Feeding Mosquito Larvae to goldfish

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Fire Eel
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I have a 75 gallon AQ with 8 goldfish in it. All of them 7 inches and under. Some fantails, some comets, and 1 black moore.

I was wondering if I could feed some mosquito larvae to my babies, or would they not eat them, and I'd end up with a million skeeters in my house?
 
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sure, you can try with a blow dryer or something... it won't dry on its own fast enough before it turns into a mosquito most probably so put some algae killer in the water first to kill them.
 
where are you getting the larve from? If you have cows, i would assume the skeeters breed in the trough.
when i had goats, I just put comet goldies in the 220gl trough, with a small fountain head. there were never anymore moisquetos in there. and the fish survived even when ice formed on the top of the water.
 
I have used skeeter wrigglers as food for fish but never tried it with goldies, and yes some usually get away into the house.
 
Get a powerhead or make the water in the tank a little less so the filter moves the water.
Mosquitos can't breed in moving water..
They like still water
 
If you're worried about them living, just freeze them. I've frozen all kinds of aquatic muchies w/no problems. Just strain as much water off as you can.
 
I feed live larvae to my fish all the time. They are not goldfish but I have had goldfish eat mosquito larvae just fine. I was going to tell you that the mosquitos infesting your home was not a problem but then I realized that you lived in... well I forget now, but not in the south. Down here in Texas this time of year the temp. outside is 100 near every day so when a mosquito ventures into a 75 degree air conditioned house it basically gets hypothermia and dies after not too long. No infestation to worry about here, but if you live somewhere where the temperature difference isn't very great, you might have a problem. Sorry if this response is getting a little lengthy, just one more thing. The larvae wriggle up to the surface and back down to the bottom all day long so unless youv'e got some retarted fish, the mosquitos should get eaten. Good luck.
 
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