Habits of Loach

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a small bottom fish, which generally lives in static or slow water at the bottom of the silt and can breathe with gills, intestines and skin. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a warm water fish. the living water temperature is 10: 30 ℃, and the optimum water temperature is 25-27 ℃. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has a high ability to tolerate low dissolved oxygen and has a long survival time after leaving water. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is an omnivorous fish, which preys on plankton, aquatic insects, crustaceans, aquatic higher plant debris and algae.

1. Habitat: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a small bottom fish, which generally lives in the static or slow-flowing water at the bottom of the silt. it often haunts the silt surface rich in plant debris at the bottom of lakes, ponds, ditches and paddy fields, and hardly swims to the upper and middle layers of the water body.

2. Water temperature: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a warm water fish, the living water temperature is 10 ~ 30 ℃, and the optimum water temperature is 25 ~ 27 ℃. When the water temperature rises to 30 ℃, dive into the mud to spend the summer, and when the water temperature drops below 5 ℃, drill into the 20~30cm depth of the mud to survive the winter.

3. Oxygen: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has a high ability to tolerate low dissolved oxygen. In addition to relying on the main respiratory organs, Gill, it can also breathe oxygen in the air directly through auxiliary respiratory organs such as intestinal tract and skin. And Misgurnus anguillicaudatus survived for a long time after leaving the water. in a dry bucket, the juvenile Loach with a total length of 4-5 cm could survive for 1 hour and could still move normally when it was put back into the water.

4. Feeding habits: Loach is an omnivorous fish, which mainly preys on plankton, aquatic insects, crustaceans, aquatic higher plant debris and algae, and sometimes takes water bottom rot plant matter or mud residue.

5. Reproduction: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a hermaphroditic fish that lays eggs in batches and is fertilized in vitro. It usually reaches sexual maturity at the age of 1 to 2 years old. It begins to reproduce in April every year (water temperature is 18 ℃) and lays eggs in shallow grass with a water depth of less than 30 cm. Hatched larvae are often scattered and do not form groups.