Can dragon fish be raised together with other types of fish? How to feed dragon fish and fortune fish together?

As people's quality of life improves, more and more people like to keep fish at home, and arowana is very popular among the public because of its high ornamental value. So can arowana be raised with other kinds of fish? How to feed arowana and fortune fish together? Let's take a look.

Can dragon fish be kept together with other types of fish?

If you want to keep a dragon fish in good condition, it is recommended to keep only one. If you want to keep other fish together, it is best to keep them together from a young age. Those who say that you should keep single dragon fish and not double dragon fish, in fact, it is not necessarily true. If you fight, you will fight all three. If you don’t fight, you won’t fight either of them. It has something to do with the character of the dragon fish and the size of the fish tank. For example, if you keep three dragon fish in a 1.8-meter tank and two dragon fish in a 1.5-meter tank, the chance of fighting may definitely be different. In short, mixed breeding is risky and is not recommended! If you want to keep other fish together, that’s ok, but not all fish are recommended to be kept together. 1. Turtles are not recommended. 2. It is not recommended to keep fish larger than dragon fish. It is best to keep fish with gentle personalities and slightly smaller than dragon fish.

How to feed dragon fish and fortune fish together

In terms of feeding, dragon fish is omnivorous, mainly meat, small fish, shrimp, bloodworms, red nematodes, earthworms, loaches, mealworms, crickets, centipedes, etc. Fortune fish, also known as parrot fish, also eats everything, artificial bait, flakes, pellets, bloodworms, brine shrimp, water lice, mealworms, earthworms, etc. Therefore, there is basically no need to distinguish between the two fish in mixed breeding and feeding.

How to raise dragon fish with high efficiency

The golden arowana, also known as the beautiful bony tongue fish, belongs to the Osteoglossidae family. The silver arowana is also known as the double-bearded bony tongue fish. The largest member of the Osteoglossidae family is the Arapaima. These fish have similar living habits and can generally be raised together.