Can I feed this to my fish?

[Jkempel]

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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[krichardson]

They look like mealworms,and like your chickens,can be a snack or treat for your fish if they will eat them.

 

[Libpete]

My oscars favourite food is live mealworms. Try them and see if they like them, they wont harm your fish.

 

[Jkempel]

Thanks for the reply, I looked it up and indeed are mealworms .
I will try them tonight (Sunday is snackday)

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[fwprawn]

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.

 

[Oddball]

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.

 

[Gill Blue]

the best part is when they come through the gut in one piece, only all white.

 

[Libpete]

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.

 

[Jkempel]

All my fish ate some but only my Oscar was really greedy on them.


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