Should I feed an ADF to an ACF?

[Tank Girl]

Of course I would rather give them feeder fish or nightcrawlers to them but I don't really know where to obtain them... I'm not a big fan of buying live food or the like online and I don't think the local petsmart has nightcrawlers, and I heard not to buy feeder fish like guppies because they have a high chance of having parasites The reason I want to give them live food is because obviously that's what they would do more in nature, and it would be more interesting to watch.

Your tank is not nature, it is a captive environment. In nature, the ADF would have stood a chance of getting away, for a start. I keep them as pets, they are intelligent (and adorable) creatures. It would have been terrified to be chased down and eaten alive with no chance of escape. You'd be better off trying to replicate a natural environment for them using plants or something.

I'm too squeamish to feed live prey - I've heard live worms are particularly nutritious to frogs, but I'm not sure I could go through with watching something be eaten alive when there are so many food alternatives.

Just curious as I obviously haven't tried it, but what is wrong with buying live food online?

[Frogman1031]

Your tank is not nature, it is a captive environment. In nature, the ADF would have stood a chance of getting away, for a start. I keep them as pets, they are intelligent (and adorable) creatures. It would have been terrified to be chased down and eaten alive with no chance of escape.

I'm too squeamish to feed live prey - I've heard live worms are particularly nutritious to frogs, but I'm not sure I could go through with watching something be eaten alive when there are so many food alternatives.

Just curious as I obviously haven't tried it, but what is wrong with buying live food online?

why don't you try frozen bloodworms. They are pretty nutritious as well. And no icky worm touching required!

[Tank Girl]

why don't you try frozen bloodworms. They are pretty nutritious as well. And no icky worm touching required!

I feed these and don't even mind touching them! (anymore)

I may try feeding a live worm in future (my ACF is too small at the minute anyway), but I'm going to be screaming all the while I do it. I should film my reaction and put it on Youtube