The exhibition tank of the Chaojing Intelligent Aquarium of the National Marine Science and Technology Museum, the appearance of the garden eels is very peculiar, attracting the attention of many people.

(The picture is provided by the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology)

[Reporter Yu Zhaofu/Report from Keelung] The tidal environment intelligent aquarium of the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology (referred to as the Marine Science Museum) breeds many marine life exhibitions. The garden eel in the exhibition tank on the second floor is very similar to the periscope of a submarine because of its special appearance. The "star" that is popular among tourists in Chaojing Smart Aquarium.

Because the garden eels are alert and timid, the museum raises starfish and sea cucumbers to act as gardeners for cleaning the living environment of the garden eels, keeping the living environment of the garden eels clean.

The Marine Science Museum pointed out that it is not easy for garden eels to maintain their surrounding living environment. The staff of the Marine Science Museum recruited marine creatures to act as "cleaning helpers" for the living environment of garden eels. These marine creatures are not only for people to watch, It also has the major task of assisting in maintaining the living environment.

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The Haike Museum stated that garden eels need to live in thick sandy land. In a captive breeding environment, the bottom sand is more likely to accumulate waste or residual bait left over from feeding. When these waste and residual bait rot, they will Corrupt water quality, so cleaning the bottom sand is a must.

However, the garden eel is a kind of vigilant and timid creature. Frequent cleaning of the bottom sand will also affect the growth of the garden eel. In order to maintain the living environment of the garden eel, the breeders raised the "cleaning helper" creatures in it. The gardener of this garden eel garden.

The "cleaning helpers" of the garden eel garden include sea cucumbers and starfish, both of which are members of echinoderms. Echinoderms are characterized by radially symmetrical bodies, spiny echinoderms on the outer layer of the body, and a water pipe system in the body to allow body movement .

Most echinoderms play the role of scavengers in nature, which can quickly remove larger organic substances such as corpses or debris, and accelerate the cycle of elements in nature.

One end of the sea cucumber has tentacles, which can grab, swallow, and absorb the organic debris in the sand, and then discharge the remaining sand that cannot be absorbed and digested from the other end, which can reduce the accumulation of organic matter in the sand in the display tank.

"Red-banded Channaea chinensis" is also a member of the cleaning helper. They will take a mouthful of sand first, and then use their gills to discharge the sand like a sieve and keep the food in their mouth to swallow. This characteristic makes residual Bait can be removed without accumulating in the bottom sand.

"Anbo Double Whip Shrimp" is very sensitive to fishy things, and will even move very diligently to eat food quickly and remove residual bait in the fish tank. It has the title of "clean shrimp".

Chen Lishu, director of the industry-university exchange group, said that marine organisms are in various forms, and how to use the combination of biological characteristics is a great knowledge. Through breeding, the creatures can coexist peacefully and maintain the ecology, and even help maintain the environment of the exhibition tank, which can achieve Get twice the result with half the effort.

The exhibition tank of the Chaojing Intelligent Aquarium of the National Marine Science and Technology Museum, the appearance of the garden eels is very peculiar, attracting the attention of many people.

(The picture is provided by the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology)

The picture shows the Dangpi ginseng found by the Haike Museum to absorb the sand swallowed into the body to absorb organic matter, and then discharge it as a cleaning gardener.

(The picture is provided by the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology)

The exhibition tank of Chaojing Intelligent Aquarium of National Marine Science and Technology Museum, the appearance of raising garden eels is very strange, but maintaining the living environment of garden eels has become a big test. The picture shows that the museum hired Feibaifeng starfish to be a cleaning gardener.

(The picture is provided by the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology)

The picture shows Anbo double-whip shrimp diligently performing cleaning work.

(The picture is provided by the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology)