Nowadays, more and more people like to raise fish, some are hobbies, some are auspicious. Like parrots, gold and silver dragons, maps, arhats, koi, lamp fish, peacocks, small swallow fish, etc., there are many kinds of large and small, they are all regular customers in the fish tank. But in general, everyone has a common characteristic, no matter what kind of fish are raised, they habitually buy a few fish that can eat garbage and eat corrosion to clean the fish tank. Yes, what I introduce to you today is these fish that are not beautiful and eye-catching, and we usually easily ignore but cannot not raise fish - scavengers. They have no bright appearance, but they have a hard-working and simple personality, they love their work, and they are constantly wandering on the bottom of the tank, the walls of the tank and the water weeds, eating moss and corrosion. They are the little ants on land, the little bees in the sky, and they are arguably the cutest fish in the fish tank.
There are many types of fish in this category, and today I would like to introduce you to some of the scavengers we often raise.
1. Flying anchovies
True lip carp is also known as flying anchovies. It is a large ornamental fish in the suborder Lipfish, Proto-lip lip lip carp family, and the genus Eucalyptus. The body of the flying annchovy is flattened laterally, the fins are red, the and caudal fins have horizontal stripes, and the caudal roots have fat fins. It is native to the central and western tributaries of the Amazon River.
Flying anchovies are very easy to raise, and the water quality of raising dragon fish, tiger fish, and deep water turtles can be consistent, which means dragon flying phoenix dance, dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, etc., without special care. Omnivorous, can also be a "cleaner" in the tank.
However, it should be noted that flying anchovies have the habit of sucking fish, and sick and unhealthy fish will often become the object of flying anchovies sucking, because it is very common for flying anchovies to cause fish deaths, so unhealthy fish cannot be mixed with flying phoenixes.
2. Golden beard
The golden beard belongs to the heterotypic fish, a bifamily fish, produced in South America mainly distributed in mild temperament and beautiful appearance. Mild personality, suitable temperature: 22.0 ~ 30.0 °C, belongs to the bottom fish (not high and low, but like to move at the bottom of the fish tank).
The fish's beard is messy, but it's not too long. The red-eyed golden beard (referred to as the golden beard or beard) on the market is also called iron armor.
3. Coffee rat fish
This species of fish is one of the most popular and famous species of rat fish. Easy to raise, it is a favorite rat breed for novices, and it is also an easy to buy mouse fish. The water quality requirements are not strict, the personality is mild, and the physique is strong, which can be mixed with other small fish. Omnivorous, like to find food under the water, aquarium feeding can put a few more, is an excellent scavenger of aquarium.
Small fish with a body length of 5 to 7 cm originate in a wide area of South America.
The body color is slightly green coffee brown, so it is commonly known as a coffee mouse, and there is a black band in the center of the body side, so it is also called a side band catfish.
The male and female are distinguished by long, thick spines on the dorsal and fins of males, and the females have bulging abdomen during the reproductive period, which can be used as a distinction. Suitable temperature: about 22-26 ° C.
4. Golden moss ratfish
The golden moss rat, formerly known as the Thai moss-eating fish, is covered in gold. Mainly suck the sand in the tank, the moss on the wall of the tank. As they grow older, they gradually begin to eat other foods, and become lazy and may turn to attacking other mobs in the aquarium system. It is an omnivorous (algae) animal that is oviparous and suitable for living in waters with aquatic plants and sunken wood. Golden moss rats are suitable for breeding in aquatic weed tanks. Gentle personality, not fierce. It can be polycultured with most small fish, and moss rats have no problem adapting to water temperatures from 15 to 30 degrees. Juveniles eat moss, and adults lick the scales of slower-moving fish and feed them. Omnivorous, simple to raise, suitable for clean water quality.
5. Rat fish
Also known as moustache, in the taxonomic genus catfish belonging to the catfish order, catfish subfamily, so far, about 120 to 150 species have been found, but only about 80% of the real name, there are many individuals of rat fish whose classification and name are confused. Looks very much like a mouse.
Suitable temperature: about 22-26 ° C. Mild personality, no active aggressive behavior towards any fish. It is simple to raise, omnivorous, fish feed or some rot that sinks to the bottom of the tank. When sleeping, I like to lie on the bottom of the tank and live in groups, and when I am happy, I will jump out of the water and splash.
6. Bronze rat
Bronze rats are chordata phylum. It is a docile social fish that can be mixed with almost any aquarium. It is produced in the upper waters of the Amazon, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. Omnivorous, belonging to the radical bottom eaters, fish feed or some rot that sinks to the bottom of the tank it eats.
7. Elf fish
The scientific name of the sieve-ear catfish, small in size, can swim into a very small space, love to eat moss algae, but also can eat the most annoying snail eggs in the aquarium, and then control the number of snails, absolutely can be called the best cleaner in the aquarium. Therefore, fish mainly feed on algae, and when there is a lack of algae in the aquarium, it is easy to die, and some individuals will actively eat feed scraps. The suitable temperature is 22 ~ 30 ° C, it is best to raise in the aquarium with dense aquatic grass and sunlight. Mild temperament, non-aggressive, can be polycultured with most mild-mannered small fish.
It is about 4 to 6 cm long and is native to southeastern Brazil in South America. The brownish-gray body has a longitudinal stripe that runs through the eyes to the tail stalk. This fish likes to use the suction cups in its mouth to lick the various mosses in the aquarium. Some catfish can eat aquatic grass, but sieving catfish do not, and the grass tank can be safely raised. Like ratfish, they spawn on the walls of fish tanks and hatch at about 27°C for about 2 days. (Varies from fish to fish, and if there are other scavenger fish in the tank, it is difficult for the eggs to survive).)
8. Scavenger fish
Also known as sucker fish, garbage fish, anglerfish, almost as long as there is water to survive. They often adsorb on the walls of aquariums or aquatic weeds, lick moss, and are the best scavengers in aquariums. Scavenger fish eat a huge amount of food in adulthood, in addition to eating moss and other algae, but also often feed on the eggs of other fish, a day can eat a large number of fish eggs, but also can swallow a large number of fry. If you want to breed other small fish in the tank, carefully consider whether you want to raise scavengers.
These small fish are indispensable fish in almost all fish tanks. It is precisely because of their presence that our fish tanks are not so dirty. Fish are easy to keep, but cleaning up the fish tank may not be so easy. Even if we have these cute scavengers in the tank, we must develop the habit of changing and cleaning the fish tank frequently, and we cannot leave all the cleaning work to them.
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