In my area of the country, there seems to be an invasion of stinkbugs. I hate 'em. They get into your house and hide in cracks and crevaces and so forth (not to mention the stink when you kill them) Well,not too long ago, I was feeding my Oscars, and a stinkbug flew into the tank. One of the Oscars got to it before I could scoop it out, and he seemed to enjoy the fresh meal. So I watched him for a few days to see if there would be any ill effects, and noticed nothing. So, knowing that Oscars love insects, I thought to myself that it would be ok to feed then stinkbugs whenever I found on in the house and save a little money on fish food.
About a week later, on a warm day, there were several that had made their way into my house, so I thought to myself, great! Dinner time for Buddy and Jeff! I fed them 4 of the critters, and they were extatic! About 10 minutes after, I was smelling that stinkbug odor, and wasn't sure where was coming from, so I thought I would check out the aquarium (seemed logical). I opened the lid to the aquarium, and about fell out from the smell!
I immediately did a 60% water change, and a filter pad change to get the funk out of the tank, and that cleared the smell up. It's been about 2 or 3 weeks since then all of my fish are doing well. No more stinkbugs for my Oscars...
About a week later, on a warm day, there were several that had made their way into my house, so I thought to myself, great! Dinner time for Buddy and Jeff! I fed them 4 of the critters, and they were extatic! About 10 minutes after, I was smelling that stinkbug odor, and wasn't sure where was coming from, so I thought I would check out the aquarium (seemed logical). I opened the lid to the aquarium, and about fell out from the smell!
I immediately did a 60% water change, and a filter pad change to get the funk out of the tank, and that cleared the smell up. It's been about 2 or 3 weeks since then all of my fish are doing well. No more stinkbugs for my Oscars...
