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Does snakehead bite? Can it be kept in a fish tank?

Jane Margolis
2020-12-24 03:56:10
Blackfish bite. From the point of view of feeding habits, snakehead is a carnivorous fish, and it is a very ferocious fish. In addition to hunting animals around them, their ferocious personality also shows that they can bite people. In many cases, snakehead fish will bite people, for example, if humans touch them rashly, they will think that humans threaten their lives and bite people. In addition, snakehead fish can also bite if humans touch their eggs or young during breeding season.
Does snakehead bite? Can it be kept in a fish tank?

1. Can snakehead bite people

? Snakehead is one of the fish living in our country, which is often farmed as an economic fish. From the point of view of feeding habits, snakehead is a carnivorous fish, but also a very ferocious carnivorous fish. Many animals in the snakehead environment may become their food. Snakehead can eat meat at a young age. When they are in the juvenile stage, they mainly eat small animals, and when they reach the adult stage, they will eat larger fish or shrimp. Because of their ferocious nature, they can also bite people.

Blackfish bite in many cases. If humans do not take the initiative to provoke them, do not catch them, they naturally have no way to bite, and generally do not take the initiative to bite. But if humans threaten their lives, such as touching them, they will bite people, and sometimes bite people very badly. Moreover, during the breeding stage of snakehead fish, if humans touch their eggs or hatched young fish, they may bite people in a protective mentality. Therefore, if you breed this kind of fish, you need to pay special attention not to be bitten by them.

2. Can snakehead be raised

in a fish tank? As mentioned above, snakehead is often raised as an economic fish. In this case, it is usually raised in a pond. In addition, they can also be kept at home, and they can be raised in containers such as fish tanks. However, there are some problems that need to be paid attention to when choosing a fish tank. The swimming ability of snakehead is relatively strong, so there must be enough space to go, the fish tank can not be too small. In addition, the snakehead has a strong jumping ability, so the top of the fish tank must be covered, otherwise the snakehead is easy to jump out. Moreover, the fish tank should be dark, so that they can not observe the surrounding environment, otherwise their personality will be very irritable.

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