Can i feed them crikets

[cookieboy]

I bought some crickets a petco along with my oscar
when i got home i put a live cricket on the tank and it started to swim around My aro angels black skirts and oscar liked them cuz they finished 5 circkets in bout 2 min
but is it good for them
and when should i feed them crickets

[TonyG]

I have never tried crickets, but I do by the occasional tub of red worms from petsmart, which mine go crazy over.

[cookieboy]

what kind of fish do you have

[TonyG]

I have a planted 55g tank with a couple of turquoise severum, trio of SAEs, a couple of kuhli loaches, trio of german blue rams, and some freshwater prawn.

[EAST_TX_RN]

Not sure if it will hurt them, but I was told a long time ago not to fish with crickets. I am sure somebody here knows the answer. I buy Canadian Night Crawler worms at Wally World and cut them up. Fish love them!

[cookieboy]

thx for the advice
ill try does worms
bt still didnt get my answer

[radioaktiv]

yes, its part of thier natural diet

[cookieboy]

k that does
kinda thx

[ambitionz]

i tried feeding them crickets once.. they didnt liked them that much the crickets were swiming like crazy trying to get out of the tank..

[cookieboy]

i graa them from the legs and dip their heads in the tank
once some one takes a bite (most of the its one of the angels)
i let go of it and my aro or oscar eats them

[ElijahTurtle]

Don't try waste your time trying to feed them any of the black crickets running around. They have a natural defense mechanism that makes them tase bad to fish & birds so most won't touch them.
Either grey crickets or the store bought ones should work fine as well as most grasshoppers.

[cookieboy]

k thanks for the info
i bought some dead crikets to see what happens and they liked them to

[radioaktiv]

the Can'O Crickets will have some extra vitamins, and would make a good treat

SeaChem also sells live canned food for fish that would be a good treat

[texascutie84]

Everytime I buy crickets for my gecko I throw a few in the fish tank, the O's go nuts over them.

[kSpieler]

the Can'O Crickets will have some extra vitamins, and would make a good treat

SeaChem also sells live canned food for fish that would be a good treat

live canned food ????

Wally World sells worms???

[EAST_TX_RN]

Well, the Wally-World out in Terrell does, in their sporting goods dept. :twitch:

[bra8ndy8]

I have 4 geckos.....and I buy them mealworms online.... crickets got to expensive! I can get 2000 mealworms for 20 bucks and they live for months! Crickets eat themselves to fast!

[masroberts9]

my oscar eats anything that lands near the water. she must like it she keeps doing it. And i know its not because she's hungry.

[radioaktiv]

live canned food ????

Wally World sells worms???
i must have been drunk :wha:

i meant canned whole food like shrimp, krill etc.

and yeah, you can get worms at wal-mart...they are sold as 'bait' :)

[ElijahTurtle]

I have 4 geckos.....and I buy them mealworms online.... crickets got to expensive! I can get 2000 mealworms for 20 bucks and they live for months! Crickets eat themselves to fast!
Wow 2000 for $20. Petsmart is making a killing off of them then. I saw some in a local petsmart for about $4 for a tiny piss-ant sized tub.

[texascutie84]

My gecko wont eat those :( so I hve to get him crickets or pinkies/hoppers.

[bra8ndy8]

Yeah I found them on ebay....but people on their started to raise their prices. So I bought from Worm's Man Worms.....


That stinks yours won't eat mealworms....mine love them!! She shakes her tail and pouces them!!

[texascutie84]

mine does that for mice man he loves those things
and he really goes nuts for crickets, i just found a website that i can order them by like the thousand so we are going to do that and grow out our gecko food just like we do for the fish.