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Old 21-06-2003, 09:20 AM
Kayakkhan
 
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Default Mosquito Traps and Koi Ponds

Here in Australia, the pacific blue eye and rainbowfish are prodigious
consumers of mosquito larvae, they are fry and spawn friendly. We also have
Gambusia here, but it's illegal to keep them. However, I believe it is not
illegal to do so in the states, and in lieu of the above fish, they make an
excellent mosquito slayer, and as their forays are largely nocturnal, they
should co-exist with Koi quite well..
Also, it might be an idea to visit some of the websites that provide
diagrams for constructing bat boxes...these little critters will eat over
1000 mosquitos a night.
Hope this helps
Mal

"Oingofan" wrote in message
...
I was planning on getting the Liberty model. It seems like it would
be able to do the job. The Defender is possibly not enough for you.
Let's see what happens with time and the mosquito problem. I live in
Nevada and our mosquito problem isn't as rampant here, but I have
young one that I would definitely purchase a mosquito magnet for if it
worked.
Oingofan

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 03:19:01 -0400 (EDT), (Steve
Noel) wrote:

I run the mosquito magnet 24/7 and have run it with the attractant and
without as I am on the boundary line of the TIGER mosquito which is
repelled by the strip. I think I will try moving it to some different
locations before I give up on it. The model is the DEFENDER.
Steve