would starve, so they would feed the fish frequently. Often, the fish would be stuffed to death. Even if it didn't die, the water in the tank would be muddy after a few days, filled with food residue, and finally, the fish would die because of the water quality.
Germany's strict pet raising standards could prevent this from happening, but if China followed suit, the fish market would probably be closed the next day.
"Is that the fish market? This is my first time here. "Little Snow stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.
"I've never been here before."
Zhang Zian was also looking at the fish market.
In fact, the fish market was slightly more advanced than the dog market. The dog market was full of open-air stalls, probably because the pets sold there were more sturdy and not afraid of the wind and rain. However, there was actually a three-story building in the fish market that covered a large area to provide shelter for the merchants. It seemed that the management of the fish market was much more standardized than that of the dog market. There might still be situations where people cheated, but at least it was not as heartless as the unscrupulous merchants in the dog market.
At the entrance of the fish market, there was a rusty archway. It seemed to be quite old, with the words "Binhai City Flower, Bird, Fish, and Insect Market" written on it.
Beep!
A car horn sounded behind the two of them.
They stepped aside to make way, and a van filled with all kinds of ornamental fish drove into the fish market. It stopped at the back of the fish market building, and a few workers with a fishy smell came out to unload the tanks of fish. The fishmongers, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward to buy the cheaper fish by weight.
Around the three-story building, there were also some scattered fish stalls that sold cheaper fish. The fish that the children were carrying might have been bought from there.
Zhang Zian and Little Snow had a little discussion. Since they were already there, they might as well walk around, starting from the scattered stalls on the periphery.
Just as he expected, most of the fish sold at the scattered stalls were very cheap, the so-called "practice fish."
According to the price from low to high, and the difficulty of raising them from easy to difficult, ornamental fish were divided into beginner fish, commercial fish, and premium fish. The price of premium fish was not capped, and the specific boundaries were very vague.
The scattered stalls were generally not professional fishmongers, but fish lovers who took out their hatchlings and small fish to sell. One reason was that they could not keep too many fish in their tanks, and the other was to subsidize their families. The price of the fish was often relatively low, so it was relatively affordable, and they might even be able to buy a good fish.
"That's grass gold, that's koi, that's peacock, that's Mary … These are all beginner fish, and they are very easy to raise. As long as you have a filter and a heating rod, you can keep them alive. If it's cold-water fish, you don't even need a heating rod."
They walked past one stall after another, and Zhang Zian introduced the types of fish to Little Snow one by one.
"Little girl, do you want to buy a few? They are cheap and easy to raise. "
Seeing that Little Snow was pretty and well-dressed, the stalls all tried to sell their own fish to her.
"Wow! Is this a koi? It's so fat and cute! "
Little Snow squatted in front of a stall and was attracted by the koi sold there. After all, the koi were fat and big, and they were more eye-catching than the gorgeous but smaller peacocks and Mary.
The stall sold koi of several colors. There were golden ones, pure black ones, red, white, yellow, and black koi, and a few of them were about 15 centimeters long. They were quite fat, and they were gurgling bubbles in the water.
Little Snow's eyes were fixed on those fat koi.
"Little girl, do you want some? If you want them, they are cheap. 70 yuan for two, "the stall owner spared no effort in greeting her.
These koi were of the worst quality, and Zhang Zian estimated that two would be 50 yuan, but he did not say anything. After all, it was not easy to set up a stall outside in the cold.
Little Snow just wanted to see something new. She did not really want to raise fish. Snowball had slapped away the Crucian carp that Jin Er had caught last time. She still remembered it clearly, and she was worried that the fish she bought would become Snowball's food or plaything.
After seeing enough, she stood up with a smile and apologized to the stall owner. She shook her head to show that she did not want any more, and then continued to move forward.
"What is going on over there? Are there black-hearted profiteers cheating people? "she asked, pointing to the front.
There were several people around the stall, and they seemed to be arguing loudly. A middle-aged woman with a child was very loud, and the stall owner could not fight back. Several other people were also helping the middle-aged woman.
Since Little Snow went to the dog market with Zhang Zian last time, she hated profiteers who dyed chickens or sold sick dogs as normal ones. Seeing this scene, she subconsciously thought that the profiteers were cheating people again.
"Don't rush to a conclusion. Let's go and take a look."
Zhang Zian suggested.
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