Can arowana eat?

You can eat it, but it is usually for viewing and rarely eaten. Double-bearded bone tongue fish is a large carnivorous fish, which preys on fish, shrimp or insects that fall into the water. Because it is good at jumping, it can also prey on branches on the water. It mainly inhabits rivers with slow flow rate, with surface water as the main activity area.

The character of the double-bearded tongue fish is very gentle among all the bone-tongued fish, and it can swim with the same size fish. It is also the most fertile fish of all. Eating habits are classified as meat, but it doesn't mean eating only fish.

Besides small fish, Yindai eats many other things. In the larval stage with a body length of about 10cm, crustaceans such as shrimp, Daphnia, Chironomid, aquatic insects, etc. are usually fed, but small fish swimming 3-4 cm above the water surface are also caught. Asian adult fish not only swim back into the water, but also eat lizards, frogs, snakes and so on. Adult fish over one meter will also eat small animals such as chickens and mice on the island.

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Habitat environment of Arowana: The flood in rainy season caused the water level of all tributaries of Amazon River to skyrocket, and large fish swam back to nearby lakes and swamps and dispersed. Although living in its own environment, this fish rarely appears in the mainstream of Amazon. Ponds in tributaries, submerged bushes on the shore, and even aquatic plants with floating grass are all habitats for the double-bearded tongue fish.

This is not only a good environment for young fish to eat, but also an excellent place to avoid predators such as crocodiles and waterfowl diving into the water. It is weakly acidic soft water with a pH of 5.8-7.0, mixed with soft soil and a water temperature of 23-28 degrees.

Living habits: The fishes of the family Osteoglossidae belong to tropical narrow-temperature fishes, and live in the upper waters, which requires high water quality in their living environment. It has a strong sense of aggression and territory, and attention should be paid to avoiding the same kind of mixed culture in artificial breeding.

Suitable temperature: 24-29℃, even 22-3 1℃ can be accepted if fish adapt well. But artificial arowana, like other ornamental fish, should not change the water temperature sharply.

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