Ding Gui fish has a wide range of feeding habits, belonging to omnivorous fish. It likes to eat plankton, benthos and plant debris in water, and mainly feeds on rotten plant residues and aquatic insects larvae. It is also very fond of artificial feed such as bean cake, fish meal and rapeseed cake, and can be fed with compound bait in industrial culture.
Sufficient base fertilizer must be applied before stocking, and topdressing can be applied regularly according to the water quality and color during feeding. Organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer can be combined to cultivate enough plankton. Pay attention to regulating water quality and add new water in time. It is not suitable to mix carp, grass, bighead carp and other fish with fierce food competition when raising dinggui fish, but to mix silver carp in moderation.