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Old 29-07-2003, 03:22 PM
Just Me \Koi\
 
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Default ping John Rutz on mosquito control koi babies and gambusia

P & JH,
I have gambusa in my ponds and did also have Koi frys. How you ask?

I bought a small 200 +/- gallons preformed pond (Rubbermaid livestock
watering trough) to move my koi eggs into right after spawning! The eggs
were attached to my Water Hyacinth roots, and pennyworth roots.

Voila, here comes baby koi in gambusa free water. The frys are now ready
and big enough to be put back into the pond with the gambusa.

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"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in
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John (and other ng readers)

I have been wondering about my situation of no koi babies and mosquito
control by gambusia.

I gather you have koi babies. Do you also have gambusia? If not, how do
you control your mosquitos? If you have gambusia, how many do you have?

I
have lots of them and zero baby goldfish or koi. On the other hand, I

have
lots of baby platies and baby gambusia. Do you think carp are especially
vulnerable to becoming gambusia food?

Any suggestions on how to be baby koi friendly and have mosquito control?

Thanks for your thoughts

Jim

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