"dc" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö $##$$@$##$$.#$$ wrote in
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I've fed them to aquarium fish with no problems at all. They're not
exposed to fish diseases unless you also have "sick" fish in the same
water with them. I've also used mosquito larvae I found in standing
water outside.

That is not a correct assumption Koi-Lo. There are plenty of parasites
and
viral diseases that use an indirect transmission route through multiple
and
radically different hosts.

That would also apply to any of the natural foods you bought at the store,
fresh or frozen. Freezing and drying doesn't always "sterilize" a product.
Transmission of fish disease from a lake or river to a vessel of water
sitting in someone's yard or on their porch would be rather unlikely. Where
would that midge or mosquito have had a chance to bite or come in contact
with a diseased fish? Has it been shown that they can and do carry fish
diseases from one body of water to another? I have hundreds of outdoor fish
(koi, rosy reds and goldfish) and no diseases or parasites in YEARS now.
You can see all kinds of insects and bugs around my ponds and prop' pools
and no disease is brought in.

Just because the mosquito larva themselves have
not had direct contact with an ill fish does not mean they are perfectly
safe.

Nothing is "perfectly safe." Even the pellets and flakes you buy at the
store can be contaminated with insecticides. They can be rancid from poor
storage and handling. Who knows? Mosquito larvae carrying fish disease in
clean fishless water is something I have never even heard of.
In all the years I've made good use of natural fish food I never once had a
problem with fish developing disease in my indoor aquariums.
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-- KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
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