The Peanut Beetle Is A Super Food For Your Fish! (How To Culture)
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2021
- In this video we explore further the benefits of feeding your fish live foods. The Peanut Beetle is often the most over looked as it is primarily used for reptiles. When used properly feeding fish this is a protein packed food and great for growing baby fish.
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That's really neat. I've never heard of them called peanut beetles. I always called them darkling beetles. Ive been keeping mealworms for 4 years. Feed them to my fish, and chameleon when we had one. I also use them for ice fishing. Supper easy to keep but I've never fed them peanuts.
Best peanut beetle video I've ever seen. I might be an intermediate beetle keeper now running 1 main culture and 5 back up cultures primarily to feed from and experiment with best husbandry practices to improve larvae yields. I am still testing out the best way to keep them in my fish room as they go.
Thank you for the compliment! Especially as you are the one who provided the cultures.
@WeldonTanks is there any way I could get in direct contact with you I am the founder of The Granite State Aquarium Club on Facebook we do in person meetings in nh but I'm seeking advice on pufferfish breeding and some other things and curious if you'd like to maybe do a video presentation for our group at some point etc thank you
Moved my Mantids and Jumping Spiders to PB Larvae and they freaking love them.
Man, great video! Love the background/lighting and video/sound quality were spot on. Are you planning on doing another video on how you harvest the larvae? In other words cracking open and showing the "goods?" Haha.
Agreed. Great production. How do you tell if there’s a larvae in the nut?
We can do a video harvesting! I have no found an immense amount on the potatoe itself and in the oats. For the peanuts I have found they will feel less dense as it has been eaten. Also one of those things, pick one and I am sure you will find many.
@@WeldonTanks pretty novice myself but I believe there are a few ways to harvest some easier than others
Yo my granny
Use to keep these for some reason
But she would keep em with oats bread and banana peels… she had so many of the adults
This is way before I knew about the larvae was a source of live food for fish
They grow quickly into adults, already my cultures are booming! Thanks for sharing your experience
I’m curious are those beetles native to North America? Just found your channel look forward to seein your fish room gettin built up.
I believe they are technically native to South America but now inhabit regions of North America. And welcome to the channel! Hope you find the content useful and inspiring. Got most of the walls completed on the fish room tonight, weekend by weekend making progress
Also idk about toxic to live animals I feed these to my chickens they go nuts for them
Excellent information Sir.
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Thank you for sharing.
How often do you need to change put the oats & peanuts? Also how often do you need to start new culture?
Start a new culture as you see fit, no real timeframe to give you.
And as for the oats and peanuts that will be when all the peanuts have been used as a food source
My mom always told me since I was a small child that when a potatoe sprouts the sprouts turn toxic also. That just popped into my head lol. I am curious about how many larvae are in each peanut.
I am finding larvae on the potatoes, in the oats and in peanuts. Booming population
Now what do you use for the subtrate with the beatles & what do you feed them thnx & do they eat the peanuts?
Literally go over all that in the video
Quick question. Is wheat bran fine or does it need to be oatmeal? I use wheatbran for my supers and meals because oatmeal makes it more difficult to separate the larvae. If it matters I could go buy a tub of oatmeal real quick.
I do not have a direct answer to that. I only used oats, I would suspect it would work the same
Hi! I'm interested in setting up my own culture but I live in the UK, so unless you know of someone over here I'm pretty stuck
Unfortunately I do not have a contact in that area. I would check to see if there are any Facebook groups in your area or possibly a club.
@@WeldonTanks Thanks for the help
Had a 27 gallon tote full of roaches in the bedroom for awhile. Don't think I have to worry about sneaking stuff past the S/O.
When I get to LEGEND level I will let you know
Always keep two cultures! Even when starting them! Also, your culture breathing holes/air circulation holes need to be small enough that mites can't get in.
I love keeping peanut beetles to feed to my fish and gecko and also sell them online. Also, they can get enough water from the peanuts and nutrients from the oats, and anything else is a supplement to water/nutrients but can also cultivate mold which is a major enemy and ruiner of cultures! Lastly, be careful of that discarded potato! You need to freeze it to be sure there are no eggs/larvae on there, because peanut beetles can be an agricultural pest.
Bro I’ll pay for you to ship me some culture lol that sounds interesting and I know the fish will love it
Send me a message
I have this beetal
Hola 👋 im interested in rhe Beatles
Unfortunately since the time of that video a lot has changed in my life and I no longer have any. There are vendors online that you can check.
Looking to get a culture. How can I contact you?
I unfortunately no longer have cultures. Have since moved states. You can try Josh’s frogs or possibly aqua bid to find a starter culture.