When raising koi fish, many breeders will want to raise them together with other fish to improve the overall ornamental value. However, the scavenger fish can not be mixed with Koi. First of all, their living habits are very different. Scavenger belongs to a tropical fish, but Koi is a cold water fish, they have very different requirements for the surrounding environment, especially for water temperature. In fact, cold water fish and tropical fish mixed culture itself is a taboo.
Second, they have different temperaments. Scavengers are relatively fierce fish, and they may attack other fish. If they are placed with koi, they may attack the koi and suck the mucus from the koi's body, which is used to prevent the invasion of pathogens. Therefore, Koi are very vulnerable to disease and death. The third is their appearance, scavenger and koi put together simply do not match, ornamental is not good.
Fish tank can be placed in the water grass, water grass has a variety of functions. The first is to release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. With a certain amount of light provided every day, aquatic plants can photosynthesize and release oxygen. Then there is the role of decoration, sometimes only put Koi ornamental effect is not good, you can use green water plants as another decoration. In addition, aquatic plants can also play a role in purifying water quality.
