How to become a mermaid

Chapter 264 Sea Anemone Breeding Diary
[The first day of restarting sea anemone farming.

Today, Aunt Kaiya sent me the two red devil egg sea anemones that I had been looking at before. It happened that Ole and I also made a glass tank, so we are going to resume my sea anemone breeding business from today.

These two red devil egg sea anemones are bigger than I expected. Although Aunt Kaiya reminded them that their tentacles buried under the sand are very long, I still didn't expect them to grow so long.

I roughly measured it, about 12 meters.

When the biggest predator net opened, I even felt that it could catch me in the net.

Because of their unexpected size, I had to re-fire the glass, and the glass tank where they were originally intended to be placed was widened and thickened a lot.

Moreover, although the two red devil egg sea anemones are of different genders, they do not attract each other at all. On the contrary, they repel each other very much, and they will fight if they come into contact with each other.

In order to avoid disputes between them, I decided to keep them separately for the time being.

Fill the glass tank with sand, and then put some seaweed and small fish and shrimps that the red devil egg anemone likes, so I made a new home for them.

They seem to be quite satisfied with this place, at least there is no strange stress reaction, after eating the food I prepared, there is no movement, lying motionless on the sand to rest.

Although it is a dangerous sea anemone, it is surprisingly easy to feed, as long as they don't get hungry! 】

[The second day of restarting sea anemone culture.

Today I put other sea anemones into the glass tank, and unlike the red devil egg sea anemone, I put them in pairs, and let them get along for a while to cultivate their relationship.

Although it is an arranged marriage, I believe these anemones should be happy.

Hmm...it should be!

Ah yes!There is one more important thing today!

I received a letter from Mooney, saying that Planck had set out to find me, and that Leon had agreed to my request to allow Ole to find him.

It's such a joy!
I called Ao Lei over and showed him the letter. Although he still hesitated, he finally decided to go to Red Dragon Island. 】

[The third day of replanting sea anemones.

The sea anemones were very calm on this day, they should eat and drink, and seemed to have gotten used to the new environment.

After observing the anemones, I planned a send-off for Ole.

A compass, a sea chart, and a potion bag for treating external and internal injuries. With these things, Ao Lei set off.

Seeing the back of it leave, I always have the feeling that the children at home have finally grown up and are going to go to college in other places.

I hope it can return to school smoothly, don't "fail" or be dismissed by the "school"!
Alicia was very reluctant to part with Aore, and even objected to it contacting Leon, but she still did not stop Aore from leaving in the end.

She also knew that this was a precious opportunity to make Ao Lei stronger. 】

[The fourth day of re-raising sea anemones.

After sending Ao Lei away, I always feel that there is an empty place.

Although it usually stays on the bottom of the sea and doesn't often come up to show its face, as long as I think of Ole by my side, I always have a sense of security in my heart.

Now that it's gone, the boat doesn't seem to be as lively as it used to be.

Alicia can usually eat two big sharks in one meal, but now she can't eat any more and only eats one.

First day of Ole's absence, miss it! 】

[The fifth day of restarting the cultivation of sea anemones.

In order to reduce worry and miss about Ole, I decided to keep myself busy.

I spent the whole day reading tips for growing colorful carpet anemones provided by Aunt Kaia.

After reading it, I briefly summarized five main points.

One, the sea anemones must be fed.

Not full, but full.

People who eat too much will grow fat, and sea anemones are the same, but their "fat" is somewhat special, not endlessly expanding fat cells, but stinging cells.

The colorful carpet anemone will grow new tentacles when food is abundant, and it will grow continuously.

The more you feed them, the more tentacles they will have and the bigger their size will be.

However, you still have to pay attention to a degree, and you can't force them to eat too much, or they will burst.

For this, I am very confident that I can control it well.

Then there is the second point, to listen to music to the anemones at a fixed time every day.

This method sounds a bit esoteric, like the kind of...someone put music on the potatoes while they were planting, and then said it would make them grow bigger.

I don't know if this method is scientifically justified, anyway, Aunt Kaiya did it this way, and I am going to try it.

It just so happens that I am practicing singing every day, so I will practice in front of these sea anemones in the future, so that they can see the elegance of future singers in advance!

The third point is to maintain a stable temperature and a clean breeding environment.

According to Aunt Kaiya, the most suitable temperature for cultivating these anemones is around 28 degrees, which means it is a little higher than room temperature.

This is easy to solve, as long as you get more sun every day!

Needless to say, a clean breeding environment, I am not the kind of sloppy mermaid, and I will definitely clean the glass tank on time!
The fourth point is to create a little wound for them if there is nothing to do.

Creatures like sea anemones have a strong recovery ability. Even if the tentacles are cut off, they will grow back in a few days, and the newly grown tentacles will become thicker and bigger.

Therefore, in order for them to grow thick, they must be stimulated frequently, and their tentacles must be trimmed as often as the branches of plants.

This method is a little bit cruel...

So I decided not to do it myself, and when I need to trim the tentacles, I will put some [red crabs] in it.

These guys have a pair of thick and sharp pincers on their bodies, and they like to pinch and eat sea anemones in the water.

In this way, the sea anemone can be repaired, and the crab can be fed, and the crab will be big and fat, so I can eat it!

The taste of the red crab is still good, especially the pincers, it is very sweet and tender, just like ice cream, it goes into the mouth with a little sip.

The fifth point, which is the last point, is to choose good neighbors for the anemones.

Staying with the larger anemones will cause the smaller anemones to grow in size.

Kaiya doesn't know this principle, but it is indeed a rule summed up by the sea anemones it has raised for so many years.

If some sea anemones can't grow up no matter how much you feed them, send them to be raised with big sea anemones, so that you will find that the originally "thin" sea anemones grow up slowly. 】

At this point in the sea anemone breeding diary, Shaman Lair stopped writing.

He looked at Kaiya's sea anemone breeding cheats again, and couldn't help but sigh: "Hey~ Raising sea anemones is really a complicated thing. If it weren't for Aunt Kaiya, I wouldn't know there are so many precautions. I thought that as long as I let them eat enough, it would be over!"

"I'm tired after writing so much, let's stop here today, I have to make a nest for Huck and the others!"

While talking, Shamanlaer put down his pen and left from the desk.

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When I went to Orca Island with Leah last time, Shamanlear brought back a few [Golden Velvet Grass].

It was covered with soft and warm fur, and it was the perfect nest for Huck and Tess.

However, after bringing these things back, Samantel did not use them immediately, because there is often a small bug associated with the golden velvet grass.

This kind of little bug is called [Yellow Caterpillar]. Its body is only the size of a sesame seed. It is also golden yellow and covered with fluff. It can almost "stealth" when hidden in the golden velvet grass. If you don't pay attention, you will miss it. .

They are not very poisonous, but they will bite people when they are provoked. They secrete an acidic substance from their mouths, which makes the wounds of the bitten people red, swollen and itchy.

Not very harmful, just very itchy.

Some yellow caterpillars were also attached to the plants that Shamanleir brought back.

In order to prevent Huck and Tess from being bitten by them, Shamanlael had to disinfect the golden velvet grass before making a nest.

After spending a little time, Shamanlael pulled out all the fluff of these golden velvet grass, and got a pile of fluff that was about twice the size of his body.

Put them into a cloth bag, then boil a pot of all-purpose insecticide, and throw the cloth bag full of fluff into it.

After soaking for an hour or two, Samantel went to check again and found that almost all the yellow caterpillars in the fluff were dead.

Even if the few remaining are still alive, they are dying.

Lifting the wet cloth bag, Samantel took it to the deck.

As soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he felt the temperature of the sun.

Now it has entered the summer of Auer Star, and the weather is starting to get hotter and hotter day by day, especially where the killer whale island seems to be located at a relatively low latitude, and the sun shines overhead almost every day.

"Today's weather is really good~" Looking up at the scorching sun above his head, Shamanlell sighed.

There is a big sun, which is a good day for drying things.

Shamanlell spread out the fluff of golden velvet grass and spread it on the sunniest place on the deck, and then covered it with a layer of gauze, waiting for them to dry.

While he was doing this, Alicia was lying on the deck basking in the sun with Miss Tess.

Although mermaids are aquatic species, they sometimes go to the reef to bask in the sun.

They love the heat, it's comforting, and it's exciting.

It's a pity that it can't be exposed to the sun for too long, otherwise the lack of water will cause the scales to crack.

Seeing that Samantel also came to the deck, Alicia stretched her waist and said to him: "Son, what are you doing now, do you want to bask in the sun with me?"

"I'm drying these fluff, and I plan to make a nest for Tess today." Then he answered, and Shamanlear came to Alicia's side.

"Meow~" As soon as she heard that she was going to make a nest for herself, Miss Tess moved her ears and turned over in a jerk.

It licked its paws, walked gracefully to Shaman Lair, and wrote on the ground with its tail:
【Huck and I have to separate our nests, I don't want to squeeze together with him! 】

"No problem!" For Tess's request, Shamanlell immediately agreed.

After all, you are making a nest for it, so you must follow its advice.

[My nest is twice as big as Huck's!When the babies are born, they will sleep with me! 】

"Yes!" Shamanlael immediately nodded in agreement with this request.

Seeing that all her demands were met, Miss Tess raised her beard and showed a joyful expression on her face, and finally wrote:

[I still need two nests for my children. 】

"Is two enough? Is it not enough?" Seeing the request written by Tess, Shamanlell was stunned.

Suddenly, as if he understood something, he asked Tess excitedly: "Could it be that you have already felt them?"

"Meow~" Tess nodded her head lightly.

It wrote on the floor with its tail:

[I heard two small heartbeats, although very faint, but too strong to be ignored, beating in my body. 】

The look on Tess's face as she writes this sentence is tenderness.

There was a gentle light like water in the green pupils, and there was a faint smile on the corner of the mouth.

Shamanleir didn't expect Tess, the arrogant sea king, to show such an expression, he subconsciously looked at Tess' stomach, and asked it softly: "Is there any other request?" Is it? You can bring it up!"

"Meow~" Tess tilted her head, and then wrote a sentence on the floor.

[It would be the best if I could make the cat's nest look like me! 】

"Okay! I will definitely do my best!" Shaman Lair patted his chest confidently.

Then he turned his head to look behind Tess, and asked tentatively, "Huck? Are you around here?"

"Hee hee...!" A laugh sounded suddenly.

Tess turned her head suddenly, and saw a huge face appearing in front of her.

The dark pupils just stared straight at Tess, eye to eye, and the big eyes with almost no whites were as deep as those in horror movies, which made Tess' hair explode in shock .

The short-haired water monster has a personality that likes to play tricks on people. Huck and Samantel have been together for a long time, and they have already lost their previous restraint, and gradually began to liberate their nature.

Since it has Lime, it always runs into Lime's body from time to time, as if it has found some beloved big baby, and then suddenly comes out to scare people.

"Hee hee~~!" Seeing that Tess was frightened by him, Huck let out a mischievous smile.

"Meow!" Hearing Huck's laughter, Miss Tess suddenly let out a high-pitched cry.

It jumped up lightly, jumped onto Huck's head and swung cat-mao punches vigorously at him a few times.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Meow meow meow~" is calling you a prank!I beat you to death!
"Hee hee... hee hee... I was wrong! Don't dare again next time, don't hit me!" Huck covered his head tightly and begged Tess for mercy after being punched by Mao Mao.

A small prank exposed his family's "brother" position.

"Papa papa!" Although Huck apologized, the laughter made Miss Tess even more angry, and he kept waving his paws to greet Huck's face.

How dare you scare my number one Miss Tess!I see you are itchy!
"I was wrong! I really don't dare anymore! Forgive me!"

"Meow~!" Do you think I'll let you go, you're done meow!
One hit, the other ran around with his head in his arms, and Miss Tess chased Huck all over the boat.

Pushed from the bow to the stern, from the sky to the ground, no matter how fast Huck ran, he couldn't escape the punches of Meow Meow.

"Ooooooooo~"

Seeing the scene of domestic violence in front of him, Samantel shook his head.

Huck, Huck, what do you think you are doing wrong, to provoke the kitten?

Good luck, amen~!

(End of this chapter)