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  2. Bottom feeder - Wikipedia

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    A bottom feeder is an aquatic animal that feeds on or near the bottom of a body of water. [ 1] Biologists often use the terms benthos —particularly for invertebrates such as shellfish, crabs, crayfish, sea anemones, starfish, snails, bristleworms and sea cucumbers —and benthivore or benthivorous, for fish and invertebrates that feed on ...

  3. Aquarium fish feeder - Wikipedia

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    Aquarium fish feeder. An aquarium with a fish feeder. Aquarium fish feeders are electric or electronic devices that are designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals. They are often used to feed fish when the aquarist is on vacation or is too busy to maintain a regular feeding schedule. [1]

  4. Aquatic feeding mechanisms - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic feeding mechanisms. Grouper capture their prey by sucking them into their mouths. Aquatic feeding mechanisms face a special difficulty as compared to feeding on land, because the density of water is about the same as that of the prey, so the prey tends to be pushed away when the mouth is closed. This problem was first identified by ...

  5. Feeder fish - Wikipedia

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    Guppies are a common example of feeder fish. Feeder fish is the common name for certain types of small, inexpensive fish commonly fed as live food to other captive animals such as predatory fishes (e.g. aquarium sharks, farmed salmon and tuna) or carnivorous aquarium fish (e.g. oscars, gar, grouper and rays), turtles, crocodilians and other piscivores that naturally hunt in fresh, brackish or ...

  6. Algae eater - Wikipedia

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    Algae eater or algivore is a common name for any bottom-dwelling or filter-feeding aquatic animal species that specialize in feeding on algae and phytoplanktons. Algae eaters are important for the fishkeeping hobby and many are commonly kept by aquarium hobbyists to improve water quality. [1] They are also important primary consumers that relay ...

  7. Aquarium fish feed - Wikipedia

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    TetraMin. Aquarium fish feed is plant or animal material intended for consumption by pet fish kept in aquariums or ponds. Fish foods normally contain macronutrients, trace elements and vitamins necessary to keep captive fish in good health. Approximately 80% of fishkeeping hobbyists feed their fish exclusively prepared foods that most commonly ...

  8. Zebra loach - Wikipedia

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    Zebra loaches are peaceful fish suitable to community aquarium tanks. However, being bottom feeders, they may show some aggression against other smaller bottom feeders. Therefore, small corydoras are not suitable tankmates. They should be kept in groups of at least five. Any fewer and they will become stressed.

  9. Hypostomus plecostomus - Wikipedia

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    Hypostomus plecostomus

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