mosquito larvae for fish food
 

So i got back from vacation recently and i noticed at my garage a 5 gallon bucket that i have used for years to water my garden, but it was filled with rain water and in it was mosquito larvae........I was ready to dump them away, but had a thought about them being fish food............I know you can feed it to guppies, but what other fish would enjoy such a snack?..........What are some of the dangers from feeding this larvae to my fish?...........I dont want to let the bucket sit too long, because i dont want them to hatch and have to deal with all the mosquitoes in my yard................Do you think its safe to feed these to my fish, or am i taking a chance to infect my fish with some parasite or other type of nasty?..........any input will be appreciated

I had the same question.... I mean I think its ok, but dont take my word for it... Do you have any guppies?

I just looked it up and it said that adult aquarium fish love it, but i dont know if their frozen or alive... ????

Yes, i have 2 tanks of guppies, both red swordtails...................Males in with my dwarf crayfish and the females are in a seperate tank all by themselves..............Sooner or later i will put one of my males in the tank with the females and let him do his thing!............Gotta wait a little though, till i have a fry tank set-up for them to grow out in....But i will have to move the males somwhere soon, my female dwarf crayfish is holding eggs and i dont want the guppies to eat the baby crays when they hatch

your fine to feed them to your fish, just make sure they eat them all....or you know what you'll have around your house.

I think the live food would be great for the fish. The main thing I'd be concerned about is if the area has been sprayed with insecticides.

a bucket most likely wont have insectisides.

My aquarium has lavae already in it a masquito must have snuck in. A infinite food supply for my danios. My plants seem to be doing better as well.

I recently have set up a bucket just for this exact reason. I wanted to get mosquito larva and use them as live snacks. I read online to just put some leaves and decomposing material into the bucket and let it sit for a couple of weeks. It should be fine for the fish.

A couple of weeks seems like a bit much..

In fact, just looked it up, the eggs become larvae within 48 hours, and then in 48 more they will be adults.