ULTIMATE LIVE FOODS

[fwlion]

FROGS:
good bone structure- calcium
meaty- excellent source of protein
amphibian- natural food source
NO FUR- easy digestion

drawbacks- WHERE TO GET A GOOD CONSTANT SUPPLY HERE IN AMERICA

EARTHWORMS & NIGHTCLAWERS:
ALMOST PURE PROTEIN
Natural food source
easy digestion

CICHLID FRY:
Natural food source
No where NEAR as fatty as goldfish

anybody know of any other good food sources feel free to add

 

[LBathory]

crickets, super worms, meal worms, pinkies, ghost shrimp, black worms, brine shrimp.

 

[screaminleeman]

Mosquito Fish make excellent nutricious feeders from what I here. I am not sure how "healthy" they are, but Tadpoles are also readily devoured by predatory fish.

 

[BRUNER247]

Crawdads, leeches, grubs.grasshoppers, crickets

 

[fwlion]

CRAWFISH I forgot:
Very good source of calcium and protein
along with beta-carotene

crickets are pretty much just filler no nutrientional value at all unless there gutloaded, grasshoppers would be better great source of protein and very natural

PINKIES:
your putting mammalian meat in there diet which is not easily digested by some, I substitute that with baby duck or baby quail (easier to get than baby duck), plus more natural prey item than pink mice

 

[ccebr]

crickets alright if you feed them vegges like carrots, tomatoes etc before feeding to fish.
river shrimp
earthworms
mealworms

 

[Spearo]

I used to feed my Jardini the occasional blue belly lizard.

 

[Heathd]

Bullfrogs and their tadpoles are readily available around here, unfortunately, when you go giggin, its normally the big guys. I have yet to meet anyone with a fish big enough to devour a whole adult bull frog.

I just do earthworms on occasion. Or bloodworms.