Simple 'Skeeter Control?

"Daniel Phillips" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:31:37 GMT, "Snooze"
wrote:

In such a small pond, a gold fish or two would keep the mosquito
population
down. Just get the cheap 25c feeder goldfish. You could also use mosquito
fish (Gambusia affinis).

You could also break a mosquito dunk into quarters and every few weeks
just
toss in a new dunk fragment.

Sameer

Would two of those goldfish need a pump? Would I need to suppliment
their insect food with other food?


If you only put 2 small fish, like guppies, mosquito fish, minnows, rosies,
the plants will be the filter just fine. Maybe you'll want a pump to
circulate the water to aerate it. But 2 guppy sized fish in a 20 gallon
barrel most likely won't have o2 level problems.

Just get a sprig or two of anacharis to aerate the pond, they do a good job.

As for a filter to remove the muck, just make a siphon out of a section of
1/2 tubing and you can vac out the stuff on the bottom periodically.

Sameer

there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh pond... right
MEN?


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there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh pond... right
MEN?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

Yup - I read about it on a webpage somewhere - called a Binford 2000 Skeeter
Eater - Ruff, Ruff, Ruff :~
Gale :~)
wrote in message
...
there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh
pond... right
MEN?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

Yup - I read about it on a webpage somewhere - called a Binford 2000 Skeeter
Eater - Ruff, Ruff, Ruff :~
Gale :~)
wrote in message
...
there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh
pond... right
MEN?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

A good skimmer would probably do the job, but that would be too simple....
but than again, for a barrel pond, over the top, so maybe a skimmer with
with 1,000 gph pump in a barrel pond would make the guys happy? ;o)))

Yup - I read about it on a webpage somewhere - called a Binford 2000 Skeeter
Eater - Ruff, Ruff, Ruff :~
Gale :~)

A skimmer with teeth? Gale, I think you could market it with a name like
that! ) ~ jan

wrote in message
there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh
pond... right
MEN?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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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.


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

A good skimmer would probably do the job, but that would be too simple....
but than again, for a barrel pond, over the top, so maybe a skimmer with
with 1,000 gph pump in a barrel pond would make the guys happy? ;o)))

Yup - I read about it on a webpage somewhere - called a Binford 2000 Skeeter
Eater - Ruff, Ruff, Ruff :~
Gale :~)

A skimmer with teeth? Gale, I think you could market it with a name like
that! ) ~ jan

wrote in message
there must be a MACHINE out there can control the mosquitoes in teh
pond... right
MEN?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 07:04:52 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

Would two of those goldfish need a pump? Would I need to suppliment
their insect food with other food?
Daniel Phillips

Is your concern the cost of power or getting power to the pond? If the cost
of power, you can get air powered filters that will bubble in the pond,
look in the aquarium section, you'll probably want a powerful pump so you
can run 2-3 of filters, as they're small.

I run a little 90g/hr pump in a DIY bucket filter with a bell fountain, I'm
sure it uses less power than a 50 watt bulb.

IMO, get small fish, rosie reds, or guppies, that you don't have to feed.
The feeders probably would do okay without being fed, but don't put dunks
in the pond, or they won't get much food. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website
Pretty much the cost of the pump itself, and the accompanying
extension cord I would need to get to my outlet. Because of trees and
shade, though, I picked a spot further away from the power outlet.
Here, the sun beats down on it much of the day (not sure whether that
would be good for fish or not). Currently, though, the plants seem
not to be suffering much.

I did see some small pumps for 19.99, although tubes and I think a
filter if it even can have one are seperate. The store told me that a
pump itself won't stop mosquitos, but between the pump and the dunk it
would....

A solar powered one would really be excellent for me, I believe, but
the price of the pump itself is pretty steep. Don't mosquitos mate in
the water? What can I feed guppies if I decide to keep the dunk in my
container (as fish can only eat so much, especially when something's
wrong with them)?

The most ideal thing for me, the ultimate extinguisher of all concern
while still keeping my water garden, would be this (Mosquito Magnent):
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/tech_cente...ge.asp?LID=144

At their price, though, while not 1,000.00 as I was expecting, is
still pretty steep. Might be well worth saving up for, though. It
would give me glee to create a death trap for mosquitos in my own
backyard.

Daniel Phillips

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On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 07:04:52 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

Would two of those goldfish need a pump? Would I need to suppliment
their insect food with other food?
Daniel Phillips

Is your concern the cost of power or getting power to the pond? If the cost
of power, you can get air powered filters that will bubble in the pond,
look in the aquarium section, you'll probably want a powerful pump so you
can run 2-3 of filters, as they're small.

I run a little 90g/hr pump in a DIY bucket filter with a bell fountain, I'm
sure it uses less power than a 50 watt bulb.

IMO, get small fish, rosie reds, or guppies, that you don't have to feed.
The feeders probably would do okay without being fed, but don't put dunks
in the pond, or they won't get much food. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website
Pretty much the cost of the pump itself, and the accompanying
extension cord I would need to get to my outlet. Because of trees and
shade, though, I picked a spot further away from the power outlet.
Here, the sun beats down on it much of the day (not sure whether that
would be good for fish or not). Currently, though, the plants seem
not to be suffering much.

I did see some small pumps for 19.99, although tubes and I think a
filter if it even can have one are seperate. The store told me that a
pump itself won't stop mosquitos, but between the pump and the dunk it
would....

A solar powered one would really be excellent for me, I believe, but
the price of the pump itself is pretty steep. Don't mosquitos mate in
the water? What can I feed guppies if I decide to keep the dunk in my
container (as fish can only eat so much, especially when something's
wrong with them)?

The most ideal thing for me, the ultimate extinguisher of all concern
while still keeping my water garden, would be this (Mosquito Magnent):
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/tech_cente...ge.asp?LID=144

At their price, though, while not 1,000.00 as I was expecting, is
still pretty steep. Might be well worth saving up for, though. It
would give me glee to create a death trap for mosquitos in my own
backyard.

Daniel Phillips

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Looking over your last post -
I would forget the pump all together.
Use dunks and fish.
But downsize your fish to
rosie red minnows or mosquito fish
(call your mosquito control agency). Smaller, tougher fish (for some reason I
automatically think goldfish).

Use plants to filter the water. Keep your fish
to about four and combined with the dunks you will have no mosquitoes in the
water.

Mosquitoes mate in the air... the eggs are deposited in the water by the female
in rafts.
They hatch into larva which live for a time in water and then crawl out of
their skin at the water's surface and fly away. Kewl if you can watch it and
then catch the resulting mosquito
;-)

If you want to add a pump
Solar pump with fountain costs
$119.95
www.plowandhearth.com
125 gph pump


kathy :-)
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