Shot shell fish belongs to the river fish, it mainly lives in rivers, lakes, ponds and other freshwater basins, but also in the shore of the gravel crevices, caves and debris, both belong to a kind of benthic fish, also belong to a kind of cave-dwelling fish.

Because their swimming ability is not very strong, so the water depth of their habitat is usually not more than 2m, usually in the night activities, like to hide in the mud during the day, usually in the mud at a depth of 1m to stay 10 hours.

The shootshell fish is relatively docile, generally able to adapt to the low-oxygen environment, suitable for living at a temperature of 25-30 ℃, when the temperature of 10 ℃ when a large number of deaths. They have strong hunger tolerance and can usually go many days without eating after 1 full meal.

Sharks belong to warm water fish, very afraid of freezing, so in the overwintering period need to do a good job of insulation, and in the breeding should be as little as possible to change the water, to avoid sharks because of excessive stress and frostbite, because in the overwintering period need to change the water less, so also to control the amount of minced fish feeding, to avoid the minced fish in the water after the rotting and deterioration of the fish, and then lead to sharks suffering from rotting, water mold disease, and other diseases.