Fish ponds, water features, garden fountains mosquitoes

Mosquitoes in ponds ... good fish food

A recent interesting and often asked query related to water features and fish ponds in general was from a lady who was concerned about mosquitoes and their larva building up in her pond and then hatching.

If a pond is well cared for - ie good circulation, good biofiltration and if it holds fish there will be very few mosquitoes at all. Quite simply mosquito larvae are a prime source of natural food in ponds and natural watercourses.

The larvae spend 99% of their life beneath the surface - ask any trout fly fisherman and are always at high risk of being eaten.

In my own pond I have never seen any larvae.

The problem ponds as far as nuisance mosquitoes are concerned are those with poor circulation or stagnant features such as barrel features without fish.

Every pond should have at least a couple of small gold fish if for no other reason but to keep the larvae numbers down.