[byron]

Hi guys i was wondering if feeding insects you finding crawling in your house fine. Because recently I have found many spiders around my house and I was wondering if I can feed them to my cichlids. There are not any venomous spiders for I live in richmond. SO let me know what kind of insects you can catch around your house to feed them to your fish. thanks

 

[CloudySky]

I don't know about feeding, but ALL spiders are venomous. It's a trait the whole group possesses - rather, it's a question of how poisonous they are.

 

[sean2477]

I used to feed mine flies and bugs, but never spiders. Not that I wouldnt, just never seen them around the house.

 

[Dough]

go for it the worst that will happen is they will die! but i don't think so.

 

[petlaur]

I did a Google search under "do cichlids eat spiders?" and hit the first offering. From there a UK aquarist stated that he fed his Oscar(s) spiders, amongst other items, with no mention of ill effects. That said I guess it would come down to how comfortable you feel about feeding your fish spiders?

 

[Crazy_NDN]

i might be guilty of throwing a creepy crawly insect or two into my cichlid tank. they love em more then i would have imagined.

 

[byron]

so crazy NdN. they do eat spiders? I say cichlids can eat many types of insects because when you think about it, in the wild, they eat any insects they can find anyways.

 

[plantedinvertz]

I would feed anything except for spiders....

 

[oscar]

that is the most natural food going.