Red sunfish is a euryhaline fish with wide temperature range, which can live in fresh water and brackish water at 1-40℃. The optimum growth temperature is 26-3 1℃, and the pH range is 6-9.5, and the optimum is 7-8. It is resistant to hypoxia, can survive in water environment with dissolved oxygen 1mg/L or above, and can grow well in most ponds, lakes, reservoirs and rivers in China.

Key points of aquaculture technology

Red sun fish can be kept in fish ponds, reservoirs, lakes, pools, wetlands, rice fields and so on. In leisure fishing, fisherman's music and other tourist spots, mola fish can attract tourists, arouse their curiosity and exploration, become an ideal object for tourists to watch and fish, often bring unexpected surprises to fishermen, and are deeply loved by men, women and children.

Under the condition of artificial breeding, animal feed such as chilled fish or artificial compound feed can be used instead of natural bait, which is easier to breed. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and parts of Guangdong took the lead in artificially breeding molas, and after success, other regions followed closely.