Panda Garra | Garra flavatra

Panda Garra is an ornate sucking-mouth cat. As the panda’s name suggests, the Garra Panda displays wide, alternating bands of light and dark colors. Its unique markings are highlighted by a diamond-shaped scale pattern and a hint of red on the fins. Due to its unusual markings and peaceful nature, the Garra Panda makes a great addition to well-screened aquariums 30 gallons and larger. In the wild, the Garra Panda inhabits well-oxygenated, fast-flowing rivers. Adding a powerhead or using a larger filter will increase filtration and water movement to help recreate natural conditions.

While its sucker-like mouth may indicate that the Garra Panda is a scavenger or algae eater, it is important not to limit its diet to only algae or available food scraps. Panda Garra are omnivores and their diet should consist of prepared algae flakes or algal tablets as well as frozen or freeze-dried food. The occasional addition of bloodworms or tubifex worms provides a nutritionally balanced and varied diet.

For food, the newly hatched Garra rufa children are given plankton. Meanwhile, adult fish feed in the form of pellets and silk worms or blood worms which are small and smooth in texture. Feeding 2-3 times a day.

Therapy What fish can transmit disease?

Even in some states in the US has been banned. Experts recently warned, that beauty treatments, Fish therapy (fish therapy) using Garra Rufa fish can actually transmit or spread infections and diseases.

Fish therapy is a natural way to eliminate harmful bacteria that cause foot odor. Bacteria on the feet will not only cause unpleasant odors but also cause annoying itching on the feet. With the loss of these bacteria, odor and itching on the feet can be prevented.

Usually, the fish used for therapy are Garra rufa fish whose natural habitat is from the Middle East. The natural food of this fish is actually plankton and plants.

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