Not sure what breed they are, kinda greenish blue, I have been following
all the notes about them, and haven't heard of a good control method.
They seem to be taking over my small pond, that is already over stocked.
When I feed, the Koi and Goldfish seem to stay away from the food, and
the dozens of mosquito fish seem to be all over the place.

Anyone have any good advice for this?

Carl

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Hi Carl,
Try a minnow trap, bait it with tuna kitty treats or some such smelly goody.

k30a

GF will eat anything will fit in their mouth, but orfes do even better. perhaps your
GF and koi are not hungry cause they have a ready food source? Ingrid

Carl Beyer wrote:

Not sure what breed they are, kinda greenish blue, I have been following
all the notes about them, and haven't heard of a good control method.
They seem to be taking over my small pond, that is already over stocked.
When I feed, the Koi and Goldfish seem to stay away from the food, and
the dozens of mosquito fish seem to be all over the place.

Anyone have any good advice for this?

Carl



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GF will eat anything will fit in their mouth, but orfes do even better.
perhaps your
GF and koi are not hungry cause they have a ready food source? Ingrid


I do have plants, and feed the pond twice a day. Maybe I should cut
back on food for a couple of weeks? Any thoughts on that plan of attack?

Carl

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Neither my goldfish or koi will eat the minnows.....so I bought 2 channel
catfish for the purpose....they won't eat them either...I just got a huge
butterfly net, and do the scoop thing to try and cut down the numbers....I even
drained the pond, and a few survived and now we have hundreds again Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

a large mouth bass will clear them out for you
but if koi/goldfish are small, he might clear them out too

On 24 Jul 2003 15:16:32 -0700, (Shane
Kennedy) wrote:

a large mouth bass will clear them out for you
but if koi/goldfish are small, he might clear them out too
A Pumpkinseed, Blue Gill, Red Ear or other small Sunfish will whittle
them down quickly.

Then again they can be fin nippers on the Goldfish and Koi.
Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
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Southeastern Lower Michigan
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