Is it ok to feed my fish a small grasshopper?

[Zagggon]

I live in texas and just caught a little grasshopper, was wondering if it would be ok to feed him to Hubert and Frank my two angel fish?

 

[Gourami Lover88]

Yes, just make sure the angels have big enough mouths, if its to big break of the jumping legs.

 

[Undawada]

The grasshopper itself would probably be a good meal for an angelfish... but you might inadvertantly add bad bacteria to your tank... commercial fish food has been carefully handled and inspected.

and what if the grasshopper had been previously hopping in grass that contains pesticides?

I'd stay away from feeding him to the fish... too many unknowns.

 

[Zagggon]

Oh trust me, they have big enough mouths. Ok well i cannot contain myself, im going to feed Frank the grasshopper and maybe Hubert will join in on the kill, will be back with the results in a minute.

 

[Undawada]

waiting sucks...

 

[Zagggon]

they would not eat it =( they just pecked at it lol

 

[325Pilot]

I feed my fish any bugs I come across in mass suply in the yard. They eat ants, rolly-pollies, some like hopping nat thing, etc.

 

[SimonA]

I wounder if my gouramis would eat some insects. The pet shop in town sells them.

 

[325Pilot]

my dwarfs will eat anything that falls in front of them.

 

[Final Dynazty]

my IRR. sharks eats whole cubes of blood worms whole.

 

[Da_Oz]

Some grasshopers bite back.

 

[bluefire]

i think thet moths are good. i feed them to my fish at the start of winter when there are tons of them, my betta loves them the most. i hold them above the tank and she jumps up and grabs them

 

[mwm]

Yep My betta LOVES bugs. I had to stop feeding him them tho cuz thats all he would eat for like 1 week Hes back on a pellet/Occasional worm/Bug diet

 

[Final Dynazty]

Could you feed them carpender ants cuz i have alot in my house.

 

[astroboy]

The main concerns when feeding bugs to your fish are

1) pesticides from outside
2)they'll choke
3)irritants from the bugs. ie.-centipedes may produce nasty venoms and toxins.
-hairy bugs also produce irritants.

The irritants are the bugs natural defense from being eaten by things like fish. A stomach ache is probably the worst a fish will feel though.
But, things like worms, ants, june bugs are great, nutritious and free.
I say experiment with what they'll eat and what they won't eat. If they don't like it they'll spit it out, if they do, they'll eat it. Use you own discresion.