What feed do loaches eat? Introduction to common feed types for loach farming

The loach has very omnivorous feeding habits, mainly preying on plankton, aquatic insects, crustaceans, fragments of aquatic higher plants, and algae, and sometimes also ingesting bottom humus or mud dregs. In artificial farming, feed such as water fleas, earthworms, fly maggots, river snails, rice bran, soybean cake, soybean dregs, blood meal, wheat bran, algae, silkworm pupa powder, yellow mealworms, river mussel meat, poultry and livestock viscera, and corn flour can be fed.

1. Is the loach a fish?

The loach is a fish, it is just different from other fish. It is a special kind of fish that can not only breathe with its gills and skin, but also has a special intestinal respiration function, and its ability to tolerate low dissolved oxygen is far higher than that of ordinary fish.

2. Does the loach have spines?

The loach does have spines, but they are very small. Among them there is one called the spiny loach, which has about 16 spines on its dorsal fin; because the spines are hard and resemble a thin, long small knife, it is called “spiny loach” and “knife loach”.