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Author:  Zman [ Jan 19th, '11, 18:55 ]
Post subject:  Bull Ants as fish feed?

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I have heaps of these suckers come out at night. Anyway to make them feed my fish? :lol:

Author:  RupertofOZ [ Jan 19th, '11, 19:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

Zman wrote:
Anyway to make them feed my fish? :lol:

Nah... too unreliable and easily distracted.... try feeding them to your fish instead... :mrgreen:

Author:  Arkantex [ Jan 20th, '11, 02:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

You know I never thought of using them as fish food... We have tons of them out here durring the summer... The only thing would having to figure out a way to catch them without getting got!

Author:  Zman [ Jan 20th, '11, 04:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

RupertofOZ wrote:
Zman wrote:
Anyway to make them feed my fish? :lol:

Nah... too unreliable and easily distracted.... try feeding them to your fish instead... :mrgreen:


LOL :laughing3:

Author:  big worm [ Jan 20th, '11, 09:32 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

Arkantex wrote:
You know I never thought of using them as fish food... We have tons of them out here durring the summer... The only thing would having to figure out a way to catch them without getting got!


i would think texas = fire ants, if thats the case i would think better because they could sting your fish's insides.....just a thought

Author:  Decal [ Jan 20th, '11, 09:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

RupertofOZ wrote:
Zman wrote:
Anyway to make them feed my fish? :lol:

Nah... too unreliable and easily distracted.... try feeding them to your fish instead... :mrgreen:


:funny1: No please stop!! My sides hurt! :laughing3: :lol: :laughing5:

Author:  fishfodder [ Jan 20th, '11, 12:34 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

They look like suger ants :think:; if so then no sting :)

Maybe a few ant traps with a little bit of cordial in the bottom :)

Author:  Arkantex [ Jan 21st, '11, 00:01 ]
Post subject:  Re: Bull Ants as fish feed?

We have many different kinds of ants out here. There are plenty of fire ants but we have others that are a little more friendly.

Author:  big worm [ Jan 21st, '11, 10:45 ]
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Arkantex wrote:
We have many different kinds of ants out here. There are plenty of fire ants but we have others that are a little more friendly.

hahaha never thought of ants as "friendly"

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