The grass carp is a kind of fish with mixed feeding habits. It can eat plants as well as animals. Among them, plants are their main food. Wild grass carp living in rivers, lakes and other waters mainly eat grass, which can eat a lot of grass every day. If grass carp are raised artificially, more plant feed can be fed. It can feed some young leaves of terrestrial grasses, and it can also feed grains. In grain feed, corn is a common one. Especially the fresh corn kernels, grass carp is very fond of eating.
Corn kernels can not only be fed directly, but can also be mixed with other varieties of grain, such as wheat, rice, etc. They can be made into grain feed together after adding water. Grass carp are also more interested in this kind of feed. In addition, because grass carp are more interested in corn, so when fishing grass carp, corn kernels will also be used as bait or nest material.
As mentioned above, grass carp can eat corn, and they are more interested in corn, especially fresh and tender corn kernels. Grass carp eat a lot every day. If corn is used as the main feed and no other feed is fed, then a catty of grass carp can eat 40-60% of its weight in corn every day. That is to say, if the weight of grass carp is one kilogram, it can eat about 200-300 grams of corn every day. If corn is not the main food, but only the supplementary food, then it is OK to feed some in moderation, not too much. Corn can also be mixed with other grains to make grain mixed feed, and then give grass carp to eat.