Why do fish kiss?

Kissing fish, also known as kissing fish, etc., originated in Thailand, Indonesia, Sumatra and other places, is a common ornamental fish and belongs to a small ornamental fish species. Because the two fish kiss each other and are loved by many fish friends, meaning that their love is long, let's take a look at why the kissing fish kiss!

Why do fish kiss?

Many people will be moved by the "sweet kissing" behavior of kissing fish as an expression of romantic happiness, but in fact, on the contrary, kissing between kissing fish is not an interpretation of friendship, let alone an expression of love, but an act of struggle. Kissing fish have the habit of territorial protection, fighting behavior occurs when two fish collide, and the mouth is their weapon of attack, and kissing is the way they fight each other. The battle between the two kissing fish is no joke. Their fighting attitude is firm and unflinching, and the final criterion for the end of the fight is that one of them retreats.

How do kissing fish divide their parents?

It is not easy to distinguish between male and female kissing fish, the larvae can hardly distinguish between male and female, the adult male fin is wide and long, the body appears slender, the female is narrow, the body is broad, and the abdomen is slightly bulged. when the female is sexually mature, the abdomen is dilated because it is full of eggs, which is very obvious when looking down from the top of the tank.

What kind of food do kissing fish eat?

Kissing fish have miscellaneous feeding habits, although they are large fish species, but they are generally not interested in large water fleas, but they often open their mouths for a long time to "drink" some small water fleas in order to be full, which is also a special feeding way for tropical fish. When raising fish, they also like to suck the moss on the walls of the box and aquatic plants with thick lips, so they often put a kissing fish in each box to do "scavengers". Kissing fish do not have a fixed breeding season under artificial feeding conditions, and reproduction is relatively simple, it is better to feed in pairs and feed in large quantities in order to facilitate reproduction.