{"topic_id":"exotic_enrichment_fish","category":"exotic-enrichment","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_enrichment_fish\ncategory: exotic-enrichment\ntitle: \"Fish — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"First-hand owner-practical care page saved to source_file; C1 byte-substring verified. Pulled 2026-08-01.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_rspca_fish.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-01\ntokens_estimated: 520\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-01\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-enrichment/exotic_enrichment_fish/01_exotic_enrichment_fish.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version (merckvetmanual.com)\"\n  title: \"Fish — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\"\n  url: \"https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/fish\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-01\"\n  ref: \"Fish owner-practical care (first-hand, https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/fish)\"\n  doc_type: \"animal-welfare-org / veterinary-manual consumer version\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Fish — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)\n\nSource: first-hand owner-practical care page, saved to `source_file`; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.\n\n## Claims\n\n- `For example, kuhli loaches and many catfishes will need caves and hides to help them feel secure.`\n- `Just as with any electrical equipment, thermostats and heaters can fail, so use a digital thermometer and check the temperature every day.`\n- `Keep the tank lights off for the rest of the day so that the fish can rest and explore in their own time.`\n- `It's also important to supplement fish food flakes with other foods for balanced nutrition and enrichment.`\n- `Enrichment Give your fish an interesting environment to live in by including the following in your aquarium: \n Substrate : this is the sand or gravel on the bottom.`\n- `Shelter : branches and sturdy rocks also provide shade and shelter, which are important for your fish to feel secure.`\n- `Keeping them in groups also means they'll be more relaxed and will come out from hiding more readily.`\n\n---\n\n**Source:** `pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_rspca_fish.txt` · https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/fish\n","sources":["exotic-enrichment — Fish — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom) (retrieved 2026-08-01)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-enrichment","title":"Fish — environmental enrichment & exercise (toys, foraging, hiding, exercise, preventing boredom)","url":"https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/fish","retrieved":"2026-08-01","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version","verification_file":"pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_rspca_fish.txt"},"source_document":"RSPCA pet care advice / Merck Veterinary Manual pet-owner version","source_file":"pdf-raw/companion-care/exotic_rspca_fish.txt","tokens_estimated":386,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}