Grass carp belong to freshwater fish, which can often be seen in rivers, and they can also be raised artificially. Grass carp can eat a variety of food, including plants and animals. Plants are their main food, and grass is one of the most important. Grass carp eat grass, which is why they got their name. Grass carp also like to eat grass very much. Grass carp living in rivers eat some aquatic grasses growing in rivers. When they are raised artificially, they can be fed some terrestrial grass, which has a more obvious effect on the growth of grass carp. However, not all grass fish like to eat, need to carefully choose the type of grass.
As mentioned above, grass carp is a kind of fish that can eat grass. In fact, they are still a very typical herbivorous fish. When grass carp are in the juvenile stage, they can begin to eat grass. But they don't eat when they first hatch, and when they are about 5 centimeters long, they can start eating grass, and then they eat grass every day.
Grass carp eat a relatively large amount of grass every day, basically eating about 40% to 60% of their body weight every day. For example, when the weight of grass carp reaches 250 grams, that is, half a kilogram, they eat more than 100 grams of grass every day. When they weigh 1 kg, they eat between 200 and 300 grams of grass a day. Therefore, adequate feed can be prepared accordingly when breeding, which is more conducive to the growth and development of grass carp.
