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Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:42 am
by Dewy the Sundew
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:43 am
by Smooter80
Change your water more often and you won't have to worry about mosquitos.
Fish will add nitrogen and probably other things to the water. As long as you dont let the levels build up, it could work.
You've seen the thread on the other forum where a grower is doing it successfully so why not try his setup?
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:47 pm
by Dewy the Sundew
Ok, I changed my plans, i am not using fish. I am using shrimps, they excrete less than fish and i am sure the bladderworts can just absorb the nutrients from the poop, if not i'll add small floating plants.
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:39 pm
by nimbulan
Fish will often eat bladderworts, unfortunately. There is a specific species known as mosquitofish that are often used for mosquito control, however:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish
I personally use U. gibba (which works very well once it has fully-colonized a body of water) and mosquito bits, which are basically just little pellets of mosquito dunks and easier to dose smaller bodies of water with.
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:22 am
by Dewy the Sundew
My U.gibba hasn't colonized the entire saucer/tray yet. So maybe thats why its not so effective, I'll get some shrimps and test them out.
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:23 am
by Dewy the Sundew
For the mosquito fish, I know about it and i actually wanted to get some but, the poop produces ammonia and it can hurt the plants
Re: Do fish hurt carnivorous plants?
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:03 am
by TS 1989
Fishes and shrimps will work, provided if your water is free of chlorine and has dissolved air in it. If not, it'll just die.