How long can the street sweeper live?

Scavenger belongs to catfish family fish, also known as sucker fish, garbage fish, angler fish, etc., native to rivers all over South America, very strong adaptability, almost as long as there is water can survive, often adsorbed on the aquarium wall or grass, licking moss, is the best scavenger in the aquarium, let's take a look at how long Qingfu can live!

How long does a scavenger live?

Scavengers have long or short lifespans, not to say that they will live for a few years, as short as 1~2 years, as long as 6 years old, or even longer or shorter lifespans, but they are inseparable from the water environment. Many of the causes of death of scavengers were written in the column of starvation, especially for adult scavengers who ate greatly, but there were also cases of freezing to death. The environment was the most fatal for scavengers.

How big can scavenger fish grow?

Under suitable conditions, the body length of scavenger fish can reach 250 mm, and after adulthood, the appetite is huge. In addition to eating algae such as moss, it often eats the eggs of other fish. It can eat 3000 to 5000 eggs a day and can also swallow a large number of fish larvae. At the same time, because it is an alien species, there is no natural enemy in China now, and it is easy to reproduce in large quantities in rivers, which will threaten the survival of local fish and destroy the ecological chain.

What do scavenger fish eat?

Scavengers are omnivorous fish, feeding on algae, benthos and garbage in the water, and can also devour fish eggs and fry in large quantities. In the aquarium, it often adsorbs on stones and glass to stabilize the body and suck algae. It also searches for benthos (such as water earthworms). For small pellets floating on the water surface, it will suck them upside down. Its mouth is like a vacuum cleaner, sucking fish dung and green plants into its stomach. There is also a bubble in the mouth. This bubble contains oxygen and can stay in water for a long time.