Will fish eat Ants?

Just thinking out loud here... comments welcome

I never thought of ants but I did dry out some worms and grind them up for fry. The fry grew faster than when feed ground up flake food but not quite as fast as fry on microworms. Might be a good fry food. If I ever get infested in ants I will try it (hope I dont though).

Stias'

My oscar will eat only eat bugs that are in the tank.
 
well bring'em over here........my rainbows would love them! I left my window open a few times in the summer and would just watch the bugs investigate, fall in the water and get devoured.
 
fish will eat almost anything

im my years as a pet shop owner i have seens fish eat anything from ants to those little armdilo bug things,flys,other fish,scrasmble egg,mice,rats,finches u get the point so my bet is that they do eat the ants my oscars eat what ever falls into there talk or at least trys like my former cat Stias' if your oscars are over 12" feed them a mouse and see what they do think about it
 
hmn... what about Spiders?

I would hate for a brown recluse or black widow to fall into any of my tanks... my poor betta would probably be killed...

hehehe.. but then again a big ole Cichled may just have a nice snack...
 
its interesting that you mention mice. My brother went to Mexico a few months ago, and they had the most interesting little moat around the city. When he got closer to the moat he recognized the fish from me. He inquired about it and the locals told him they put cats around the town to kill any rats or mice that might try to enter through the bridge and oscars in the moat to kill any that are brave enough to swim for it.
 
oh its a wonderful sight to see

ive been to the amazon and the fish in the wet season are going crazy that would have to be the most amazing place to go if i get an other chace to go i will be off in a second you see arowwara jumping out ogf the water after flying bug dicus is shoals of about 50 i use about 12 roles of film the 2 weeks i was there the 1 disapointing thing was i didnt see and piranhas
 
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