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What do you feed bottom dwelling fish?

Asked: Alessandro Cerchiaro, Last Updated:

Instead of grabbing food from the surface or midwater, bottom feeders find their food along the substrate. Some are scavengers that normally eat dead fish and invertebrates. Others are herbivores that eat mostly algae and other plant materials. And some, like pictus catfish, are even predators.

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  • Why is shrimp so high in sodium?

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