Does parrot fish eat small fish, and can it be mixed with small fish?

Parrot fish are omnivorous fish, eating almost anything. They can eat small fish, and larger parrot fish may eat very small fish as food. Therefore, it is not recommended to breed them in a tank with small ornamental fish. In addition, when feeding parrot fish, it is not recommended to feed them with small fish all the time. Because they eat for a long time, their skin will fade. You can feed more shrimps to help them add color.

1. parrot fish eat small fish?

Parrot fish eat small fish. Parrot fish is strong and eats almost everything, but don't always feed it small fish, because if you eat for a long time, the skin of the fish will fade and become colorless. In addition, do not feed parrot fish to eat small river fish, loach and other food. Because the small river fish will bring germs to the parrot fish, and the loach is not conducive to the digestion of the parrot fish. Raisers can feed more parrot fish to eat shrimp, water lice, mealworms, earthworms, artificial feed and other foods.

2. Can parrot fish be mixed with small fish?

Parrot fish cannot be mixed with small fish. There are several reasons:

1, parrot fish appetite is very large, easy to hungry, will eat small fish to satisfy hunger.

2. Parrot fish is very greedy. It does not know whether it is hungry or full. It will keep looking for food, which poses a threat to small fish.

3, parrot fish aggressive, cruel character, all smaller than its mouth fish, it will chase, will eat. Polyculture is not conducive to the survival of small fish.

In addition, parrot fish is a medium-sized fish, and the food eaten by small fish is different. If they are mixed together, they need to feed different foods. Food disorder can cause poor water quality, which is not conducive to the health of fish.