Dried meal worms

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JAYBIRD1011

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I found some dried meal worms in a feed store. The owner said they were not fortified or treated with anything. I am wondering if there is any benefit of these as a variety option as food for aquarium fish, or just a bad idea altogether. I welcome your opinions.
 
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I found some dried meal worms in a feed store. The owner said they were not fortified or treated with anything. I am wondering if there is any benefit of these as a variety option as food for aquarium fish, or just a bad idea altogether. I welcome your opinions.

I personally would feed African Butterfly fish Flukers freeze dried meal worms. In rotation with other foods.
 
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My fish eat the large freeze dried mealworms for chickens. I soak them a bit in Boyd's. My O goes berserk for 'em. He'll grab a mouthful and CRUNCH. My chocolate gulps them too.

Protein and energy food.
 
Same here you can find them bagged for feeding insectivorous birds like blue birds.

On word of warning, the dried exoskeleton of the worms can be hard for the fish to digest so view them an alternate food source not as a staple.
 
I also feed my oscars meal worms although I don't add the vitamins. I give them vitamins in other foods. I treat these as a "treat".
I have been using the Flukers brand.
Sometimes the silver dollars even grab them.
They are a bit fatty as a food so I don't use as a staple food. But yes they love them.
 
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