1, sweeper:

This scavenger, whose scientific name is catfish, is a benthic fish native to rivers in South America. It can be said to be the most common and cheapest tool fish at present. Because of its strong adaptability, it can survive in almost any environment and has been listed as an invasive species.

They are often attached to all kinds of hard objects in the aquarium with the mouth of sucker, and sweet all kinds of algae on them, so they are a tool fish with very strong algae removal ability. But once the scavenger grows up, it will compete with other fish in the fish tank for feed, and its algae removal ability will obviously deteriorate and become lazy.

Unless you are hungry, you usually lie still and have a lot of shit. If the filtration system of the aquarium is not very strong, the water quality of the aquarium will become worse.

When other ornamental fish in the aquarium are sick or injured, they will still cling to the fish and eat the wound. It is also not recommended to put the sweeper in the haystack. In the process of foraging, it is easy to turn up the sediment in the haystack and eat grass leaves when you are hungry. Therefore, it is best to raise scavengers as tool fish in bare tanks.

Because it is listed as an alien invasive species, there is no need to release it in the wild if you don't want to raise it, and try to destroy it humanely.

2. Mossy mouse:

China and Thailand are the main areas of Lancang River. After artificial domestication, the whole body is golden yellow and there is no fish scale on the body surface. The mouth of the sucker is used to absorb and move hard objects. Lichen mouse is a very common tool fish, which can effectively remove the residual bait and moss in fish tanks.

Moss rats like clean water. When I grow up, I will often chase and fight with my peers and turn up the planted aquatic plants. Therefore, it is not recommended to raise them in straw tanks. There is also a tool fish, even if there is no similar fish, it will chase other fish, which is a very headache.

3, the black line flying fox:

Black flying fox is an ornamental fish native to Mekong River and other rivers in Southeast Asia. It is loved by haystack players because it can eat black algae. Black flying fox can be said to be the king of algae-removing fish, and especially likes to eat filamentous algae and filamentous algae. If it wants to have strong algae removal ability, it should avoid being spoiled by artificial feed. If you are used to artificial feeding, you will become lazy and no longer like algae.

So be careful when feeding the feed, and try not to let it compete for too much food. Black-line flying fox is timid and very suitable for breeding in haystacks. If Chaetoceros broke out in the aquarium, we should feed less and eat Chaetoceros forcibly. It is reported that the black-line flying fox also eats insects, which is why grass pot lovers raise it in detail.

The main purpose of raising tool fish:

It is to let them clean the fish tank wall and all kinds of algae in the fish tank, which is the biggest purpose of raising tool fish.