Feeding

[cappa565]

Hey guys, just fed my fish some mealworms and they absalutely loved them! Whats everybody elses experiences with feeding fish worms and other critters?
I have firemouths and a few types of tetras!

 

[V227]

Depending on the size of your firemouths, i'm sure they would greedily consume small Crickets, grasshoppers and small worms. Got to make sure you collect the bugs from a pesticide and weedkiller free zone. I regularly feed my new world and African cichlids fresh caught bugs during the warm months. As for your tetras, either need very small critters or very big tetras. My silver dollars race the cichlids to get the bugs. If you vary their diet mixing in the live bugs, growth and color will be enhanced.

 

[cappa565]

Yeah i bought the mealworms from the aquarium, so they are healthy! My firemouths are about 6cm in length, i think i might try crickets next???