I Think There Are Mosquito Larvae In My Tank.

I think there are mosquito larvae in my tank. I have a 3.6 gallon tank with 2 mystery snails, some plants, and some shrimp. Nothing new has been added to the tank except for 3 Tropica marimo balls that I added last week. These are definitely not shrimp babies. They look exactly like mosquito larvae. I've done a 50% water change and syphoned a few out as I see them and they still keep appearing. There aren't many of them, but there are some. Are they going to harm my snails/shrimp? Is there any harm in leaving them for now?

I am getting a 15 gallon tank soon, but it hasn't arrived yet. I know fish would eat them, but I don't want to stuff any into a 3.6 gallon, and I don't want to get any fish until my 15 gallon is planted, cycled, and has a stable shrimp population.

 

This happened to Goldiemom , she may be able to advise.

 

mosquito larvae won't harm your fish.

 

I've been trying to get mosquito larvae in water I leave outside. So far, nothing. There aren't many mosquitos here anyway though. I think I've been bitten twice in 12 years.

 

I had a ton of fruit fly larvae in my tank, but my mystery snails ended up eating them all in a few weeks. The fruit fly larvae are pretty similar to mosquito larvae, so the mystery snails should take care of the problem

 

I've been trying to get mosquito larvae in water I leave outside. So far, nothing. There aren't many mosquitos here anyway though. I think I've been bitten twice in 12 years.

I need to move where you are... the mosquitoes here are on some other level Jurasic Park type deal- They are HUGE.

Found some larvae in my axolotl tank this morning and fed them to my betta babies. First time doing that too.