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["Helga and Bert Dunn" <helbert@idirect.com>]

Hi Tom
We used the smallest goldfish we  could buy- about 10 for $3.
They are very cold hardy & love mosquitoes
Bert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Mpsquito Control


> Hi,
>
> Pet fish...  Hmmmm...  That would work in the 55 gallon barrels as they
> are dark, and deep, but would they survive in a full sun wading pool?
>
> Our nights are too cool in May for pet store guppies.  I also wonder if I
> would have to aerate the tanks, and if the PH is too acid in rainwater.
>
> So if the things could survive without heat, without aeration, and take
> full sun they might work.
>
> Good thought, river minnows are free.
>
> Later,
> Tom
>
> --
> Southwest Ontario
> Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
> (similar to US zone 5)
>
> On Mon, 6 May 2002, Lucky Pittman wrote:
>
> > At 10:08 AM 05/06/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > >I can put a lid on the barrels, but is there something you can put in
the
> > >water to prevent mosquito breeding in something large like a wading
pool?
> >
> > Tom,
> > How about getting some 'mosquito fish'?  There are North American native
> > species of Gambusia minnows, which really are nothing more than a
hardier
> > variety of the ubiquitous pet shop guppies.  If you don't have a ready
> > source of the native species, perhaps you could just go to the local pet
> > store and purchase some guppies.
> > Gambusia minnows love to eat mosquito larvae, and you wouldn't have to
> > worry about any potential toxins, etc. that might harm your plants - and
> > the ammonia from fishes' wastes would be of perhaps a slight benefit for
> > any plants you used the water on.
> >
> > Lucky Pittman
> > USDA Zone 6
> > Hopkinsville, KY
> >
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