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What do scavengers eat? Why can't scavenger fish be eaten

For many fish families, they like to raise a scavenger fish in the fish tank. What's the advantage of raising scavenger fish? Can scavenger fish be eaten? Scavenger fish is also called garbage fish. Do you know why?

Scavenger fish swim around the bottom and side of the tank. The places it swims are very clean. Many people who have raised scavenger fish will find that the mouth of the scavenger is like a vacuum cleaner, sucking all the fish feces and green plants into the stomach.

Families that breed ornamental fish must know scavenger fish. This kind of fish is suitable to be used as scavenger, because their habit is to suck algae, benthos and garbage in the water. So many families in the aquarium breeding ornamental fish at the same time, will breed a few scavengers, in order to achieve the role of cleaning, more conducive to the cultivation of ornamental fish. But when they grow up, they eat a lot. So we should pay attention to their feeding.

Scavenger fish swim around the bottom and side of the tank. The places it swims are very clean. Many people who have raised scavenger fish will find that the mouth of the scavenger is like a vacuum cleaner, sucking all the fish feces and green plants into the stomach. That's because it has a bubble in its mouth, which can make it stay in the water longer, so that it can eat more 'food'.

Scavenger fish are omnivorous animals, which mainly eat algae at the bottom or surface of the tank, micro zooplankton adsorbed in the tank, or floating fish food submerged in the tank. In addition, scavengers also feed other fish such as water earthworms, as well as algae and moss on fish tanks. In short, scavengers will eat all kinds of food except fish feces, and their diet is very miscellaneous. People often praise the sweeper as the most faithful, reliable and dutiful 'cleaner' in the aquarium.

The scavenger eats a lot when he grows up, so he still has to feed it. The scavenger's food can be mainly algae, but the feeding process also needs to feed live food. They are often adsorbed on rocks and glass in the aquatic facies to stabilize the body and absorb algae. They also look for benthos, such as water earthworms and so on. But do not mix with mild or small fish. If it propagates in large numbers, it will devour other fish eggs, leading to the extinction of other fish.

Although fish is the main food of scavengers, it is worth noting that scavengers will definitely choose fodder in front of fodder. Therefore, when feeding ornamental fish, they should pay attention to whether scavengers rush to eat.