How to keep a pumpless, filterless pond free of mosquitoes?

[GBBUDD]

Any small fish will eat any small water born insect

@Lisak1 i would have suggested trying a couple sun fish/ blue gill or croppy MAKING SURE TO GET ONLY ONE SEX which is easy to do . In time they would have eradicated the pest. Don't feed them and when it's time to remove the solution you use a hook and a worm

 

[Lisak1]

I wish I could remember where I read that story... it was a saga! I believe he used some kind of predator fish at some point. The guy tried chemicals, he tried traps, nets... it was a nightmare!

 

[Heruga]

Will stay away from that then... lol
I’ll just get a few minnows, an aerator, and some mosquito dunks. Hopefully the combination of the 3 will completely keep the mosquitoes out, if not overkill.

 

[GBBUDD]

Minnows can easily do the same .. we have closed environments. if your lucky enough to have a well balanced system . including frogs snakes and even a turtle . then you may get lucky enough to not get over run. when i first started my pond i was feeding them constantly but the more i learned the more i realized i was only feeding my pleasure watching them eat.

 

[gimpy]

Rosy red minnows, feeder fish at local aquarium stores, do well in small ponds. They’re very hardy. But, mine don’t show themselves much.

 

[GBBUDD]

I added about 30 koi in my pond and they have easily doubled in number .Free giveaways. Rob offered gold fish to me back when but i had a feeling id have more then i'd know what to do with.

 

[TimL94]

I went with Stickleback as my mosquito controllers. Lovely little silver darts zooming about, although the babies are a lot happier to come near the surface than the 1st adults were.