Feeding fish ants?
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Not a good idea at all to feed adult ants to your fish. Most ants can spray any of several types of acids from their mouths depending on species. Fire ants harbor a venomous sting which contains a toxic alkaloid venom called solenospin. While this venom has a short duration before breaking down in the body through histamines, a major ingestion from more than a few ants can cause death. Back in the day before the readily available prepared fish foods, ants were used to feed small and medium sized fish. However, fish were fed on the eggs and pupae, not on adult ants.
LOL! Sorry, but I had to laugh at the way you said all of that, Oddball. It's simply amazing sometimes the things you can know off the top of your head. For instance, I knew about the venomous sting, but I couldn't have told you what it was called without doing some quick googling.
Some ants not sure which ones have formic acid in their systems which can't be good for fish. I would stay away from feeding ants to any of your fish.
well its winter here so not many mosquitos
let alone larva and i wanted to feed them some kinda bug lolwell its winter here so not many mosquitos
Maybe some crickets from a pet store?