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What are these?

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:10 pm
by n00bEmpty
Alright, I used to have live plants in my tank until my turtles though it would be funny to rip off all the leaves for me to clean so I took them out and put them outside. So today when I was getting more water out of the backyard hose, I saw some strange moving things in the box I put the water plants in, it looks like some wormy looking things.
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:02 pm
by imderanged
Mosquito larvae. They breed in standing water. Better dump the water out or you will have mosquitoes swarming your yard.

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:54 pm
by n00bEmpty
I figure as much. It's mosquito season in California right now so I just wanted to make sure. Dumped the water out and sprayed it with tap water (the chlorine kills then, I'm sure)

PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:38 am
by Lilsaint
or u could feed them to your turtles or fish

PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:48 am
by n00bEmpty
Lilsaint wrote:or u could feed them to your turtles or fish

Yeah.... I feel uneasy feeding my turtles something I found outside in my backyard and I really dislike mosquitoes so eh.