Please save me from the Mosquito fish...
annaca
13 years ago
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Why are the mosquito fish lining up?
Comments (3)Too funny, sleepless! I'll have to watch for that. I'm just a couple blocks away from our hs band's practice field. When dd was in school/band, I used to sit at the pond each evening and listen to them practice. My guess is somebody rang the dinner bell. What time of day is it? Is it nearing dusk? Now you've got me curious, too.....See MoreMosquito fish and Koi
Comments (6)have had the mosquito eating minnows in my small pond for several years (the city initially gave them away free). They are small (mine at least ... one inch) live bearers & multipy fast but so far have caused no problems with my goldfish nor their young. The minnows survive quite well here in zone 7 where last winter we got 2 ft. of snow in one week & temps. down to 20F a couple of nights. I'm sure when I clean the pond each Fall I pour out most of the minnows- though I try to seine them- but there always seem to be plenty survive. They tend to swim/stay at the top of the pond water whereas the goldies prefer the bottom during the day. Pond water does freeze here during the winter also. Don't think you'd have to worry & the minnows sure love the mosquito larvae ... the reason the city gives them away!...See MoreGambusia (Mosquito Fish) Unusual Solution!
Comments (15)Too bad we are so far away from eachother. We could have a great fish fry! Really, they are good with butter and garlic, if you can just catch enough of them! Hah! I have noticed the same thing -- some of the damnbusia are too smart to go in the trap. For me it is the large breeding ones that shy away from the trap every time. I tried making a larger more stable trap out of a rectangular fry breeding quarantine box I got at Petsmart. It is a plastic box with a net around it. I put a small coke bottle top through the net and attached it with superglue. I weighted down the trap sitting up on some rocks with the top just above the water. I put the fish food bait right into the open top of the box. I am catching more breeding adults with this trap, but still not enough. The big smart ones come over and take a look inside the door to the trap and then suddendly decide it doesn't look safe and swim away fast. But I did get about 4 of them. I next tried a new tactic that is a bit labor-intensive but it is working. I lower a large hand-held net into the water and hold it so that the top rim is slightly below the water on one side and above the water on the other. I put some fish food next to the rim that is above the water. The damnbusia swim to the food, and when a bunch of them get in there I raise the net out of the water really fast. I can catch the big breeding ones this way, a few at a time. It really is a pesky problem how these things overpopulate. Between my net and my box trap, I caught 300 over the weekend, but I still have plenty more to go. I wouldn't doubt there are 1000 in there and more being born every week....See MoreFREE Gambusia Affinis ('Mosquito fish')
Comments (4)The Shelby County Vector Control Website: http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/FirstPortal/appmanager/scexternal/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=GovLevel3PortalPage&PortletName=Home.Government.CountyServices.HealthServices.EnvironmentalHealth Here is a link that might be useful: Gambusia Affinis at Shelby County Vector Control...See Moreannaca
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