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Why is red pomfret called garbage fish?

At that time, the waters in Guangdong were seriously polluted and many fish died. Only pomfret survived well in the black water. It looked disgusting and was called garbage fish, but pomfret tasted delicious and can still be eaten in other places that were not polluted.

The yield of red pomfret is very high and it can be purchased in general markets, so the market price is relatively cheap. The current market price of red pomfret is generally around 5-6 yuan per catty. The meat of red pomfret is tender and rich in nutritional value, and eating it is beneficial to the human body.

Growth environment

Red pomfret is a tropical fish, with a suitable temperature range of 12-35℃, and the most suitable water temperature for growth is 24-32℃. If the water temperature is below 12℃ for two consecutive days, it is in danger of freezing to death. The fish has a strong tolerance to low oxygen and can still survive when the dissolved oxygen is 0.5 mg/L. It is suitable for breeding in relatively fertile fish ponds and can also be bred in brackish water with a salinity of less than 10‰.

Red pomfret likes to live in the middle and lower layers of water bodies. It is docile and has the habit of moving in groups. It is easy to catch. Its scales are small and dense, not easily injured, and suitable for long-distance transportation. Freshwater white pomfret is a tropical and subtropical fish. It will die when the water temperature is below 12℃. It can survive when the water temperature is 18℃ to 19℃, but it is easy to get sick and even die in large numbers.

Red pomfret, also known as freshwater white pomfret, is native to the Amazon River in South America. It looks like a pomfret, both are flat. The main difference between it and golden pomfret is its color. Red pomfret can be farmed in both freshwater and saltwater, while golden pomfret is a pure marine fish. Red pomfret is not only an omnivorous fish, but also as ferocious as a piranha. This feature is a double-edged sword, because this kind of diet is very easy to raise. It eats whatever it is fed. When it is extremely hungry, it is no different from a piranha. Anything that can be chewed can be food, but this can also easily destroy the aerator, cables and other facilities in the fish pond.

In addition, red pomfret is too ferocious and will treat other fish as food, even those that are much larger than it, so mixed breeding is simply not feasible. In addition, many farms have built toilets on fish ponds, and the excrement is directly fed to red pomfret as food, which was even snapped up. Gradually, this model has become very common. After knowing this, many consumers dare not buy it anymore. Since then, the reputation of red pomfret has plummeted, and it has been listed as a "garbage fish" along with Egyptian mullet and tilapia. So it can be said that red pomfret is being raised to waste.

Nowadays, the label of "junk fish" cannot be removed from red pomfret, consumers do not like to eat it, farmed red pomfret has never been able to make a comeback on the consumer side, and wild red pomfret is not recognized. Because when red pomfret grows to more than 2 kilograms, the meat will become very fat and greasy, and many people complain that it has a strange smell, such as diesel and mud, which has lowered the reputation of red pomfret and it is rarely seen in the market.

Red pomfret is not selling well in the market, and many farmers are not interested in breeding it anymore, because while red pomfret has obvious advantages, it also has a very prominent weakness, that is, it cannot tolerate low temperatures and will freeze to death if the temperature is below 10℃. If there is no price and no sales, there is no need to breed it specifically, because if there is one or two cold waves like in winter, all the money will be lost.

Mixed culture of red pomfret and parrot fish

Cannot be raised together.

Parrot fish can be raised together with fish of similar size such as dinosaur fish, map fish, Thai tiger fish, etc. These fish have similar habits to parrot fish, and have strong adaptability to the environment and are not picky about food. The living habits of various ornamental fish are different, and mixed breeding can easily lead to other fish not adapting to the environment.