I'm new to keeping rainbows but have had a reasonable amount of other
fishkeeping experiance. I've been keeping fish for most of my life. I've bred
some livebearers, cichlids and anabantoids. I would have to say my main area in
aquarium keeping is with aquatic plants. I have quite a few smaller aqariums,
almost all planted, in my fishroom and house. I have somewhat unusual aquarium
keeping techniques in that I don't use filters in any of my tanks.
I do know several of you already, Julie, Peter and Roy, and was honored(?) to be
included in some of the collecting activities a couple weeks ago. <g>
The rainbows I have are still young and I'm growing them out in 4 ten gallon
tanks for the time being.
My question concerns something I was reading in Dr. Allens book, "Rainbowfish In
Nature and in the Aquarium". On page 20 he mentions that ants are a part of
their natural diet. I have plenty of ants here in my yard. It's truly amazing
the number of ants in Arizona. I was wondering if anyone had used ants as
rainbow food and what sort results they had.
Also does any one have a way of catching them so as not to get bit. I have a
nasty reaction to ant bites and would rather avoid them. On the same line of
thought I'm concerned that they could bite the fish.
Thank you,
Rhonda