Economic Fish as Ornamental Fish: The Mud Catfish's Luxurious Life
Little Clown Catfish, officially known as the Mud Cat or Cow Catfish, is also called it. It's native to Thailand and is known for its aggressive eating habits.
Wild Mud Catfish are mostly unattractive and are only used for consumption. Only a few have ornamental value, and they eventually became the Little Clown Catfish we see today. Although the name of this fish doesn't seem like a serious one, it does have a certain warlike quality from its aggression.
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Little Clown Catfish can grow to over 40 centimeters, with hard fins, allowing it to briefly crawl on land. However, this feature carries a risk of being poked by hand when attempting to catch it. It has poisonous fins, accompanied by numbness and pain. It's best not to provoke it when keeping Little Clown Catfish in an aquarium.
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Catfish are generally greedy, and Little Clown Catfish is no exception. It's a semi-carnivorous fish, with a preference for meat, and has a tendency to eat tank mates.
Fortunately, Little Clown Catfish's mouth isn't very large, so it can't swallow huge amounts of food or air like a whale. But it's not shy about attacking smaller fish that are thinner than it. When mixed in a tank, slightly smaller map fish are sometimes chased and bitten. Fish of similar size to treasure catfish are relatively safe.
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Little Clown Catfish isn't expensive in the market, with prices ranging from 30-40 yuan. This transformation of an economic fish into an ornamental fish is not accidental.
Its milky white body has black or white cow patterns, creating a good visual effect and easily matching other ornamental fish. Moreover, in most mixed tanks, it looks quite beautiful.
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Originally, Little Clown Catfish lived in swamps, ponds, ditches, and other complex areas. Therefore, it doesn't have strict requirements for water quality. As long as the temperature is within the range suitable for tropical fish survival, and the pH value is stable between neutral and slightly alkaline, according to the Mekong River standard, it is acceptable.
The life of ornamental fish is much better than that of economic fish. For example, dragonfish are liked by people who like them, and they prepare a lot of fish food, a special aquarium light, and quality heating rods. Oxygen pumps, etc. Little Clown Catfish's cost is much lower than that of dragonfish, but it has everything it needs.
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A fish friend who is keeping Little Clown Catfish complained to me that this fish has a ferocious eating habit, which always affects other ornamental fish. But when it comes to the food of Little Clown Catfish, he introduced the characteristics and palatability of various foods such as small fish, tadpoles, small shrimp, bloodworms, and artificial feed.
I have encountered many similar fish friends. They complain about the bad habits of ornamental fish, but their hearts still like to raise fish. So, the happy life of ornamental fish is indeed much better than that of economic fish.
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