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
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
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.
he set the bucket up for a couple weeks, because just like fish, mosquitoes require certain parameters to lay their eggs in......It could possibly take that long to season the water to their liking
I suggest to anyone who has the resources to try feeding your fish these from time to time..........Its excellent free food and most fish will love them......
I fed my tetra tank about 200 of the larvae the other night.........WOW!..talk about a feeding frenzy!............not a single larvae hit the substrate......All the fish enjoyed the live food, especially my blue tetras, they instantly colored up like i have never seen them do before, unfortunately their new found color only lasted about a half hour.........In about a week, im gonna start conditioning my cardinal tetras with the larvae for a breeding attempt........Right now im just trying to get the breeding tank perfect for them...........
Going to the "That Fish Place" tonight...............They have their entire stock of live fish, plants, and inverts at 20% off this whole week...........Will get some black worms and see how they will do for the tetras, if they dont like them, i have 9 other tanks of fish that im sure will devour them.......
i would try looking on Aquabid if your local fish store cant help you out
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