strangest feed

Raw oysters on the half shell! once in a blue moon my swarm of assasin (~100) get a treat like that!

I used to catch crickets in my backyard to feed my oscar.

Mosquito larva - home grown. Tadpoles or frog eggs

I suppose it depends on your definition of weird.

Yams, radish and turnip greens, yellow squash, brussel sprouts, lima beans, corn, finely shredded raw shrimp, ant larvae, home-grown dried algae..

I'm wondering if anyone is running a tank with no store bought foods.

Totally off grid would be cool to see...but then I guess they call that a pond.

I feed my hairy puffer whole raw shrimp 2" long, head shell and all.

Ive fed my fire eel whole live earthworms

pandacory said:

I'm wondering if anyone is running a tank with no store bought foods.

Totally off grid would be cool to see...but then I guess they call that a pond.

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I've known a few folks with predator fish who raise the majority of their own feeder livestock (shrimp, fish, worms, etc)--but even they typically will end up buying some foods in the form of fresh veggies, insects, beef heart, etc.

And, of course, some no/low tech planted tanks are set up with low enough bio-loads that they're able to maintain a reasonable food chain. Most of my shrimp-based planted vases could survive without any supplemental feeding and even my larger tanks could be supported with just a few tweaks of my current set up. I'd have to expand my algae farming, increase tank space to raise snails, and add something like a guppy tank for fry production. But do-able.

When I was a kid, I had a 55 with a decent sized Oscar in it. Right next to it was my incredibly fertile colony of gerbils that were always reproducing.

After I ran out of friends that wanted gerbils and the local pet store had been over run with my donations, the new born pinkies became Oscar treats.

I realize now this wasn't the best for my fish, but hey I was like 10.

I feed flightless fruit flies to my rainbow fish and wild type bettas. pretty much any surface feeder goes nuts for them

Algae Beater said:

I feed flightless fruit flies to my rainbow fish and wild type bettas. pretty much any surface feeder goes nuts for them

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I do this as well, my angelfish and black neon tetras love them. I have fed house flies and earthworms, spinach, and grindal worms.

I used to feed my arowana live mice.

I make a frozen fresh food for my fish and they love it. It consists mostly of beef hearts, beef livers, ground turkey, peas, carrots and romaine lettuce among other things.

I will also feed my Red Devil any bug that makes it into the house, I've fed him crickets, grasshoppers, moths, and house flies. I haven't tried earthworms before but he might not eat them, he likes movement in his meals since he's a predator.

back when i had a really large Oscar I fed it a taranchula.
my friend in Thailand feeds his fish anything that moves.
i went to visit him last year and saw him feed his 2 Snake head
a full size rat... it was kinda gross. but it is an Awesome fish :icon_twis
i wish they were legal here :icon_roll