Baby Mosquitoes In My Home! Betta Fish to Blame?

[BettaFishLoverM]

Baby mosquitos have been seen in my home in almost every room! In fact, I just swatted two as I wrote this. They eat us alive. My parents (who live with us) think that my fish are to blame, and who am I to disagree? I have two betta fish, a guppy, and a turtle, all in tanks without lids because I bought the tanks from a used tank site. I haven't seen any mosquito larvae in the tanks, though. What should I do?

 

[TMaier]

Baby mosquitos have been seen in my home in almost every room! In fact, I just swatted two as I wrote this. They eat us alive. My parents (who live with us) think that my fish are to blame, and who am I to disagree? I have two betta fish, a guppy, and a turtle, all in tanks without lids because I bought the tanks from a used tank site. I haven't seen any mosquito larvae in the tanks, though. What should I do?

If you have not seen any larva on the tanks perhaps that is not the source. Get a mosquito zapper.


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[EOGoldfish]

I doubt is is because of your fish if you never saw larvae. Also those fish you listed like to eat mosquito larvae


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[Magnum 350]

Is the turtle in it's own tank with no fish ? If so check that tank closely. The larvae dive down to bottom when lights are turned on.

 

[Brookster123]

Are your tanks filtered? Mosquitos love stagnant water. Do you live in a swampy area?

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[54seaweed]

has it rained , someone mow there grass , standing water mud puddles , are you close to a lake or pond marsh land , do you keep a lot of fruit out could be fruit fly's

 

[Mebbid]

Mosquito larvae are nom for bettas. If it was one of the tanks I would blame the turtle.

 

[Goldguru]

Skeeter's

there no way they are propagating in the Betta tank.
I have purposly taken my fish net outside & netted 3-4 dozen @ a time, then placed a doz or so into wifes 5g Betta tank.
At most they last .5-1hr,poor lil guy could hardly swim the 1st few times after the feast untill we dropped the numbers.
we keep the extra's in a 1L cottage cheese container & fed those a cple days later.
You have standing water outside very near by would be my Guess,skeeters very unlikly to mate inside a home..
if you want to try & lure them away read up on the DIY c02 stuff make a solution & place that some wheres they can find( downwind) then you maybe able to get them back outside. GL