Spiders as food?

[danorth]

Wife called and said there was a big spider in the garage. I told her to kill it. She calls back and said she missed. I get home, it is a huge wolf spider. I knock it around to tame it a bit and figured I'd get rid of it.....


Threw it into the undy tank!

It was on the top of the water for about 2 seconds. Undy comes up, snatches it and starts that trigger tapping chomping sound. Spider was gone in an instant. Undy starts swimming around looking for more, found a floating leg and ate it......wow!


p.s. I don't like spiders.

 

[predator 1]

My Groupers enjoy a large Spider occasionally.

 

[JustinReef]

I used to fed spiders to my archer fish but never tried it with any of my saltwater guys.

 

[Grouperhead]

I've fed my undy a couple of earthworms. She absolutely destroys them. I used to feed worms, bugs, etc. to my cichlids back in the day so I thought the undy might enjoy one .

 

[reefer334]

Crazy Dan!!!

 

[jmccown]

Yeah I thought the same thing, crazy topic....till I seen Dan posted it. LOL, your crazy man.

 

[T-T-Trigger]

poor spider - you're so cruel......


my roommate accidentally gave his oscar a jolly rancher once... poor jolly rancher ...

 

[danorth]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13155146#post13155146 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by T-T-Trigger
poor spider - you're so cruel......


my roommate accidentally gave his oscar a jolly rancher once... poor jolly rancher ...

Depends which flavor!


I figured screw it, give the trigger some fresh meat, and save a gallon of water from flushing it down. I wasn't going to leave it alone and let it wander off....especially after searching this pic before I left to go and seek and destroy!

 

[Recty]

Hope the poison sacks dont ruin something in its digestive tract.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Yeah, check this out:
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13633&p=141010&hilit=spider#p141010

 

[danorth]

It was more than 30 hours ago. If something changes I'll let you know, but it was snatching up pellets just this afternoon like nothing else. Maybe the poison will bring out the glow in its yellow lines? Or better yet, give it special powers!!! j/k.....I thought about that as well, but it's done with now. By tomorrow morning I would think that it will be out of its digestive plumbing.

 

[Recty]

I used to feed my freshwater fish daddy longlegs, which supposedly have VERY venemous venom, they never seemed to care.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Daddy long legs are not only non-venemous, they aren't even spiders.
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/daddyvenom.html

 

[danorth]

Frisky as ever.........tore down a powerhead too!

 

[Recty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13158831#post13158831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
Daddy long legs are not only non-venemous, they aren't even spiders.
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/daddyvenom.html

Weird, I never knew that I grew up hearing they were very poisonous but couldnt bite you due to their mouth shape... which is exactly what that website says is the common myth.