Easy ant snack for my fish!

[JJ]

Hey my fish seemed to really enjoy it. Bet the ants were bummed
though.

So here is what I did:

1. Just drink a can of soda and set the can down by an ant trail in
the backyard.

2. Came back a couple of hours later to see a bunch of ants on the
can.

3. Picked up can, slowly turned it upside down to drain out any
leftover soda. Some ants seem agitated at this point and are running
around. Some probably jump/fall off can - smart/lucky.

4. Walk briskly to aquarium and plunge can into water - just past
wrist deep. Try to shake ants off can and flush any inside, out.
Rinse, repeat. See fish madly dash about inhaling ants. Yummy.

Jay

[NetMax]

"JJ" > wrote in message
...
> Hey my fish seemed to really enjoy it. Bet the ants were bummed
> though.
>
> So here is what I did:
>
> 1. Just drink a can of soda and set the can down by an ant trail in
> the backyard.
>
> 2. Came back a couple of hours later to see a bunch of ants on the
> can.
>
> 3. Picked up can, slowly turned it upside down to drain out any
> leftover soda. Some ants seem agitated at this point and are running
> around. Some probably jump/fall off can - smart/lucky.
>
> 4. Walk briskly to aquarium and plunge can into water - just past
> wrist deep. Try to shake ants off can and flush any inside, out.
> Rinse, repeat. See fish madly dash about inhaling ants. Yummy.
>
> Jay


Yummy, high fibre too. Just avoid too large or predacious an ant. When
I was a kid, we could buy Wardley's (or was it Jungle's?) ant eggs fish
food. Maybe it was an acquired taste, but the fish seemed to prefer real
ants which wiggled around, to the floating eggs (maybe they were in a can
too long). If you break open an ant colony, try giving them some fresh
ant eggs too.
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[CanadianCray]

Thats a really neat idea!!!

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Craig Williams
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"NetMax" > wrote in message
. ..
> "JJ" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hey my fish seemed to really enjoy it. Bet the ants were bummed
> > though.
> >
> > So here is what I did:
> >
> > 1. Just drink a can of soda and set the can down by an ant trail in
> > the backyard.
> >
> > 2. Came back a couple of hours later to see a bunch of ants on the
> > can.
> >
> > 3. Picked up can, slowly turned it upside down to drain out any
> > leftover soda. Some ants seem agitated at this point and are running
> > around. Some probably jump/fall off can - smart/lucky.
> >
> > 4. Walk briskly to aquarium and plunge can into water - just past
> > wrist deep. Try to shake ants off can and flush any inside, out.
> > Rinse, repeat. See fish madly dash about inhaling ants. Yummy.
> >
> > Jay
>
>
> Yummy, high fibre too. Just avoid too large or predacious an ant. When
> I was a kid, we could buy Wardley's (or was it Jungle's?) ant eggs fish
> food. Maybe it was an acquired taste, but the fish seemed to prefer real
> ants which wiggled around, to the floating eggs (maybe they were in a can
> too long). If you break open an ant colony, try giving them some fresh
> ant eggs too.
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
>

[JJ]

"CanadianCray" > wrote:
>Thats a really neat idea!!!

Thanks! Also, I neglected to mention that my variety of ant does not
bite very hard. Definitely something to consider as NetMax points
out. And also my backyard is pesticide free.

Welp, I have a couple of pieces of watermelon rind on the compost bin
just covered with ants - gonna give my pond fish a treat.

Jay

[Dances With Ferrets]

I mean you no disrespect, but I wouldn't recommend this feeding method
as most species of ants are poorly-digested by fish.... possibly
causing intestinal blockages, as well as the fact that most ants'
pinchers are sharp and can become lodged in fishes' digestive tract.

[Mean_Chlorine]

(Dances With Ferrets) wrote in message >...
> I mean you no disrespect, but I wouldn't recommend this feeding method
> as most species of ants are poorly-digested by fish...

That's possible, but I don't suppose they'd be used as the main food.

However, my experience with feeding ants to fish has been that most
the fish I've kept have been less than enthusiastic about them. I've
speculated it might be due to the high content of formic acid, or
perhaps they managed to bite my fish, I don't know. In any case
they've never been as popular as, say, mosquito larvae or chopped
earthworm. If your fish will take them, I doubt there'll be any
problems, though.

Trivia: some species of halfbeaks are specialized ant predators,
almost exclusively subsisting on the sparse but constant rain of ants
dislodged from the Mangrove canopy.