Why can't you eat scavenger fish? What did it eat to grow up?

Scavenger fish, also known as sucking catfish, is a common kind of fish in the river. It is widely cultivated as ornamental fish because of its good appearance, but because of its miscellaneous eating habits and almost no natural enemies in China, many people will kill it when they see it. Why can't scavenger fish be eaten? What did it eat to grow up?

First, the introduction of the scavenger fish:

1. Why did the scavenger fish die?

Scavenger fish are nocturnal fish, who like to hide in dark places during the day and come out to look for food at night. if the cylinder is very clean, it will starve to death without algae or fish to eat, so they can be fed some fish food every day before lights out. In addition, it requires a higher temperature, when changing water, the temperature difference between new and old water had better not exceed 3 ℃, and do not pour water directly to the fish. Weak acid soft water or neutral water is the best choice for raising scavenger fish. In addition, the scavenger is not tolerant to salt, and salt cannot be added to the vat of the scavenger. Adding salt can easily lead to the death of the scavenger.

2. Who is the natural enemy of the scavenger fish?

As they are alien species, they do not have their natural enemies in China, so they can easily multiply in large numbers in rivers, which will pose a threat to the survival of local fish and destroy the ecological chain.

Second, why can't the scavenger fish eat?

Scavenger fish native to Latin America, they can grow a large one in the place of origin, is an edible fish, is non-toxic. But in fact, exoskeleton fish, exoskeleton hard, more bones, less meat, and low nutritional value, and because of eating dirty food, it has more bacteria in the abdomen, smelly, so generally not recommended to eat.

Scavenger fish were introduced into China as ornamental fish. They are easy to raise and low in cost, so they are liked by many people, but because they are exotic species, they have no natural enemies in our country after release, and they reproduce in large numbers. Moreover, they like to eat the eggs of other fish. They can eat 3000 to 5000 eggs a day, affecting the reproduction of other fish. In some areas of the south of our country, one of the infested art and invasive species has been rampant, so do not release it when breeding.

What did the scavenger fish eat to grow up?

Scavenger fish are omnivorous aquatic creatures, often adsorbed on the aquarium box wall or aquatic plants, licking moss, fish secreted mucus on the tank wall and food residue left by the fish, but also devour fish eggs. When feeding, the bait can be mainly algae, but the feeding process also needs to be fed live food, such as water earthworms and so on. It is an indisputable fact that scavengers never eat fish droppings or poop.

The above is the introduction of why the scavenger fish can not eat and what to eat to grow up. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.