safe mosquito repellent?

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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.
 
Wycco said:
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.
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And I like TURTLES! :dance:

(since we are making completely random statements in this thread)

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It wasn't random... it has mosquito repellant in there... duh! You've been staring at those lights for too long Ace.
 
LOL... yes, it was a mosquito repellent fan I wore so not quite so random...

... but I do also love turtles! ;)
 
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.
 
I thought so too- but wanted to be safe!
 
DSR said:
It wasn't random... it has mosquito repellant in there... duh! You've been staring at those lights for too long Ace.
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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". ;)
 
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. :)
 
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