Need to kill Mozzie larve quickly

[Sauce]

Hi,

I have a large empty pond filled with stagnant water that is now full of heaps and heaps of mosquito larva. How can I kill them before they change into Mozzies very soon ?

I will be completing the pond with fish, pumps, filters etc in a couple of months time , so I cant do anything which will contaminate /poison the water permanently.

I am leaning towards putting some dishwashing liquid drops in, but dont want a bubble bath ! and I need to do something now, as they are already starting to hatch I reckon.

Any other household products worth trying ?

Would chucking in an old small pump I have help, by moving the water around ?

Cheers.

[Brhino]

keeping the water surface agitated will prevent adult mosquitoes from laying new eggs in the water, but it won't do anything to harm the existing larva.

It looks like there's a commerical product available that claims to do exactly what you need.

http://www.thepondoutlet.com/home/tp...FVCAaQodgpMM8A

I would suggest doing your own research before purchasing, see if anyone else on the internet has personal experience with it.

[Crispy]

can you put some small fish in the pond to eat all the larvae? any small predator would have an all-u-can eat buffet in there!

[Slaphppy7]

can you put some small fish in the pond to eat all the larvae? any small predator would have an all-u-can eat buffet in there!

That's what I'd do...

[AmazonJoe]

keeping the water surface agitated will prevent adult mosquitoes from laying new eggs in the water, but it won't do anything to harm the existing larva.

I would agree to agitate the water. Then after the water is less stagnant by the agitator I would add a good amount of live bearers (guppies) in there to consume the larvae.

[Sauce]

Thanks, Thats exactly what I ended up doing, and presto, 3 days later, the all you can eat buffet is empty ... need to start feeding the 5 small fishes I got for 10 bucks now.