Re: Killies Diet in the Wild

["Mach Fukada" <fukada at aloha_net>]

It all depends on the ants.  Some of the ones I have experienced (long
legged ants) produce a lot of formic acid (I was aspirating them by mouth
and ended up choking, I would assume many fish would feel the same way).
Also you may have red imported fire ants, or little fire ants (Wasmania sp?)
in your neck  of the woods.  Both are nasty critters. Termites on the other
hand make a nice snack for fish, amphibians, etc. Lots of fat and protein,
just you don't want them to get to be an established breeding colony in your
house....
MTF

----- Original Message -----
From: "by way of Barry Cooper <bjc3 at cornell_edu>" <owner-killietalk at aka_org>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:03 AM
Subject: Killies Diet in the Wild


> In Scheel's book, Atlas of Killifishes of the Old World, he states on =
> page 23 that rivulins eat mostly ants in the wild.  I recognize Scheel =
> as an expert and value his HUGE contribution to the world of killies, =
> but is that an accurate statement.  I have tried feeding my fishes ants, =
> and they gulp them down only to spit them back out like poison (maybe =
> the local variety, Sacramento CA, have spines or something the ants in =
> Africa do not possess, but I doubt it). =20
>      Have there been any observations of killies (old world, new world, =
> native or otherwise, but especially African) eating habits in the wild?
>
> Dan Hodnett
>
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