African Butterfly

MissMod · 01-23-2008, 11:25 PM

I have an African Butterfly and I was wondering what it ate.

Blue Cray · 01-24-2008, 12:09 AM

Grosshoppers, insects, small pellets, small fish that stay near the top.

MissMod · 01-24-2008, 12:10 AM

My danios stay near it and it doesn't try to eat them.... would crickets work??

Blue Cray · 01-24-2008, 12:11 AM

Yes they would be fine.

MissMod · 01-24-2008, 12:13 AM

Ok good I'll have to stop by Petland tomorrow after work and get some. Also I have a Crawfish in my 1 gallon (its temporary) and I had put a ghost shrimp in there for it to eat but it hasn't. What should I do to get it to eat?

Blue Cray · 01-24-2008, 12:15 AM

Just pellets or waffers will be fine. Feed it a pellet every 2 to 3 days.

MissMod · 01-24-2008, 12:16 AM

Thanks!

Blue Cray · 01-24-2008, 12:18 AM

Glad I can help.

purpleflower · 01-29-2008, 05:28 PM

I heard they will eat house spiders and flys

MissMod · 01-29-2008, 11:21 PM

If that's true and mine does this summer than I won't have to worry so much about my back door being open lol.

**TheOldSalt** · 01-30-2008, 03:00 AM

Don't feed spiders to fish. Spiders bite back sometimes, and the results aren't pretty.

flamingo · 01-30-2008, 09:09 AM

Grasshoppers contain chemicals that could potentially harm fish if fed too often, along with beetles, moths, spiders, etc. If you were to feed insects as a snack, stick with the simple store bought crickets (and not the wild black ones).
All you really need, would be some larger flake food, freeze-dried krill, bloodworms, and pellets. I used to feed them feeder fish also- euthanize the fish (rosey red, etc.) and dangle it at the top of the water, and it might go after it. You should be feeding it around twice a day, in small amounts. Not a pellet every 3 days xD.

MissMod · 01-30-2008, 09:18 AM

I have only fed him crickets that I got from the store. I feed him twice a day, once in the morning and once at night when i get home from work. If the cricket isn't a large one then I feed him two small ones to make up for it.

01-23-2008, 11:25 PM	#1
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	African Butterfly I have an African Butterfly and I was wondering what it ate.

01-24-2008, 12:09 AM	#2
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 487	Grosshoppers, insects, small pellets, small fish that stay near the top. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

01-24-2008, 12:11 AM	#4
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 487	Yes they would be fine. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

01-24-2008, 12:15 AM	#6
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 487	Just pellets or waffers will be fine. Feed it a pellet every 2 to 3 days. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

01-24-2008, 12:18 AM	#8
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 487	Glad I can help. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

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01-24-2008, 12:10 AM	#3
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	My danios stay near it and it doesn't try to eat them.... would crickets work??

01-24-2008, 12:13 AM	#5
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	Ok good I'll have to stop by Petland tomorrow after work and get some. Also I have a Crawfish in my 1 gallon (its temporary) and I had put a ghost shrimp in there for it to eat but it hasn't. What should I do to get it to eat?

01-24-2008, 12:16 AM	#7
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	Thanks!

01-29-2008, 05:28 PM	#9
purpleflower Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 22 Posts: 43	I heard they will eat house spiders and flys

01-29-2008, 11:21 PM	#10
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	If that's true and mine does this summer than I won't have to worry so much about my back door being open lol.

01-30-2008, 03:00 AM	#11
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,354	Don't feed spiders to fish. Spiders bite back sometimes, and the results aren't pretty.

01-30-2008, 09:09 AM	#12
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	Grasshoppers contain chemicals that could potentially harm fish if fed too often, along with beetles, moths, spiders, etc. If you were to feed insects as a snack, stick with the simple store bought crickets (and not the wild black ones). All you really need, would be some larger flake food, freeze-dried krill, bloodworms, and pellets. I used to feed them feeder fish also- euthanize the fish (rosey red, etc.) and dangle it at the top of the water, and it might go after it. You should be feeding it around twice a day, in small amounts. Not a pellet every 3 days xD. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

01-30-2008, 09:18 AM	#13
MissMod Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio, USA Age: 23 Posts: 11	I have only fed him crickets that I got from the store. I feed him twice a day, once in the morning and once at night when i get home from work. If the cricket isn't a large one then I feed him two small ones to make up for it.

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