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Simple 'Skeeter Control?
Hi all,
I filled up the half barrel with water, placed a water lilly inside, some oxygenator plants, and the Obedient Plant is standing by until I get the right bricks. In order to not encourage disease carrying mosquitos, I've read and heard of a number of ways to do this. Fish, pumps, (fountains?), wired cloth, flooding the container when baby mosquitos are in there (as long as they're not microscopic!), and mosquito dunks. Though I am a little more interested in eliminating the risk nearly entirely by not having the water stagnant. And neighbors et all can actually hear and see the evidence, without worry. Some questions: 1) How much of a mosquito dunk would be needed for the half whiskey barrel? Have there been reports of mosquitos building up a resistance? How can I be sure all are gone? My idea is to flood first, and then add the dunk. 2) Would placing a suitable wire/cloth mesh to keep mosquitos out bother the water lily very much? 3) Could I add a fish or two right now and they be healthy, or do I still need to wait a couple of days to a few weeks to give the water garden a probationary period? I already added dechorinator. No rocks at the bottom, though. Any other aquatic scenery I could add to make them happier? The container gets afternoon sun, by the way, is positioned on a lone patio stone, and I'm in the South. Any idea of pH and temperature levels before adding fish would help. 4) I'm not quite as interested in filtration as I am as in keeping the water not stagnant, or at least making the water as unfriendly to mosquitoes as possible while at the same time preserving the plants that are in there. I would hope a filter/pump combo won't catch the floating plants that are in there! Perhaps a fountain would also do? 5) Is this time of the year really the time to worry about mosquitos? 6) Any alternate, more cost effective ways to control mosquitos without a pump? Daniel Phillips [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com Be warned, may mistakingly bounce back as spam. |
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