Mosquito larvae as food

by **kate_kuhli** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:49 pm

I'm in Florida so naturally I have plenty of mosquitoes in my yard and I was wondering if I could put these pesky critters to any use? I'm sure my pond fish enjoy the mosquitoes' larvae but what about aquarium fish? Is it okay / feasible?

by **xxluckxx** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:08 pm

I have heard mention of this before. My only question would be how do you go about removing the mosquito larvae from whatever they were growing in and put them into your aquarium?

by **kate_kuhli** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:35 pm

xxluckxx wrote:I have heard mention of this before. My only question would be how do you go about removing the mosquito larvae from whatever they were growing in and put them into your aquarium?

I was thinking I'd probably need to use a turkey baster for transferring. That's what people do with daphnia anyway so I guess the same should work with mosquito larvae.

by **reefer171** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:01 am

This sounds like a fun experiment! I'd try it.

by **kate_kuhli** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:47 am

reefer171 wrote:This sounds like a fun experiment! I'd try it.

Lol yeah that's what I though. I also like giving my fish a variety of healthy, natural foods if I can and what's more natural than mosquito larvae?

by **_fins_** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:40 pm

I like this! Beats paying high prices for live food, and I think it would be especially worth it if you have fish that really need live food like for picky fish/breeding conditioning/fry/etc.

Mosquito larvae as food

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