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Any problems with the mosquito population in your pond? California has been
tested positive for the virus, do goldfish eat the larva, or do I need something else. Thanks |
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Tom D wrote:
Any problems with the mosquito population in your pond? California has been tested positive for the virus, do goldfish eat the larva, or do I need something else. Thanks all fish eat the larva, bugs are usually reduced in the area when a pond is avail. w/ fish in them. -- -- http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold, 401-831-5739 cell 401-225-0556 Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators Shipping to legal states/countries only! Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps Linux (SuSE 8.2) user #329121 Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the sending of this contaminant free message We do concede that a signicant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced |
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Seen the movie Jaws? I pitty any mosquito that lands in my pond.
"Tom D" wrote in message om... Any problems with the mosquito population in your pond? California has been tested positive for the virus, do goldfish eat the larva, or do I need something else. Thanks |
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Since we've had the pond we've hardly ever seen a mosquito. The other thing a pond attracts is dragon and damselflies to lay their eggs. They are also mosquito eating machines. One insect will eat them in the thousands. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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"Tom D" wrote in message om... Any problems with the mosquito population in your pond? California has been tested positive for the virus, do goldfish eat the larva, or do I need something else. Thanks Red mosquito minnows will do the trick. |
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"Mike Patterson" wrote in message ... On 06 Jul 2004 20:59:52 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: Since we've had the pond we've hardly ever seen a mosquito. The other thing a pond attracts is dragon and damselflies to lay their eggs. They are also mosquito eating machines. One insect will eat them in the thousands. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods. I suspect that your pond is not the source of the mosquitos. |
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Mike Patterson wrote:
Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods. Mike Patterson Hey Mike Gotta get the "Propane Funeral Pyre" working for the Mosquito Sacrifices. /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com |
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skeeters fly up to 5 miles, but better is check around the house for anything holding
water like tires, cans, etc. amazing what we leave sitting around holds water and then mosquitoes. Ingrid Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:58:53 -0400, chagoi
wrote: Mike Patterson wrote: Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods. Mike Patterson Hey Mike Gotta get the "Propane Funeral Pyre" working for the Mosquito Sacrifices. /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com Yah, I need to get back on that project. I'm thinking of a month-long experiment using shiners in a 20-gallon plastic tub to check for cumulative toxicity issues before I do the full-blown fire in the pond. If it comes down to it, I can float a burner orifrice on the surface instead of bubbling gas through the water. Either way, it's -gonna- happen eventually. Hey, took me 4 years to get the pond completed, but it happened. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..." |
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On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:20:13 -0400, " George"
wrote: "Mike Patterson" wrote in message .. . On 06 Jul 2004 20:59:52 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: Since we've had the pond we've hardly ever seen a mosquito. The other thing a pond attracts is dragon and damselflies to lay their eggs. They are also mosquito eating machines. One insect will eat them in the thousands. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods. I suspect that your pond is not the source of the mosquitos. Yeah, I think you're right. I have a one-acre lot surrounded by hundreds of other one-to-five-acre lots. Somebody somewhere around here is breeding skeeters... Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..." |
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Yep, did a search-n-destroy mission a couple days ago, but the only
standing water I found was full of tadpoles! On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:57:24 GMT, wrote: skeeters fly up to 5 miles, but better is check around the house for anything holding water like tires, cans, etc. amazing what we leave sitting around holds water and then mosquitoes. Ingrid Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 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. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..." |
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Mike Patterson wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:57:24 GMT, wrote: skeeters fly up to 5 miles, but better is check around the house for anything holding water like tires, cans, etc. amazing what we leave sitting around holds water and then mosquitoes. Ingrid Yep, did a search-n-destroy mission a couple days ago, but the only standing water I found was full of tadpoles! Did you check the gutters? A poorly-sloped set of gutters (and there are a lot of them out there) can hold an amazing amount of stagnant water. |
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Mike Patterson wrote in message ... On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:20:13 -0400, " George" wrote: "Mike Patterson" wrote in message .. . On 06 Jul 2004 20:59:52 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: Since we've had the pond we've hardly ever seen a mosquito. The other thing a pond attracts is dragon and damselflies to lay their eggs. They are also mosquito eating machines. One insect will eat them in the thousands. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html Ya know, I have 17 medium fish and dozens of baby fish plus I counted 6 dragonflies buzzing around yesterday, but I'm still getting bitten. Maybe I need to make a sacrifice to the Pond Gods. I suspect that your pond is not the source of the mosquitos. Yeah, I think you're right. I have a one-acre lot surrounded by hundreds of other one-to-five-acre lots. Somebody somewhere around here is breeding skeeters... All it takes is one old rubber tire lying around in a field somewhere and trapping a bit of rainwater and there's your source. Not to mention rainwater-holding knot-holes in trees, you wouldn't believe what breeds in those. I worked with a woman at Oxford University who spent her whole career studying the things that live in watery knot-holes in trees. s. |
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Someone wrote I worked with a woman at Oxford University who spent her
whole career studying the things that live in watery knot-holes in trees. Oh, this is kewl! I need to find one of those trees.... probably need to move to a different climate though. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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