Feeding beetles?

[dbcb314]

is this a bad idea? I am thinkiing their shell would be too hard to digest?

threw on in the other day, got my fish in the frenzy, then i thought better of it and took it out.

thought?

 

[santoury]

This is exactly what they would eat in nature - just not as a large part of their diet. Using different foods as treats is always good.

 

[santoury]

But if the fish are just small fish, they won't be able to actually ingest the beetle - if they are larger cichlids or whatnot, and can just engulf it, then yep...

 

[saltydog_1]

if your fish are too small or you are worried about the shell you can just smash the beetle and the will tear it up just the same. i do it with small snails and the fry go nuts.

 

[mdo135]

certianly dont fill them with beetles... but ya one every now and then as a treat wont hurt them. depending on the type of fish of corse

 

[PacKRaT]

I live in the south east, and am guilty of throwing the occasional tick to a school of giant danios, they rip them to pieces like pirahnas would and devour them in seconds. The only thing I occasionally worry about is wierd parasites or disease, hence the tick goes to the danios, not any of my cichlids! I realistically do this maybe 3 or 4 times a year, at 1 tick to 7 danios, maybe I'll do it more often, serves those little bloodsuckers right!