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Any predator for mosquito fish?
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 -- -- http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com |
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Any predator for mosquito fish?
Hi Carl,
Try a minnow trap, bait it with tuna kitty treats or some such smelly goody. k30a |
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Any predator for mosquito fish?
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Any predator for mosquito fish?
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 |
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Any predator for mosquito fish?
a large mouth bass will clear them out for you
but if koi/goldfish are small, he might clear them out too |
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Any predator for mosquito fish?
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 http://photos.yahoo.com/davefouchey Southeastern Lower Michigan 42° 35' 20'' N, 82° 58' 37'' W GMT Offset: -5 Time Zone: Eastern |
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