concern for MY health - mosquitoes

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I currently have hundreds of mossie babies in my tank any ideas on how to get rid ??? before I get bitten anymore? if i had baby axies i suppose this wouldnt really be a problem rather free food!!
 
Mosquito larvae normally sit at the water surface and dive down when disturbed. If you have a fine fish net you can often net many in one go - if you're quick enough. You have to wait for them to re-surface before having another go.

To avoid this problem again you'll need to mossie proof the tank either with a tight fitting lid or some fine netting/material placed on top. This can also be a way to stop the larvae already in the tank getting into your house when they hatch as flies.
 
You could always get/borrow a goldfish or equivalent and give it a few hours in the tank (probably best to put your axie in alternate accomodation if you do).
 
when you say mosquito net will tights do??
 
Tights as in the ones you wear? Yeah, they'll work fine.
 
Yep used some last night ...well the government is trying to get us to recycle more LOL and they were laddered....(it was a late night and i fell over ..doh) anyhow they worked a treat still have baby mossies but a lot less of them (it even picked out a load of the other creatures in the tank so I am quite impressed) I have a cheap tiny fish net which my axies out grew ages ago so I think i might attch left over tights to the frame of that.
 
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