Fish eat spiders?

[Lynz781]

Do you think my fish will eat spiders? Theres a few in my room.

 

[Grey Legion]

Killing spiders will make it rain, and since you live in Scotland you already get enough !!!... if the fish are big enough they will eat them but I would reather you just let the spider free they will thank you by killing other things that may bother you..

 

[Lynz781]

I couldnt kill a spider, that would be awful. But when I see an insect caught in a web I free it if I think it has a chance. Its pathetic.

 

[pnyklr3]

Spiders take care of enough bugs to be worth their weight in gold! I have swatted a mosquito and then tossed it into my tank. It's gone quick-like.

 

[Fish Buddy]

Most likely-fish love insects

 

[Blacky]

i have one of those blue bug zappers things abouve my tank

my JD loves all the moths that fall in i still give all of them regular chiclid pellets and blood worms but i reckon they would live quite fine off the insects as they have doubled in size since i started it the amount that falls in there i only turn it on every no and then 1 or 2 nights a week

 

[pica_nuttalli]

my snails once ate a jumping spider... while it was still alive.

snails are freaky.

 

[Fish Buddy]

my snails once ate a jumping spider... while it was still alive. crazy.gif

Ha ha, How did they manage that?

 

[OohFeeshy]

I feed my betta moths. I get loads breeding in my room, and I don't have big enough fish fr the larvae, so they get thrown out the window . But any moths I catch go in with Hannibal... He's capable of eating them in one bite

 

[Grey Legion]

I couldnt kill a spider, that would be awful. But when I see an insect caught in a web I free it if I think it has a chance. Its pathetic.

I agree killing anything is wrong ( if you can help it ) but I would let nature take it's course if a insect is caught it a web it was meant to happen that way...that is life sometimes cruel always beautiful..

 

[The-Wolf]

I will make no moral comment on wether or not you should feed spiders to your fish only you know if it is right or wrong.

having said that;
one of my giant danios ate a spider that fell into the tank,
it was one of those long spindaly legged types and it took him a good 10 mins to eat all of it.

In the wild danios will eat any insect, etc that falls into the water.

 

[Yenko]

I couldnt kill a spider, that would be awful. But when I see an insect caught in a web I free it if I think it has a chance. Its pathetic.

You won't kill them but you will deny them food?

Umm...

But yes, your fish can eat any insects other than ants.

 

[Lynz781]

I don't make a point of going round and freeing insects stuck in webs. I look at it more like I'm prolonging a life, I suppose I'm interfering but the spider will get something to eat later anyway. Sometimes when I see insects drowning in our pond I fish them out. That reminds me of last year when I saw a water beetle come up to the surface and dry off a bit then fly away, it was massive! And amazing!

 

[Fish Buddy]

What do you mean 'other than ants'. I feed my angles and rainbows black ants all the time.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

my snails once ate a jumping spider... while it was still alive.

Ha ha, How did they manage that?

it was a little one that had somehow landed on the surface of my tank of pond snails. i just looked over and there it was, twitching, while two or three snails were wrapping themselves around its legs.

way creepy.