What kind of food does squirrel usually eat? What are the types of it? Which breed is easy to raise? What is there to pay attention to?

There are two small "beards" beside the mouths of the squirrel fish, which resemble the little mice swimming in the water, hence the name "squirrel fish". So, what kind of food does the squirrel usually eat? What are the types of it? Which breed is easy to raise? What is there to pay attention to?

What kind of food does the rat fish usually eat?

Rat fish belong to omnivorous fish. The squirrel fish living in the sand bottom shoal of the river rely on the oblique downward sucker-shaped mouth, sucking water plants, rocks and other things to move.

Second, what are its types? Which breed is easy to raise?

1. Albino: albino coffee rat, albino golden-winged king rat, albino panda mouse, albino golden-winged pearl mouse, albino pearl mouse, etc., other mouse fish occasionally have albinism, but relatively few, not listed here.

2. Mini: there are three common types: doll mouse, moonlight mouse and elf mouse, with body length 2~3CM. Among them, elves and moonlight mice, like lantern fish, have the habit of swimming in the upper layer, and of course they also move at the bottom. In addition, mini mice are small and have a relatively short life span.

3. Red head: there are many kinds of rodents and fish, such as black golden red head rat, red head mouse, long snout red head mouse, large red head mouse, crown red head mouse, Negro blue mouse, Venezuelan blue mouse, princess mouse, wide band princess mouse, drill grain wide band princess mouse and so on. '

4. Leopard rat fish: three-line leopard mouse, king leopard mouse, Julie leopard mouse, long-kissed Julie leopard mouse, Ambika leopard mouse, crown leopard mouse, white leopard mouse, long-nosed white leopard mouse, blue leopard mouse, black waist leopard mouse, eye leopard mouse, black bean leopard mouse, black wing leopard mouse, leopard mouse and so on.

5. Fox rat fish: White fox rat, fine dot white fox rat, pirate fox rat, green shadow mouse, black shadow mouse type I, shadow type II, shadow III, Frey rat, Cotas rat, Creti mouse, Cristina rat, Sarita rat, Pastazi mouse and so on. Foxes are long snout, not resistant to high temperature (more than 30 degrees Celsius), breeding if conditions need to use a cold water machine.

6. Space rat fish: space flying mouse, golden back space mouse, lightning space mouse, space mouse, black gold space mouse, etc. Space S belongs to rodent fish, which are also heat-intolerant long-mouthed rats. adults can grow to 10cm and have a strong sense of dark metal after hair color.

7. Tobacco ring rodent fish: Colombian smoke ring rat, long kiss smoke ring mouse, smoke ring type I mouse, smoke ring type II, smoke ring III, etc., this kind of rat fish is the high-end mouse in the eyes of losers, because the price is generally high.

8. Super rodent fish: long-snout super Indian mouse, super Schwartz mouse, long-snout super Schwartz mouse, super two-color mouse and so on. This kind of rodent fish is larger than the common species that are similar to them, so their names are preceded by the word super.

9. Gold thread category: gold thread green mouse, gold line green mouse (green line type, gold line green), gold thread red, gold thread green, etc.

The above is the complete collection of species and varieties of rodent fish summarized by Xiaobian. As for which species are good-looking or easier to raise, you can have an in-depth understanding and then decide which species to raise.

Third, what do you need to pay attention to?

Squirrel fish can also be regarded as a good kind of ornamental fish. When raising them, they do not have to change water frequently. They like old water. Changing water too frequently will make them suffer from skin diseases, because the native place of squirrel fish is in South America. They like swift rivers. In order to make it adapt to the environment more quickly, it is necessary to increase the flow of water properly and get a lift pump. The squirrel fish also need some shelter or hiding place for them to rest, and some sunken wood can be properly placed when raising them.