We are overwhelmed with mosquitoes in the backyard this year. There are swarms of them just ready and waiting to bite us every time we go out to hang laundry, tend to the chickens or water the garden. There are so many of them that they line the window screens on the outside - buzzing and bumping up against the screen just dying to get inside.
This has left us wondering whether the disappearance of our koi fish has allowed our idyllic pond garden to become a mosquito larvae breeding ground.
And so....enter the goldfish. Since we can't exactly figure out where our koi fish went, Ian and I were unwilling to invest in new koi fish - at $30 a fish! We chose the more economical (and just as orange and swimmy) option of ten brand new goldfish! At 48 cents a fish this was much easier on the wallet and hopefully their introduction to the pond helps curb our mosquito problem. We'll keep you posted.
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Fish in the pond.
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Do goldfish eat mosquitos?
ReplyDeleteCouldn't you live release some Bass?