I will be getting paradise fish soon, and the internet says that they thrive {like their cousins the fighting fish and gouramis} in dirty, mosquito larvae water. How do I make that? Should I just leave out a bucket of water and wait overnight?? Btw,I live in Australia where all the mosquitos live...
2007-01-19 16:45:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
buy a bottle of stagnant and then dump it in... lol Im kidding... put some water in a bucket and leaving it sit with a cover on top for a week or too. That should be stagnant enough. Stagnant means that the water is not turblated, or agitated. If you have a air filter or pump it creates Turbulant water. Stagnant is still water, like a pond or a swamp. Rivers are Turbulant. Are you having the fish outside? Or inside? Your not going to want Mosquito larva water inside your house, cause man its going to be a horrible living condition soon enough. If outside in a pond dont get a filter or a ariator. If they will be inside keep the water in a bucket INSIDE in a dark closet or something for a week usually.
2007-01-19 16:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by I luv Pets 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stagnant just means that the water isn't moving - just the conditions that mosquitos breed in! Just don't use a filter or airstone in the tank and you will have stagnant water (and lots of mosquito larvae that you can hope your fish eat).
BTW, paradise fish do quite well with a low-powered filter or airstone, which will make their tank less attractive to breeding mosquitos, but then you gotta feed them!
2007-01-19 16:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stagnant means unmoving. Just keep in mind that "dirty water" is bad for all types of fish. Paradise gourami are simply tougher than most fish. They don't need aeration as they get air from the surface, but they can still die from ammonia and nitrate poisoning. Remember in nature thee guys live 1 fish per 50 to 100 gallon. (Actually thats pretty crowded.) So unless you are keeping them in a pond you'll want a filter to deal wit ammonia like any other fish.
Also keep in mind that as adults they are a lot like betta. You'll fing in hard to maintain more than one male per tank. Females will need lots of space, and hiding places. Like many gourami they are wife beaters, but unlike bettta they generally won't kill their mate. In pond with hiding places you can keep multiple males.
PS- While they are good for keeping the mosquito population out of a pond. It not enough food for them. If you want to feed larvae to tank dwellers just put out some water, and wait a 3-7 days. Honestly I prefer to just buy freeze dried blood worms at the fish. Clean, easy to store, and won't carry disease.
2007-01-20 02:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
anabetids are air breathing fish they can breath air and survive in waters where others die they DO NOT require stagnant water t breed they do need still water with very little or no airation several clumps of floating plants a partial water change can sometimes help a breeding pair get going because the young need good water they cant breath air till their breathing organ forms about 2-3wks. old the female may be killed if she does'nt have plenty of hiding places the male raises the young so remove the female if you can after egg laying is done with out disturbing the bubble nest good luck
2007-01-19 17:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by slapjack458 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They do not require stagnant water. It is actually more harmful to them than clean water.(DUH!) They do need filtration and they do need to be fed. Just because it CAN live in dirty water does not mean it SHOULD. I CAN lock you in a closet with no toilet and no fresh air, and yea you would get plenty to eat, but are you going to be healthy?
2007-01-19 17:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by fish guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
get a huge jug of water and let it sit for more than a week, and you'll have stagnant water... heat definately speeds the process a little
2007-01-19 17:00:04 · answer #6 · answered by Rawka'D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 15:46:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set the bucket outside. A week later you will have your desired results. Especially if it is hot.
2007-01-19 16:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋