Free Live Food For Your Fish. MOSQUITO EGGS! learn how to collect, store, and hatch them 

I appreciate that! 😁

I second this

Angry neighbors are never any fun.

​@@TheDave333 when they discovered where is hatchery, first response should be denying everything and wondering - " what? I didn't know, oh my God" . But anyway it's end of vampires colony. 🙈🙉🙊

Ha Ha Ha! 😁 I go out and remove the eggs every morning, so there are very few mosquitoes that ever hatch. But yes, deny everything. 😁

@@moonpleco5083I wonder if you can cover it with a net to prevent any adults flying out 🤷🏻‍♀️ I guess it’s tricky either way

​@@Liliarthan Mosquito always find their way to sneak out and last but not least, when many adults hatch they make specific noise, females become blood thirsty. The only way is, as Dave mentioned above , collect eggs every morning.... Everything depends where you live, how far from neighbours . If they spot hatchery covered by net, hmm... denying intentional breeding is impossible 🤣

He's a future video star. If only he and his lady would produce viable offspring! 😁

Your goldfish must love you very much!

@@TheDave333 you should do a video analyzing protein content of each live food popularly used

That's a great idea!

Hello, the little white creature in question has 14 legs ( I zoomed in ) while springtails only have 6 ( Hexapods). There are also too many body segments to be a springtail. Have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZchYc3yPqRQ.html

It will be a great video! I'm still going through a lot of footage. They're such a beautiful fish.

Thanks for watching the video. Mosquitos are a great natural food. Bettas love them.

Hello Chi ! Spring is here, and the shad will be running soon! 🦈🦈🦈

I thought at first that they might be springtails as well, but they have 14 legs, while springtails only have 6. (I zoomed in) There are also too many body segments to be a hexapod.

Thank you. I guess I shouldn't stop what I'm doing then. . . 😁

And it's a few less biting mosquitoes flying around!

Remember you can strain the rafts through a coffee filter and dry them out so they won't hatch until you're ready for them. No need to keep in the fridge. Use a magnifying glass to find them. Keep the surface of the water free of debris, so they're easier to locate. They look like little specks of dirt floating on the surface. Some times they'll cling to the edges of the container. Best of luck. 🦠🦠🦠

@@TheDave333 Woohoo found 3 today - going to dry them for hatching in winter and start collecting live as they are in 3 of 4 buckets currently. My fish will be even more thrilled than I am! Thanks for the help:)

My pleasure! 😁

I can see that.

My pleasure!

You could still do both. 😁

You're welcome

That would be awful!

The weather is beautiful today, and I enjoyed watching the eclipse yesterday. . . It's a great comfort to know that the sun, the giver of all life, has returned to bless us with food and warmth. I plan on growing a lot of vegetables and fruits this year.

@@TheDave333 Here too, this will be a gardening year for me too. The yard took a beating with all the house repair last Summer. I can start much of it fresh. There is something rewarding about growing your own food. Looks like a bumper crop of apricots on their way, massive bloom.💖🖤🇨🇦

Awesome! I love getting my hands and feet dirty. I always garden barefoot, and love to grow my own fresh food. Best of luck with the apricots! 🌻🌼🐝🌴

@@TheDave333 Me too, love getting my hands and feet in the dirt, and the taste of home grown food, so much better than commercial grown. It is so rewarding. We are in a wet patch since yesterday, but that is good in Spring, feeding the deep roots. I love Sun Return, and the beauty of the first flowers.🥰🖤🇨🇦

It's been wet here as well for several days too. I have lots of crocuses blooming in the front yard. A typical spring. I use changes in weather / barometric pressure to help trigger my corydoras catfish to breed. Water changes with slightly cooler water, increased water movement, lots of food, and a drop in air pressure can often cause fish to lay eggs. . . The point is to simulate rainfall. 🌻🌼🐝

It's worth trying, the fish love them.

Go for it!

I prefer lots of small creatures living together in harmony, rather than a few big fish. It's much more interesting to set up a tank with as much variety as possible. Start with cherry shrimp in a heavily planted tank, get them established and multiplying, then slowly add fish. 6 or more corydoras catfish would be nice, and they won't bother the shrimp. Then, add peaceful fish that are not too predatory such as Endlers or guppies. Hillstream loaches would also be compatible.

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22 at the moment, and I wish I had room for more!

@@TheDave333 Sounds awesome!

I'm not a fan of mosquitoes, but I imagine they serve a purpose other than to make people miserable.

Yes, you have a keen eye my friend! I didn't think anyone would notice! 😊 I saw the cyclops, but it wasn't visible long enough to bother mentioning it. There's also a tiny black beetle in the same shot. Nice work! 🦠🦠🦠

Unfortunately, all of the flooding in California in recent months has made blackworms unavailable. I have a few living in some of my tanks, but not enough. Yes, I've been wanting to make a video about them. I was growing / culturing them for a while, but lost most of them due to high temperatures. I really need them for my corydoras catfish, but they've been very hard to find.

Gouramis and Amano shrimp should get along just fine.

No they're a part of the bucket population. I get the same group of creatures every year. They were probably introduced with the tank water that I used to fill the bucket in the beginning.

@@TheDave333where did you source the original ‘culture’? Was it from pond or creek water or can you source the daphnia from a terrestrial source? Thank you =) very helpful video

Absolutely! I've been telling my friends that for years. There's a whole lifetime worth of discovery right outside our door. 😁

See video for info

Mosquitoes kill more people every year that all of the other animals combined. Amazing but true! 🦠🦠🦠

I could at some point. I use wheatberries.

@@TheDave333 Awesome! I was worried they were too small to film at this HQ. Looking forward to it if you end up trying it!

Well, they are pretty small, but I'll try.

@@TheDave333 My deepest thanks for that.

Thanks Nick! You get all of the Emojis 🦐 🐠😁 😓😞 🐟🦐🦠 ❤🐠🦈🐟🌻🌼🐝🤔 🌴