Snail & Spider For Food

[intsikto]

most of the time a snail may pop out from nowhere in my tank, can i feed them to my flower horn?
usually spiders make a web above my pond, can i feed them to my flower horn?

 

[*Fishkies*]

Not sure about the spider. However I have read about fish normally eating small snails. I know goldfish will try to eat anything that fits in their mouths. However the snails, i believe are supposed to be de-shelled before they are fed to fish.

 

[MoonstruckMuse]

Haha, my catfish eats snails straight up, shell and all. Not really sure how that's digested, but he's never spit the shell back up so.... yeah. The fish will probably deshell it himself though - some of my other fish suck it out through the front. Or flowerhorns can probably just crunch it.

Spiders I have no idea. They're good bugs for the ecosystem though, so I personally would leave them, haha. And besides, while you're trying to catch them, you might get a spider bite, and those hurtttt like heck. For all you know, they might bite your fish and leave an ugly looking welt for a while - not exactly appetizing.

 

[intsikto]

Haha, my catfish eats snails straight up, shell and all. Not really sure how that's digested, but he's never spit the shell back up so.... yeah. The fish will probably deshell it himself though - some of my other fish suck it out through the front. Or flowerhorns can probably just crunch it.

Spiders I have no idea. They're good bugs for the ecosystem though, so I personally would leave them, haha. And besides, while you're trying to catch them, you might get a spider bite, and those hurtttt like heck. For all you know, they might bite your fish and leave an ugly looking welt for a while - not exactly appetizing.

haha.. ok thanks!!

 

[england]

oooh my oscars adore insects....spiders/woodlice/craneflys so on....
just the same as in wild if the poor unfortunate critters fall in water or run across like spiders do...dinners served