What are the characteristics of the common carp's living habits?

Common carp like to live in schools, generally living at the bottom of the water, and prefer fertile bottoms, favoring dark habitats and avoiding strong light. It is an omnivorous fish, eating both meat and plants, liking sweet foods and also liking scented baits, and generally feeds by rooting through the mud. It also likes swimming against the current.

1. Gregarious: Common carp like to live in schools, with no territorial divisions, and they choose different habitats and feeding grounds as the seasons change. When the water temperature changes, they gradually split into different small groups, and when it turns cool in autumn, the small groups gather together again and return to their original large school.

2. Bottom-dwelling: Common carp are a bottom-layer fish species; even in shallow water, they remain at the bottom. They like fertile bottoms, and underwater areas with aquatic plants, piles of rotting plant stems and leaves, and places where poultry and livestock often enter the water are all environments common carp like. They avoid strong light and prefer darkness; waters shaded by tree shade, under tree-root holes, and among piles of scattered rocks are the best habitats for common carp.

3. Omnivorous: Common carp are omnivorous fish, eating both meat and plants. They not only feed on aquatic earthworms, small insects and mollusks, but also eat plant foods such as plant seeds, soybean cake, peanut cake, and sugar bran, and often feed by rooting through the mud. They have a habit of favoring sweet foods, and also like eating scented baits. Because their snout bones are well developed, they often feed by rooting through the mud.

3. Likes swimming against the current: Common carp have a habit of leaping over waves, and “the carp leaping over the dragon gate” is a manifestation of common carp leaping against the current.