I have a decorative fountain and noticed today the water is full of mosquito larvae. Would keeping bleach in the water regularly address the problem or is there another solution? There were thousands of those little bastards in there.

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Posted by readysetgeaux

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:09 pm to weagle99

Mosquito Dunks

or

Fish

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Posted by Barneyrb

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:10 pm to weagle99

Bleach and a couple tablespoons of dawn will do it

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Posted by TheDrunkenTigah

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:15 pm to Barneyrb

quote:
couple tablespoons of dawn

That alone will do it, but unfortunately he may come back to a wall of bubbles. Dish soap makes a great trap for them but usually mixed in standing water. They usually don't lay in fountains or moving water.

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Posted by zatetic

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:29 pm to readysetgeaux

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Fish

Get those mosquito larvae eating fish and you will be sitting pretty.

This guy in Hawaii had an outdoor aquaponics setup and he said everyone would give him hell because he was doing that in a rainforest and mosquitos would be everywhere. He put those mosquito fish in his system and told people if you see a mosquito I'll give you $100. He said he never had to pay.

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Posted by weagle99

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:33 pm to zatetic

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:40 pm to zatetic

quote:
He put those mosquito fish in his system and told people if you see a mosquito I'll give you $100. He said he never had to pay.

bullshite. Iquitos would still be around I mean they are everywhere, just not as much.

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Posted by zatetic

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 1:45 pm to CarRamrod

Well the ones in his area went to breed at his farm and that wiped out the breeding population in his small area after a bit of time. Not saying they won't trickle in lol, just that he said he never had to pay.

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Posted by Chuker

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 2:01 pm to zatetic

I keep Gambusia in a swampy area by my house and almost never see a wiggler in the water. I have a theory that the fish not only keep the mosquitoes from breeding in the swamp but also act as a "trap" which further reduces mosquito populations. When a mosquito gets full of blood and is ready to lay its eggs then goes down to the beautiful swampy water only to get eaten by a Gambusia then you just knocked a whole mess of future skeeters out of the equation.

However in your situation I'm not sure the fish wouldn't overheat in such little water.

eta, after 2 hrs of trying I'm unable to find the bit of code that disrupted the last image so I just used a different one.

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Posted by nismosao

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 2:03 pm to Chuker

Holy bad link batman

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Posted by gumbeaux

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 2:37 pm to Chuker

That must have took a long time to type that link!

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Posted by Tigertown in ATL

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Posted on 6/14/18 at 2:53 pm to Chuker

I disagree with all of this:

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