does herring eat? Herring is one of the common freshwater fish in our country. Whether it is wild herring or cultured herring, the number is relatively large. There are many foods that herring can eat. A large part of it is meat. Wild herring will eat a variety of animals in the water as their own food. Farmed herring can also eat meat. In addition to these meat, in fact, herring can eat more things. They sometimes eat some plants, but they are not particularly interested in them, and they usually don't eat plants when they have other foods. In addition, cultured herring can also eat pellet feed.
As mentioned above, herring can eat meat. Not only can they eat meat, but they also have a clear preference for meat. Wild herring will hunt some animals in the water for their own food. When herrings are young, they eat mainly zooplankton. When they are adults, they can prey on more animal species, such as tubificidae, water insects, snails, mussels and so on. Among these animals, the herring is most interested in the snail.
Wild herring can eat meat, the other is the artificial breeding of herring, the number of this kind of herring in our country is also relatively large, many breeders choose to breed herring to obtain economic benefits, and the number of breeding is relatively large. When providing food for them, meat can also be used as staple food, such as shrimp meat, earthworms, etc. In addition, snails, which herring are most interested in, can also be used as their food. Of course, herring can not only eat meat, they can also eat many other kinds of food, such as artificial pellet feed is a good choice.