Can I feed this to my fish?

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These are freeze dried, but I forgot the name in English .
Normally we give them as a snack to the chicken but I thought maybe it can be used for the fish too?

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They look like mealworms,and like your chickens,can be a snack or treat for your fish if they will eat them.
 
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My oscars favourite food is live mealworms. Try them and see if they like them, they wont harm your fish.
 
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Thanks for the reply, I looked it up and indeed are mealworms .
I will try them tonight (Sunday is snackday)

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Mealworms are not much more than chitin, which really isn't really healthy nor digestible, and it can actually build up in the stomach / gut. Use as a treat only once in a while. There's really no nutritional value when they are dried.
 
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Actually, FD mealworms have a beneficial nutritional value with 53% protein, 28% fat, and 6% fiber. The remaining value is 5% moisture. As stated, they should be offered only occassionally due to their chitinous exoskeleton.
 
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My oscar especially loves them when they have turned into the white pre-beetle stage. That does seem to cause less messy poop.

Would it change anything in the nutrition when the mealworms change to beetles? I wonder.
 
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