Need help with neighbors accusation

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
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I can just
imagine what she would do if our four cats were allowed outdoors (they
aren't) and used her gradnchild's sandbox as a litterbox.....


You don't let your cats outside??? !!!
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I can verify the frog appetite account. Usually when I mess with my filter
I lift a lid and hundreds of midges fly out this time of year. Well 3 tree
frogs have decided crawling under the styrofoam cover and sitting at the
top edge of the media is prime dining, not a midge to see from that
chamber. ~ jan



On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:51:19 GMT, wrote:

you need to read up on the idea of those gas powered mosquito machines. it takes
weeks because what they are doing is by removing 1 mosquito they are removing all the
later generation from that one. so they attract the mosquitoes to the machine to
start. same with a pond with fish in it. my friend the Pond Lady's land is low and
swampy anyway, but she has lots of ponds not to mention the ponds in the greenhouse
for water plants. and she has no mosquitoes. she got a gazillion frogs however.
Ingrid

"Bulldog" wrote:

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?

As far as larvae and eggs go, I don't see any. In fact, my theory is that
the pond is a trap. Mosquitoes might lay eggs but the fish eat them.

This is serious and I hope someone has some ready documentation.












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I can verify the frog appetite account. Usually when I mess with my filter
I lift a lid and hundreds of midges fly out this time of year. Well 3 tree
frogs have decided crawling under the styrofoam cover and sitting at the
top edge of the media is prime dining, not a midge to see from that
chamber. ~ jan



On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:51:19 GMT, wrote:

you need to read up on the idea of those gas powered mosquito machines. it takes
weeks because what they are doing is by removing 1 mosquito they are removing all the
later generation from that one. so they attract the mosquitoes to the machine to
start. same with a pond with fish in it. my friend the Pond Lady's land is low and
swampy anyway, but she has lots of ponds not to mention the ponds in the greenhouse
for water plants. and she has no mosquitoes. she got a gazillion frogs however.
Ingrid

"Bulldog" wrote:

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?

As far as larvae and eggs go, I don't see any. In fact, my theory is that
the pond is a trap. Mosquitoes might lay eggs but the fish eat them.

This is serious and I hope someone has some ready documentation.












~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
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?)

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?


Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They should back
you up.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?


Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They should back
you up.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

I have fished two dead rats out of my small pond. But they do not
breed there, they live and breed in the honeysuckle on the neighbors
side of the back fence. The first time, i don't know why it was there
and the second i don't know if it was a coincidence or if the rat ate
the toadpoles, because they were gone. I don't care to kill anything
and refuse to kill small rats because they want to drink from the
pond, but if I ever catch them killing anything in it, i'll have to
think of something. (I wish the neighbors would take down the
honeysuckle....) If ponds breed rats then so are bird feeders, pet
bowls, grass seed, water hoses, etc.




On 25 Apr 2004 01:13:44 GMT, ospam (Moontanman)
wrote:

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and
rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?


Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos
the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite
anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They
should back
you up.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in
aquariums.
My groups

I have fished two dead rats out of my small pond. But they do not
breed there, they live and breed in the honeysuckle on the neighbors
side of the back fence. The first time, i don't know why it was there
and the second i don't know if it was a coincidence or if the rat ate
the toadpoles, because they were gone. I don't care to kill anything
and refuse to kill small rats because they want to drink from the
pond, but if I ever catch them killing anything in it, i'll have to
think of something. (I wish the neighbors would take down the
honeysuckle....) If ponds breed rats then so are bird feeders, pet
bowls, grass seed, water hoses, etc.




On 25 Apr 2004 01:13:44 GMT, ospam (Moontanman)
wrote:

Our neighbors complained that my pond is breeding mosquitoes and
rats. Does
anyone have articles saying this is a myth?


Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos
the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite
anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They
should back
you up.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in
aquariums.
My groups

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:25:21 -0500, jammer wrote:

If ponds breed rats then so DO bird feeders, pet
bowls, grass seed, water hoses, etc.

ANd i wus ann A stewdent inn inglish

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:25:21 -0500, jammer wrote:

If ponds breed rats then so DO bird feeders, pet
bowls, grass seed, water hoses, etc.

ANd i wus ann A stewdent inn inglish

ospam (Moontanman) wrote:

Rats are not attracted to ponds for any reason. As for the mosquitos the fish
eat the larvae beofre they ever get the chance to fly much less bite anyone.
Your neigbors are wrong, call the city or county governement. They should back
you up.

If you leave fish food around the edge of the pond, rats will clean it
up. Proper sanitation is important.

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