What does a perch-shaped tiger fish look like? What kind of food does it eat? How to raise it?

Tiger fish, inhabiting the inshore intertidal zone or shallow areas with sediment and rocks, and freshwater rivers all over Africa, is a kind of high-value fishing fish. So, what does the perch tiger fish look like? What kind of food does it eat? How to raise it?

What does the perch-shaped tiger fish look like?

The body length of tiger fish is generally 100-150 cm, the largest is not more than 500 cm, and the smallest is only 7-9 cm. Body ovoid, oblong or eel-shaped, laterally flattened. Flat or flat on the side of the head. The shape of the tiger fish protrudes from the back of the head and has no free lower eyelid.

The mouth is large, the jaws are equal or the lower jaw and chin protrude. The upper and lower teeth are multi-line, sometimes straight or curved, often toothless. The edge of the anterior Gill cover bone is smooth or serrulate, and there are sometimes depressions above the Gill cover.

What kind of food does it eat?

Tiger fish have strong vitality and are not easy to die from water. They mainly feed on crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs, small fish and clam larvae, some feed on benthic diatoms, and species living in fresh water also eat aquatic insects and worms. After bait, the tiger fish can adapt to some artificial feed, such as beef, bread worms, insects, fish nuggets, hamburgers and so on.

Third, how to raise it?

Tiger fish is very sensitive, if your body color is often unstable (too dark or discoloration), it is likely to be caused by water quality problems, please check whether ammonia nitrogen, nitrite and nitrate, PH value is in the normal range, and whether there is enough dissolved oxygen.

In addition, it may also be caused by space restrictions or attacks by other fish. If none of the above is true, you can consider adjusting the salt in the water. Because some tiger fish like salty and fresh water.

When raising tiger fish, we should try to imitate the natural environment, plant some aquatic plants, put some rocks and make some caves. You can also use some pottery flowerpots to simulate caves, which can make tiger fish happier. Sufficient dissolved oxygen and a certain amount of water flow are indispensable to tiger fish.