crickets considered to be fatty foods?

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Jack Dempsey
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so I was at the LFS that I get my crickets from and they asked me what I was feeding them too. I told them it was for an aro and they asked ... " you know crickets are considered to be fatty food for a fish".

My aro has been on crickets, meal worms and frozen shrimp. Since I have gotten my aro, it has gotten pretty big, est. 15" but has started to show signs of DE, so I stopped the meal worms and went with only crickets and the shrimp. But now after hearing that from the LFS, im wondering if it might be because of the crickets has something to due with DE ( i kno there is a lot of talk about how they get DE, and lets assume its due to fatty foods ).

I have looked into the sticky posts and see that crickets should be gut loaded but are they a treat food or a staple of their diet? I have tried the starving it for a week and trying to get it on sticks but no luck. Mixing the sticks in with crickets also didn't work.

Thanks for the help.
 
Crickets are 6% fat, so whatever that means to you. IMO crickets are a very good choice in a varied diet for arowana. Best to gutload them with carrots before feeding.
 
I feed sticks and crickets. You have to be careful to not let the aro get stuck on crickets. I have a routine of 3 or 4 days of crickets (carrot gut loaded) and then sticks for 3 or 4 days. If it starts to not eat the sticks.....i wont feed it crickets until it eats sticks for a few days. I love crickets. They float on top and you can gut load them with carrots. My aro has no signs of DE but its a black aro. so that might have something to do with no DE.

IMO, don't feed it anything until you get it to eat sticks. If it wont eat sticks than soak the sticks in blood worms.
 
Fat is great. The reason animals are filled with fat is that it's nature's best and safest form of stored energy. Fat is good for people, too. I just lost 20 pounds by replacing the grains and sugars in my food with animal fat. Home-made tallow, lard, straight belly fat and fatty meat are all low-glycemic, satisfying and great for the body. Fish are omnivores just like us, and can thrive on a wide range of macronutrient ratios. Do not be afraid of the fat, but do shoot for variety! Crickets alone cannot be complete. Worms, other bugs, and small animals like other fish that have eaten good food are a fine starting point.
 
i read this and was wondering why it's best to gut load the crickets with carrots? i have been gut loading mine with massivore. just currious. (i also keep water in with crickets) in case it was for moisture.
 
Cellitti said:
i read this and was wondering why it's best to gut load the crickets with carrots? i have been gut loading mine with massivore. just currious. (i also keep water in with crickets) in case it was for moisture.
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carrots are easy to feed to crickts, healthy for them and add moisture so you dont need to keep any water in with them directly. crickets will eat pretty much anything but whatever you are feeding them to will be eating whatever you feed to the crickets. carrots are a good choice.
 
What is the best way to gut load crickets with carrots? Might sound stupid but I want to know.
 
craigthor said:
What is the best way to gut load crickets with carrots? Might sound stupid but I want to know.
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Shaved carrots are quickly consumed for immediate feeding.
 
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