GeeTee Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 If I was to collect mossie larva from a local stormwater drain to feed my fish would it be advisable to clean them somehow before feeding or just stay away altogether?? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 I personally would stay away all together, due to them feeding on things in the water and the water not being a gaureenteed uncontaminated source. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 I collect it in containers outside in my yard, or stock troughs. If the water is good enough for the animals to drink it should be good enough for the fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimmer Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I collect it in containers outside in my yard, or stock troughs. If the water is good enough for the animals to drink it should be good enough for the fish! yeah that makes sense just leave some containers out to collect rainwater, and it'll become stagnant and the mossies will do their thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Do you think if I collect them andput them in a container with clean water for a few days it might clean them out.Sort of like purging??? I do understand where you are coming from with the dirty water though. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 wouldnt they turn into mozzies in a few days? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTM Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 wouldnt they turn into mozzies in a few days? lol ...and then the fun really starts :lol: I'd leave the ones in the drain though... they may be just a little bit too risky. Mush better to just "harvest" some from a $10 plastic tub filled with some water at the end of your garden/section/porch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 net them out of the collection bucket and emerse them in rain water filled bucket .. using tap water decreases the survival rate .. place mesh over bucket if you don't like the high pitched buzzing at night and collect the food as you please ... just remember to push mesh into bucket to submerge hatched mozzies first ... wha aaah aahhh ! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I used to have a fav seasonal collection patch for mozzies. It was an effluent drain from a cowshed (it has since been demolished)that flowed to the edge of the property to a drain at the side of the road. The mozzies were so thick there, they had to queue up for breathing space. It was no sweat to get a cupful in a very, very short time. I was rather peeved when the farm was sold and the cowshed demolished. The only problem, if you could call it that, was my fish really conditioned out well on them. So I'd say rinse them off and feed them. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 The only problem, if you could call it that, was my fish really conditioned out well on them What did you mean by this Alan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 "conditioning" is a fish keeping term for "fattening up" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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