I'm brand new to this hobby, and my biggest concern is about how to keep mosquitoes from laying eggs in the water? For now, I put this plastic lid with holes punched in it on there, but it's not very pretty. I live in the tropics. Also I wonder if it's necessary to prime tap water, or if I can just leave it out for a day before using it.
by gringacarioca
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One mosquito fish or guppy
Following this to find out if someone knows if the surface being agitated helps with mozzies
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I’d just put in mosquito dunks. To my understanding, they won’t do any harm to anything else in the water.
I use food wrap for exactly the same reason. There’s not much you can do to keep them out they’ll smell the water.
add a small livebearer
Yeah it’s a problem outdoors and I have even seen mosquitos finding their way into my aquarium indoors!
I think it’s too small for full grown fish but you could have some aquatic insect predators, like beetles or some waterbugs, they’d eat mosquitos. If you go to a pond you should be able to scoop some up.
Do your elodea keep looking that good for a long time? If so, how? Mine always deteriorate eventually