Feeding garden slugs to fish and corals?

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I harvested some spinach from my community garden plot today and also found a few garden slugs. I wondered if any of my tank inhabitants would like them, so I cut up a couple little pieces of the slugs and fed them to my duncan and acan (my clownfish and hermit crabs didn't seem to like them). I don't use pesticides or anything like that in my garden. Anyone know if feeding slugs to corals/fish would be bad for them? If so I won't feed them that again. What do y'all think?
 

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I harvested some spinach from my community garden plot today and also found a few garden slugs. I wondered if any of my tank inhabitants would like them, so I cut up a couple little pieces of the slugs and fed them to my duncan and acan (my clownfish and hermit crabs didn't seem to like them). I don't use pesticides or anything like that in my garden. Anyone know if feeding slugs to corals/fish would be bad for them? If so I won't feed them that again. What do y'all think?
Fits into the broad category of "it's probably fine, but why on earth risk it?"
 

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Fits into the broad category of "it's probably fine, but why on earth risk it?"
This has been my kind of thought on these kinds of things. I understand the temptation, but considering the risk to benefits ratio, I'd say "Nope."
 

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