mosquito larvae problem

happyhappyshopper

Hi there,

Can anyone advise me where i can buy online some Mosquito Bits / Mosquito Dunks to treat mosquito larvae in my pond. Ive added some goldfish to my pond to help eat then, but really need a quick way to kill the mosquito off before they hatch!

thanks

maxdp

happyhappyshopper wrote: »

Hi there,

Can anyone advise me where i can buy online some Mosquito Bits / Mosquito Dunks to treat mosquito larvae in my pond. Ive added some goldfish to my pond to help eat then, but really need a quick way to kill the mosquito off before they hatch!

thanks

Hi there

I know you are looking for a quick fix for now for your larvae problem but rather than putting in just goldfish there is another fish which I believe is called Golden Orb which feeds of the surface of the water and is very successful at eating mosquito larvae. Any fish show will sell this fish. Good Luck

stumpycat

Your goldfish should hoover them up pretty quickly, and if you add anything to kill the mosquitoes won't it harm the fish as well? The mosquitos have to pupate before they emerge - they turn from wriggly larvae to dark comma shapes, so you could scoop out any you see (they will bob about at the surface to breathe)

jabba4

stumpycat wrote: »

Your goldfish should hoover them up pretty quickly, and if you add anything to kill the mosquitoes won't it harm the fish as well? The mosquitos have to pupate before they emerge - they turn from wriggly larvae to dark comma shapes, so you could scoop out any you see (they will bob about at the surface to breathe)

I used to use an old sieve to scoop them out. Although once the fish get going you probably won't notice them so much.

happyhappyshopper

Thanks for the advice to date - were i to go for an anti mosquito treatment, does anyone know a uk supplier of something like Mosquito Bits - ive looked online and can only find US suppliers so far.

stumpycat

I had a quick Google, and the active ingredient you're looking for is Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis - so basically a bacteria which will bump off your mozzies.
This includes various trade names for it:
http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/s/00Chem/ChComplex/bac.htm
and you're able to buy it in the UK as VectoBac.

Mercy

maxdp wrote: »

Hi there

I know you are looking for a quick fix for now for your larvae problem but rather than putting in just goldfish there is another fish which I believe is called Golden Orb which feeds of the surface of the water and is very successful at eating mosquito larvae. Any fish show will sell this fish. Good Luck

Think you mean a Golden Orfe, they're beautiful. Lovely pale pinky orange colour. What they are, though, is very fast. Had a couple of small ones in a very large tank with carp, had to rehome them. They grow fast and in a pond they can leap out as they need lots of room.

http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/caresheets/caresheet.php?caresheetID=105

M

maxdp

Mercy wrote: »

Think you mean a Golden Orfe, they're beautiful. Lovely pale pinky orange colour. What they are, though, is very fast. Had a couple of small ones in a very large tank with carp, had to rehome them. They grow fast and in a pond they can leap out as they need lots of room.

http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/caresheets/caresheet.php?caresheetID=105

M

Oooohps knew it was something like that. My OH used to get bitten a lot by mosquito and they did help. Seem to have disappeared this year think cat may have helped himself.:eek: