Re: ants

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:15:38 +1000

At 20:59 11/09/96 -0700, Rhonda wrote:

>>>I have never feed Ants to my rainbowfish but I have fed ant eggs and they
>seem to love them and I haven't had any fish die - not yet anyway ;-)<<
>
>Are these something you purchase or do you dig them yourself? Digging into the
>egg chambers sounds like a great way to get bit.<g>

Ant eggs (depending on the variety) can usually be collected under rotting
logs or wood. You just have to roll the log over and usually you will find
the small white egg capsules either stuck to the timber or just laying
together in the fine dirt where they can just be scraped up. Rainbowfish and
blue-eyes go wild on the eggs.
However, I think you have to watch what sort of ants you have.

Adrian.
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