Outdoor pond, Mosquito problems?

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Hey I live in Phoenix, I fairly experienced with indoor tanks but I dont know anything about outdoor setups. I want to setup a pond but im afraid of being dominated by mosquitos.

If i go through with it I'll be putting my arowana in it. Do you think that the aro could/would eat the mosquitos off the surface to help control them or am I wrong to believe the aro would act like it would in nature.

If I'm wrong, how do you all keep from being eaten alive by mosquitos?
 
excuse the typo. any advice is appreciated.
 
If the water is clean and moving with surface agitation you should be fine. I believe mosquitoes like still stagnant water for breeding. Of course out there in the desert maybe they learned to adapt to any situation where there is water.
 
I highly doubt a large arowana will eat many mosquitoes, especially if you feed it, which you would. As a baby I'd think it would. But I second surface agitation as the best deterrent.
 
In my experience, outdoor ponds actually deplete the mosquito population, as the pond is where all the larvae will be laid, and your fish will eat them. Not all of them, but certainly make a dramatic impact on the population that would have existed without a predator in the very birthing grounds eating them...
 
Just so you know, They are insect eaters in the wild, especially mosquito larvae, and will eat the female mosquitoes as they lay their eggs on the surface of the water as well... surface turbulence will only encourage the mosquitoes to lay eggs elsewhere in your backyard, and you will still be eaten alive...
 
galen1;4133668; said:
Just so you know, They are insect eaters in the wild, especially mosquito larvae, and will eat the female mosquitoes as they lay their eggs on the surface of the water as well... surface turbulence will only encourage the mosquitoes to lay eggs elsewhere in your backyard, and you will still be eaten alive...
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He lives in the desert, there's not much water around.
 
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Live in Vegas, not sure I have seen a mosquito since I moved here. The heat just burns them up I think. ;)
 
thanks everyone, mosquitos definitely exist here where theres non chlorinated water. so I had to ask. Also what do u guys think about Humming Bird feeders, we have plenty of humming birds around and they do eat insects. If i can lure them around the pond do you think that would control mosquitos?
 
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