黄鳝对外界环境适应性很强,离水也不易死亡,肉食性,喜食蚯蚓,小鱼小虾,人工饲养还可以投喂一部分麸皮、菜叶、瓜果皮等。最适生长温度为25～30℃,生长旺期为6～8月份,冬季能潜入淤泥30厘米深处越冬。黄鳝有性逆转的特点,一般在16～24厘米时开始性逆转,在此以前都是雌性的;42～53厘米以 Eel is very adaptable to the external environment, from the water is not easy to die, carnivorous, like eating earthworms, fish shrimp, artificial feeding can also feed part of the bran, leaves, melons and other peels. The optimum growth temperature is 25 ~ 30 ℃, growing season is 6 ~ August, winter can sneak into the depths of 30 cm of the mud. Sexual reversal of the characteristics of the eel, usually 16 to 24 cm when the start of sexual inversions, in the past are female; 42 to 53 cm