How to catch bugs to feed fish?

[Galactik]

Do you guys have any tips or ideas for diy contraptions to catch bugs?

I'm trying to catch and provide alternative foods for my fish while we ride the quarantine. Im still good on staple pellets for a while but I'm trying to also stretch it as far as I can having been laid off.

I've been scavenging for worms and was successful last week (live in FL) but it has not rained in a while and now everything is bone dry again. Lots of mosquitoes and what have you tho.

Thanks!

 

[kno4te]

Unfortunately you gotta dig and turn over rocks. Get into bushes. Check the inside of outdoor lights. Check palmettos for roaches. Get a jar and put some fruit in it and collect some ants after some time. That’ll help.

 

[The Morning]

If you have mosquitos why not put out some pots with water and harvest the larvae.

 

[PolypterusGuy225]

When it rains I make sure to go out and collect worms to feed that same night and the fish go wild for it. Besides putting some stagnant water for mosquitoes out you can buy bugs at many LFS or bait shops.

Personally I’ve never tried this but, if you leave out a piece of food somewhere you know ants will find you can wait till it’s covered with them and quickly pick it up into a bucket of water if the food sinks and net the ants from the top. If not you can rinse it and pour the dislodged ants through a net and put them in that way. I know of one friend who does this for his African butterfly and tetra tank as a treat.

 

[HumanBean]

After rain it's easy to get Earth worms. If no rain then water the lawn and then pick the worms.

Tried and tested .

You be amazed how many worms resides in a very small area.

 

[HumanBean]

Btw not too keen on flying insects.

 

[Vampire fish]

You can catch tons of mosquito larvae outside with a body of water sitting outside for around a week. If not that you can get a long net and catch a ton of mosquito fish.

 

[Hendre]

You can catch tons of mosquito larvae outside with a body of water sitting outside for around a week. If not that you can get a long net and catch a ton of mosquito fish.

Mosquito larvae are tried and tested. You can also breed cockroaches, my brother breeds them for feeders and I'll pinch a baby now and again for my poly.

 

[tiger15]

FL has warm climate and roaches are everywhere. When I lived in FL many years ago, my rental apartment was infested with German roaches. Even my car had roaches as my kid ate and spilled food over. I learned how to catch roaches proficiently with a tweezers to feed my JD. Roaches have poor eye sight but great detection of vibration. The skill I acquired is to approach and aim at a roach silently to about 2 inch distance, then at a burst of speed I picked it up like a bird. I learned that JD has good eyesight, because as I approached the tank 10 ft away with a roach in the tweezers, he sensed it and got excited and ready to jump up to catch his favorite food.

 

[duanes]

The day of the first rain after a long dry spell here, termites migrate, so I swing a net around to catch as many as I can, and whereever they land, they lose their wings, so these are also dumped in the tank.

I also check the patio every morning for dead or half dead insects, took less than a few moments for this 5" wingspan moth to disappear..

And when these clumsy flyers arrive they are a special treat, lots of extra protein.

The one above is about 5" long.
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