Although I am aware that mosquito fish breed like crazy I stopped by
the pet store today at lunch and picked up 4 mosquito fish to help get
the larvae off my lilly pads. I ended up with 3 females and 1 one
male. I brought them inside since it is 98 degrees outside and I
don't want boiled fish. So anyway.... I am sitting here at my desk
with the bag-o-fish next to me when I look over and see two newborns
race like h e double toothpicks across the bag... well the other fish
took care of this as they promptly ate them....

As I wrote this note I witnessed another one get born. They come out
a bit bigger than I would have expected. For now... 2 minutes or
so... the others are leaving it alone. Wish I had my camera...

End of the day update... while in the bag there were about 20 babies
born this afternoon. By the time I picked up the kids and got home 2
had made it. My kids got a great kick out of them. I guess I will
see what happens... if I have a population explosion I will just hope
for an extra cold winter

On 3 Jul 2003 19:05:16 -0700, (Chad) wrote:

End of the day update... while in the bag there were about 20 babies
born this afternoon. By the time I picked up the kids and got home 2
had made it. My kids got a great kick out of them. I guess I will
see what happens... if I have a population explosion I will just hope
for an extra cold winter

I don't think cold weather kills mosquito fish.

Bob

"Chad" wrote in message
om...
Although I am aware that mosquito fish breed like crazy I stopped by
the pet store today at lunch and picked up 4 mosquito fish to help get
the larvae off my lilly pads. I ended up with 3 females and 1 one
male. I brought them inside since it is 98 degrees outside and I
don't want boiled fish. So anyway.... I am sitting here at my desk
with the bag-o-fish next to me when I look over and see two newborns
race like h e double toothpicks across the bag... well the other fish
took care of this as they promptly ate them....

As I wrote this note I witnessed another one get born. They come out
a bit bigger than I would have expected. For now... 2 minutes or
so... the others are leaving it alone. Wish I had my camera...

Just curious is there a breed called Mosquito fish or are we talking the
typical Rosie Red Minnows here?

BV.

BenignVanilla wrote:

Just curious is there a breed called Mosquito fish or are we talking the
typical Rosie Red Minnows here?

Not rosie reds but gambusia



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"Chad" wrote in message
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Although I am aware that mosquito fish breed like crazy I stopped by
the pet store today at lunch and picked up 4 mosquito fish to help get
the larvae off my lilly pads. I ended up with 3 females and 1 one
male. I brought them inside since it is 98 degrees outside and I
don't want boiled fish. So anyway.... I am sitting here at my desk
with the bag-o-fish next to me when I look over and see two newborns
race like h e double toothpicks across the bag... well the other fish
took care of this as they promptly ate them....

As I wrote this note I witnessed another one get born. They come out
a bit bigger than I would have expected. For now... 2 minutes or
so... the others are leaving it alone. Wish I had my camera...

Just curious is there a breed called Mosquito fish or are we talking the
typical Rosie Red Minnows here?

BV.

BenignVanilla wrote:

Just curious is there a breed called Mosquito fish or are we talking the
typical Rosie Red Minnows here?

Not rosie reds but gambusia



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wrong." - Peter T. McIntyre


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BenignVanilla wrote:

Just curious is there a breed called Mosquito fish or are we talking the
typical Rosie Red Minnows here?

Not rosie reds but gambusia



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I bought Gambusia affinis. There are many other fish that are
classified as mosquito fish. Here is a good reference if you want to
know more... like one female can have 400 births in a season...

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/mosq.htm

"Chad" wrote in message
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I bought Gambusia affinis. There are many other fish that are
classified as mosquito fish. Here is a good reference if you want to
know more... like one female can have 400 births in a season...

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/mosq.htm

Well...I have a million Daminnows. As soon as they are catchable, I plan to
move them to my aquarium for the tinfoils.

BV.