Mosquito larvae - Natures Gift to Fish Keepers

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[@amysteiner140]

I can't get over all the birds singing all around... didn't recognize a single one of them haha Great video! Love feeding mosquito larva to my fish.

[@audrameyer9558]

The nature sounds in the background are so amazing!!!

[@wrxnfx127]

I agree , that sounded so cool Must be nice to hear that daily

[@wabalaka1565]

The trick to never get mosquito coming out of those tube is to always empty it every 7days and restart. This is how I cultivate them -Use smaller container (they don't need or like big open water) put 2-3inchs of water in there -Put some death leaf in there and cover it for 3 days -After 3 days put little bit of starch to feed the larvae (very little like the tip of your fingers nail) and remove the cover also start counting -Harvest on the 6-7th days (can start harvesting early for smaller larvae) and then flip the container to dry **Place your container somewhere isolated, dark, wet and under shadow aka like a swamp. Placement effect your harvest drastically.

[@mongguppiesandendlers]

I have a 110 gallon stock tank i made in to a pond. Up until the end of january, it had 100's of endlers in it. Then the outlet the heater was plugged in to fried and the pond got down in the 50's and i lost them all. Then this spring, i noticed millions of mosquito larvae in the stock tank. So i moved 6 mutt guppies out there and they gorged themselves on them. Their colors got brighter and the ones with black on them, the black got darker. They grew really fast too. They are still out there eating any that show up in the pond. I also have a sterilite container outside that i used as a guppy grow out last summer and it had mosquito larvae in it too until i scooped them out and fed them to the pond. The next batch that shows up, i'm feeding to my tank of lemon tetras in the house.

[@vampgaia]

Love the background nature sounds!

[@michaelprince7825]

I agree! This is a great natural and free food source everyone should take advantage of

[@Doktracy]

I had a rescue wood duck egg that I hatched this spring. I fed her mosquito larva,tadpoles and algae until she started going outside.

[@localtavernsluteplayer2182]

I love your backyard bird noises, what state are you in?

[@FinnegansFish]

I keep several buckets outside for larvae. It's such an easy way to feed good food!

[@RyanRoux]

I live in south Louisiana and believe it or not, I have never fed mosquito larvae to my fish. I'm going to put a bucket of water out tonight.

[@olewetdog6254]

The absolute last thing you need to be raising in south Louisiana are mosquitoes.

[@JenMock-Anderson]

I do this all the time. My fish love them!

[@miashadows]

I have a bucket with scuds, daphnia, snails, and copiopods. It gets lots of mosquito larva as well!

[@AverageJoeTanks]

Great video. I use a 30 gallon tub. The fish love them I sneak up on the larve with the net because they like to dive down to avoid getting caught. Then, I come back in about 5 minutes for another big scoop. I've been wondering about feeding them to my corydoras. Will they be able to catch them?

[@thorntoncasey]

I keep 2 55 gallon rain barrels in which I culture daphnia, no tops do I also get mosquito larva and blood worms (midge fly larva). Feeds my fish room in CO 3 seasons. Live BBS in the winter.

[@usnavyseal77]

I keep mosquitoes and my Dario's love it!!

[@qaswedfr1234]

where do your female mos get their blood???

[@usnavyseal77]

What fish is at 3:20?

[@steenfottexotics]

That tank has the Lake Towuti Gobies (Glossogobius Flavipinnis), Dip Tail pencilfish (Nannostomus Eques) and Apistogramma Ortegai.

[@merced24]

Bob where did you source ur male gold neck mcmasteri he’s a beast!

[@SteenfottAquatics]

I got him from the wet spot tropical fish =)

[@BVaqueroREMAX]

What kind of bird is singing in the back? I would like to ear that every day

[@VolCanixWorx]

Got a 50 gallon tote, I just let rainwater collect in it, and I have thousands in no time. My betta and endlers love them. I don't know how to keep dirt and leaves from collecting in it though and I'd rather not have that lol I live I'm Central Texas so we have plenty mosquitoes lol

[@Uathankicks]

I did accidentally with a 40b outside. Had 1 danio frankeri and pair of Florida flagfish. If I put any food in, there would be more larvae to harvest in a few days(~50+). No outside food the 3 fish controlled the larvae population to smaller numbers(5-10). There's my case study 📚😯larvae was definitely proportional to the feedings

[@medkow7415]

I had a trash can sitting outside for two to three years. Had green water, and I'm sure it had tons of mosquito larvae but was hesitant to use the green water or larvae. It's still out there, so it'll fill again.

[@sydmiller2973]

Would shrimp eat mosquito larvae?

[@SteenfottAquatics]

I’ve never seen our shrimp go after them. They couldn’t care less.

Where are you? I don't recognize any of those bird calls. We don't have those in the Southeast whatever they are.

[@the_DOS]

I been watching you and I have one thing to say my brother... You guys need to move back to Cali.

[@Aquatica87Heaven]

At the Fottspot!

[@danl1483]

Herron?

[@zeuslea1]

What are the beautiful songs going on in first part of video?

[@danl1483]

Loons?

[@qcaquaholic]

What the h3ll is going on in the background? It sounds like you live in Jurassic Park.

[@shawn1819]

Lol

[@vb2377]

Risk of disease is the biggest risk

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Nothing i would ever be worried about

[@shawn1819]

As long as keep the water transfer to a minimum u should be fine. Ive been doin it since last spring and nothing has ever happened. And the fish go crazy for them