Ugh... I caught a baby grasshopper, and threw it in my tank... one of my larger black skirts attacked it and ate it up... heh.. i know.... but i wanted to see if they'd eat it... if I am sure there were no pesticides/insecticides, could any harm be done?? I figure they'd get a few hoppers in the wild.... experience?? Concerns??
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2007-07-08 15:12:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
All new aquarists: please do not listen to skater dude. The chemical lightning bugs use to create the glow is very toxic to fish. Thanks!
2007-07-08 15:21:33 · update #1
Do a little research,live foods are great for fish if they are the right type and not contaminated. Lots of professional breeders raise their own live food cultures. There are bunches of different "things" you can grow,from micro-worms for feeding tiny fry, to wingless fruit flies for insectivores like African Butterfly Fish or the South American Hatchet Fish,to earth worms for the larger meat eaters. A bait store can be a source of live foods for a small cost. Stuff like crickets or red wigglers or minnows, I'm sure you get the idea.
There is a great book,I think it's out of print now, that was published by Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine, called The Encyclopedia of Live Foods,by Charles O. Masters that goes into great detail on the feeding of our fish. Try haunting used book stores or web-sites.
2007-07-08 15:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been a fish hobbiest 20 years and that is my favorite thing to do!! Be careful though for pesticides, and if you get worms from outside they need to be rinsed off good because of parasites, I buy live food from pet-co, I know they are safe from there.
2007-07-08 15:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by Shawnee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i mean i never fed my fish grasshoppers
but i have fed them other insects
flies,crickets, worms
i dont believe youll have a problem whether or not the bug has pesticide on it or not
but if possible to be on the safe side
you should feed them store bought live food then catching your own and not knowing where it has been
2007-07-08 15:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by hopeless_romantic33z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pssh no harm done! I'm sure fish in the wild could get their hands...erm...fins...on grasshoppers. I feed my Betta worms from the garden and live brine shrimp (sea monkeys). He LOVES them. Its always fun to watch them eat them alive (a little morbid, but interesting none the less ^ ^! )
2007-07-08 15:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it should be fine to feed them most anyting you would expect them to eat in the wild. i have 3 oscars and i have no other choice than to go outside and catch stuff to put in the tank plus its really funny to watch them eat. they eat all day they are all about 5-7 inches and they eat like 20 fish at a time then it's like i fed them chinese food or somthing becuase they are hungry again in like 5 minnuts ive fed my oscar 4, medium sized frogs and he still wants more im gonna have to put my dog in there or somthing
2007-07-08 15:32:42 · answer #5 · answered by crystal h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres nothing wrong with feeding your fish a little live food. i feed mine mosquito larvea and they love it. i also feed mine lightning bugs and turn the light off and watch the glowy bugs get devoured by my fish. worms are also great.
2007-07-08 15:17:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋