Most nutritious insects?

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Shane templar said:
Not sure which is the most nutritious but my big Oscar eats locusts mealworms wax worms normal worms crickets grass hopper any insect really but doesn’t really eat pellets where as my smaller oscars doesn’t touch and insects yet eats the pellets!!
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Sounds like typical Oscars, all over the place!
 
angelcrze said:
Me either, don't know about nutrition, but I feed super worms to my geckos. And crickets, but you said he doesn't go for them. I do gut load my crickets though. I also feed butter worms on occasion, but they are high in fats, I wouldn't feed those.

I think the best approach would be as much variety as possible. Plus I think he'd go for worms over crickets. Which crickets have you tried? The brown ones? The black ones have too hard of a shell. That could be an issue.

Side note, I once fed a small cricket to my serpea tetras.....they tore that thing apart like a pack of piranha. He must be a very picky boi!!!

I know Repashy grub pie formula uses black soldier fly larvae and also Bug bites pellet food.
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I may try worms. This picky nonsense is getting annoying.
 
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Gut loading is super duper easy and definitely worth it. At least you don't also have to sprinkle calcium on it, I call that "gecko crack" :nilly:
 
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I use for my fish 'insects' (sensu lato) from 3 sources and I have been very happy with the results:
1- Freeze-dried mealworms, 2- freeze-dried mix of crickets, waxworm, mealworm, and 3- Five different sinking pellets from Ken's Fish (blackworm, earthworm, multiworm, brineshrimp).
This is in addition to other things they eat, including various veggies, nori, flakes, seeds..
 
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Ive read that the most nutritious insects are actually silk worms. apparently they surpass roaches even
 
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Oh had a thought, I wonder what would happen if you made a garlic juice solution and squeeze a bit on the worms prior to feeding? I'm not sure what the concentration would be, but I could look if interested. Just thinking garlic sometimes will entice fish to eat.
 
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angelcrze said:
Oh had a thought, I wonder what would happen if you made a garlic juice solution and squeeze a bit on the worms prior to feeding? I'm not sure what the concentration would be, but I could look if interested. Just thinking garlic sometimes will entice fish to eat.
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Brick eats the mealworms fine, problem is getting him to eat something else. I have freeze dried garlic chunks I soak pellets in once a week. But I may go with live mealworms and gutload.

The game goes like this:

Eats tilapia, then doesn't. Spits out the pellets inside and eats the fish.
Eats krill then doesn't.
Eats spirulina wafers then doesn't.
Gulps blackworm/spirulina cubes like crack then doesn't.
Lets pellets rain over his head.
He previously ate nearly 2lbs of mealworms in a month, then didn't and ate pellets instead (when he finally tired of mealworms)
Currently only eats freeze dried mealworms.

Some days I refuse mealworms and only put pellets/wafers in the tank. I think Brick is gulling me. For such a picky fish he sure is staying mighty thick. I've seen him poking at pellets on the bottom when he doesn't know I'm looking.

My chocolate Bobo has started eating pellets after realizing he isn't getting just mealworms either. He was getting as bad as the O with the picky routine. Main difference is he stays near his house all the time...so its either eat what's available or go hungry. Plus the fact the O and BP herd him around when he comes out. He's an opportunistic eater, so it's grab n' go.
 
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