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MajorOz wrote:

On Jun 21, 3:05 pm, "Zootal" wrote:
It wasn't stagnant, it had plants growing in it to keep it oxygenated. And
my dog drank out of it, so I had to keep topping it up with fresh water.
So maybe it wasn't very attractive to skeeters after all, I dunno.

If the fish are distressed by low oxygen levels, they stay very near the
surface, move slowly, kind of gasp at the surface, and they have worried
looks on their faces. (OK, I made that very last part up)

Bob

That actually sounds like a good idea. Did the fish actually eat the
misquitos or larvae? And how long did they live? I have a small pond I've
been thinking of putting some small fish in. I can't put bigger fish, like
goldfish, because the racoons eat them.

Look around for ads in "small" newspapers that: "...the FISHMAN IS
COMING -- CATFISH, BASS....." They usually have a baitfish called a
fathead minnow. I dump a few hundred in my main pond in the spring
and fall. I have small ponds (puddles) scattered around my place for
the deer, turkey, and other critters that I have thrown fatheads
into. ]no -- not Billy -- ] They seem to survive the puddles
being frozen over and reproduce like bacteria, providing me food for
the bass.

And, yes; they gobble skeeters.......and anything else they can catch.

cheers

oz
As if an devoteé of Dixy Ray Lee could recognize a fat head
without being overwhelmed with humiliation,
but as the saying goes, "Don't matter what they say about you
.... as long as they spell your name right."

Two lemon cucumbers, six tromboncini, and eight leeks planted today.
Damn raccoon is giving me kidney cramps. Gotta drink more beer.
I have this ominous apprehension of looking into container where the
forgotten compost/manure tea resides. If I remember correctly, Charlie
said to spread it along the boundry with my rottenest neighbors.

"Dance for me without your fan",
said Billy Rose, to Sally Rand,
and so she did,
and Billy rose,
and Sally ran.
--

Billy
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