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Old 11/09/2007, 02:57 PM
CoMMaNdeR CoMMaNdeR is offline
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Mosquito larvae ?

Today I saw thousands of these tiny insects, still not capable to fly floating in the surface of a small brakish pond.

I was thinking to collect some of them, and feed my reef. Is this a good idea? Do you guys do it?
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Old 11/10/2007, 12:41 AM
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Any suggestion please?
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Old 11/10/2007, 12:50 AM
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I use to feed them to my baby piranhas.. they loved em... it grew them from .25 of a inch to 2inches, then i switched to white fish meat. then that took em to 7 inches... then i sold em
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Old 11/10/2007, 01:14 AM
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They are a very god food for freshwater fishes. Being in Florida I believe the little buggers can reproduce in saltwater so I'd make sure what you put in would be eaten before hatching. I'd try some.
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Old 11/10/2007, 01:17 AM
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Re: Mosquito larvae ?

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Today I saw thousands of these tiny insects, still not capable to fly floating in the surface of a small brakish pond.

I was thinking to collect some of them, and feed my reef. Is this a good idea? Do you guys do it?

nooo way!! dont get me wrong they may be ok but ive learned the hard way. u may be adding parasites to your reef! in the past i had access to gulf water. i thought heck i should use it for water changes right!? wrong ! microscopic organism were intro'ed to my tank and grew. lots of stuff good but more importantly also bad!. there are many products that let u hatch cyst of micro organisms and copapods and feed your reef without the risk of other unwanted pests. unless u feel in the mood to gamble on an expensive hobby i wouldnt do this at all!
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Old 11/10/2007, 05:19 AM
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I was thinking to collect them, rinse them with RO water , put them in a brine shrimp net and feed. I also would not be safe this way?
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Old 11/10/2007, 10:46 AM
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I do it , but I raise my own in a five gal. bucket. Like "reefd" said you risk a lot taking them out of the wild.
 

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