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mosquito dunks in a pool?

natives_and_veggies

14 years ago

Hi,

We have kind of a weird situation. Our neighbor is fighting a pretty bad health problem and unable to maintain an above ground pool. My boyfriend offered to shock it, but the pump is shot. We enlisted another neighbor but he and boyfriend couldn't get it working and the shock doesn't do anything without a pump circulating and filtering. It may need a new pump someday, but that's not really what the family needs to be worrying about right now.

Will mosquito dunks work to keep the bugs from breeding? How many? Any recommendations on types/brands? Will they damage the pool? He's looking forward to swimming again when he gets better, so the pool needs to stay, and not be damaged further, if at all possible.

We just want to find a maintenance level until he can get better because he and his wife really don't need to be worrying about this right now.

Any thoughts?

Susannah

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gatormomx2
14 years ago
Dunks are the larger version of Plunks . Dunks are the ones you need for large bodies of water like a pool .

I use these in all my stock tanks . The Plunks and Dunks are highly effective and safe . The working ingredient is BT . The livestock can drink the water right away without any side effects . The Dunks are not cheap but they work .

Currently , one of my stock tanks is inhabited by tadpoles . They are the best mosquito control in the world ! Any chance you can purchase some mosquito fish and find some tadpoles ?

If not , try looking at feed stores for Dunks . Worth every penny . Must keep an eye on the water as the Dunks are used up quickly in our Florida heat .
leahrenee1
14 years ago
If the pump isn't working then he might as well drain the pool for now. If you leave the pool with no pump you can throw a ton of chlorine in it and pretty much nothing will happen. He might just want to drain the pool for now. If you leave it the way it is with no pump for about a month it should fill with tadpoles on it's own.
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