View Full Version : safe mosquito repellent?
corinna
06-25-2009, 8:37 AM
Anyone help me with a safe effective mosquito repellent to use indoors and outdoors which wont affect my tanks? I am having problems since a small lake was constructed nearby. Tiger mozzies by day and regular mozzies in the evening.Thanks. btw I already did a midnight raid last month and put 50 mosquito fish in the lake, but with scarse results..
I wore one of those blue- fan thingys you clip on your belt and forgot to turn it off about a week and a half ago. Came inside and was standing next to my air pump talking for a good 10 minutes before I realised I had left the fan on.
Did a pwc (didn't know if needed) and no one was hurt or harmed- but it made me panic for a moment. I'm sure repellents are not a good idea around the tank in general- but I wonder if citronella might be acceptable.
I wore one of those blue- fan thingys you clip on your belt and forgot to turn it off about a week and a half ago. Came inside and was standing next to my air pump talking for a good 10 minutes before I realised I had left the fan on.
And I like TURTLES! :dance:
(since we are making completely random statements in this thread)
http://shopping.canoe.ca/ss/media/1063000/1063627.jpg
It wasn't random... it has mosquito repellant in there... duh! You've been staring at those lights for too long Ace.
Wycco
06-25-2009, 12:05 PM
LOL... yes, it was a mosquito repellent fan I wore so not quite so random...
... but I do also love turtles! ;)
lanimret
06-25-2009, 12:23 PM
I would imagine you would have needed to stand there for atleast a few hours before there would be enough saturation in the air for gas exchange to occur and have any effect on the water.
Wycco
06-25-2009, 12:25 PM
I thought so too- but wanted to be safe!
dixienut
06-25-2009, 12:34 PM
:popcorn: lol
Ace25
06-25-2009, 12:53 PM
It wasn't random... it has mosquito repellant in there... duh! You've been staring at those lights for too long Ace.
Important piece of info to leave out.. I have several "blue fans" and the only thing in them is AA batteries.. never even heard of one that had repellant in them.. then again, I don't live in muggy mosquito infested areas either.. I live in the land of the "nuts and flakes". ;)
jackiomy
06-25-2009, 1:21 PM
You need to get one of those bug zapper thingys. They not only work well, they are really entertaining. Oh, and put more fish in the lake. :)
GregAW
06-25-2009, 1:34 PM
I live in the land of the "nuts and flakes". ;)
And most of them are under the dome in Sacramento but came from the flake farms of SF and LA areas. :D :D :D :help:
Chilly Willie
01-05-2010, 3:18 PM
What's your goal? Are you trying to keep mosquitos out of your house, or out of an outside area? Is your tank inside or outside? If inside, just put screens on windows and doors (which I'm sure you thought of yourself). If outside, there are propane powered mosquito traps that are supposed to be very effective. They burn propane to give off moist warm CO2 (like animals exhale) which attracts mosquitos and then it traps and kills them with a vacuume cleaner or water trap. They are rather expensive, but there may be some do it yourself projects on the internet that you can try. Here's a link (http://www.consumersearch.com/mosquito-traps) to a review of some commercial ones:
Chamomile, citronella and lavender all repel mosquitoes.
Amphiprion
01-05-2010, 6:41 PM
Most are ok, but try to keep any smoking repellents and aerosols to a minimum in the vicinity of the tank, especially if you have a protein skimmer and/or open-topped tank. I live in mosquito heaven--not as bad as the everglades, but we get desanguinated animals every year.
jayghmi
01-06-2010, 10:07 AM
I like turtles too! I laughed so hard I spit coffee on my computer screen. And I know the mosquito's in Ace's neck of the woods are HUGE in the summer.