I too have gutloaded with carrots and fish food then threw them in the freezer. Why take a chance having a problem feeding them live
Possible dangers of feeding live Superworms to Arowana
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Without solid data one way or the other, sometimes better safe than sorry is the best approach.
Just came across this video... maybe can consider soldier fly larvae
Yeah almost the size of morio pupae, will need a full fledged setup culture to support adult arowanas
Maybe you can breed some Super Soldier Fly Larvae for us
I wonder if fat content would be drastically different between these and SW?
From what I've read , soldier fly are high protein, and better than mealies or supers.
Lemme see if I can find regarding the nutrition chart for soldier fly.
Lemme see if I can find regarding the nutrition chart for soldier fly.
Nutrient content in ALL of these various foods will vary depend on what they are being fed, as well as how they are processed.
www.feedipedia.org
"The type of rearing substrate and the processing method affect the utilization of the larvae by fish".
Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) | Feedipedia
"The type of rearing substrate and the processing method affect the utilization of the larvae by fish".
| Main analysis | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Dry matter | % as fed | 91.3 | 1.1 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 5 | |
| Crude protein | % DM | 42.1 | 1.0 | 41.1 | 43.6 | 5 | |
| Crude fibre | % DM | 7.0 | 1 | ||||
| Ether extract | % DM | 26.0 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 34.8 | 5 | |
| Ash | % DM | 20.6 | 6.0 | 14.6 | 28.4 | 5 | |
| Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 22.1 | * | ||||
| Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Calcium | g/kg DM | 75.6 | 17.1 | 50.0 | 86.3 | 4 | |
| Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 9.0 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 4 | |
| Potassium | g/kg DM | 6.9 | 1 | ||||
| Sodium | g/kg DM | 1.3 | 1 | ||||
| Magnesium | g/kg DM | 3.9 | 1 | ||||
| Manganese | mg/kg DM | 246 | 1 | ||||
| Zinc | mg/kg DM | 108 | 1 | ||||
| Copper | mg/kg DM | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Iron | mg/kg DM | 1370 | 1 | ||||
| Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb | |
| Alanine | % protein | 7.7 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 4 | |
| Arginine | % protein | 5.6 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4 | |
| Aspartic acid | % protein | 11.0 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 4 | |
| Cystine | % protein | 0.1 | 1 | ||||
| Glutamic acid | % protein | 10.9 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 13.5 | 4 | |
| Glycine | % protein | 5.7 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 4 | |
| Histidine | % protein | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 4 | |
| Isoleucine | % protein | 5.1 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4 | |
| Leucine | % protein | 7.9 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 4 | |
| Lysine | % protein | 6.6 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 4 | |
| Methionine | % protein | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4 | |
| Phenylalanine | % protein | 5.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4 | |
| Proline | % protein | 6.6 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 2 | ||
| Serine | % protein | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 4 | |
| Threonine | % protein | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 4 | |
| Tryptophan | % protein | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
| Tyrosine | % protein | 6.9 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 4 | |
| Valine | % protein | 8.2 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 4 |
References
Arango Gutierrez et al., 2004; Newton et al., 1977; Sealey et al., 2011; St-Hilaire et al., 2007
