Spider Treat

[phillydog1958]

I saw a spider crawling around. i scooped it up, still alive and dumped him in my tank. my 2 oscars, senegal and arrowana are the pigs of the tank. all of my fish swam past the moving spider, floating on the surface. after about 30 seconds, my arrow gupled it up and seemed to notice that he had live food in his mouth for the first time. it almost appeared that he did a head thrashing similar to that of many shark. i found that his virgin reaction to live food was interesting.

 

[Gshock]

Dont do that next time, you dont know where that spider has been or what it has eaten, it could've had pesticide in it. Only feed farmed insects, never feed an insect you find.

 

[Schneider]

Also don't feed your fish something that could harm them. Spiders do have venom. You can't predict how your fish would react if he was bitten in a soft spot inside his mouth. Everybody knows aros jump at the slightest provocation. In the least he'd probably slam into the lid and hurt himself or break the lid or both.

 

[A jar]

Yeah def be careful. I fed my aro leg-less crickets when it was younger and it would flip out as well. These days, it devours tadpoles and worms. GL

 

[peewee]

arowana's have a bony tongue. don't know if there is a soft spot in there. although i oppose the thought of feeding a spider not farm bred because of what it has eaten without your knowledge, but assuming the spider was clean, it's venom i think would not effect the aro. in the wild silver aro's eat tarantulas and other wild spiders hanging from the leaves of trees all the time.

 

[Geoey]

my albino oscar went funky chicken for 2 days after eating a large spider dont do it!
He recovered but i did think i had killed him.

 

[smartlove_518]

i am pretty sure spiders are on the aros menu including all kinds of insects in the wild ..but we dont know how many aros die in the wild..and we dont want to lose our prized fish for some silly spider right..better not to feed your aro such things.

 

[sbuse]

the fish wouldn't try to eat it if it could kill it...i mean the turanchulas in the wild...they wouldn't target them to eat if they didn't have an amunity to the venom...imo...our goal is to mimick the natural setting in our home and if you baby the fish and don't feed it incects and other things it is not going to be as strong as it can be...i see no problem feeding a spider to your fish...i do it also...if it had pestisides in it it would have died...(the spider)

 

[Gshock]

the fish wouldn't try to eat it if it could kill it...i mean the turanchulas in the wild...they wouldn't target them to eat if they didn't have an amunity to the venom...imo...our goal is to mimick the natural setting in our home and if you baby the fish and don't feed it incects and other things it is not going to be as strong as it can be...i see no problem feeding a spider to your fish...i do it also...if it had pestisides in it it would have died...(the spider)

Fish do not know if something will kill them or not, theres animals out there that eat puffers, think its a good meal, but in the end, the venom in the puffer will kill them. Your post makes no sense at all...and no, there are insects that can within some types of pesticides but that does not mean they dont have the pesticide within its body...insects have no nutritional value at all, might as well feed other high quality foods, why do you think people tell you NOT to use crickets as a staple

 

[sbuse]

my point was that insects add a diff. meal to the fish's diet...if they have no nutritional value then why do some animals solely eat insects? aro's are primarily insectavors in the wild...fish and animals are smarter then you give them creadit for...yes they don't look at something and think is it going to kill me? but they do investigate what they are about to eat...and if my post makes no sence then we are not trying to mimic the natural habitat? people tell you not to make crickets a staple because fish need a veriaty not because they have no value