Re: Native Killies

["Ron Schulz" <beemster at bestweb_net>]

Hi George,
  I assume you are in Litchfield County Conn. If so, you may (if only
because they are local) want to contact  Northeastern Aquatics,  Kerr Road.,
Rhinebeck N.Y. (Dutchess County) (845) 876-3983. I'm not sure they sell
Fundulus but they do sell a good variety of other fish for stocking ponds.
Best part is you can see what you are getting and picking up the fish will
minimize the stress plus save  a lot of money.
....................good luck........................Ron

P.S. You can  catch unlimited quantities of Fundulus heteroclitus  in the
Hudon River estuary. They are not strictly estuarine and will do OK  and
breed in pure fresh water. My folks use them for just such a mosquito
suppression function in a small freshwater pond in NJ.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Trumbull" <george_trumbull at yale.edu>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Native Killies


> Hi everyone.  I need to stock a small (1/4 acre) old ice pond
> (stream-fed, but still develops ice in winter- i.e., not stagnant but not
> fully flowing either) with something that will eat mosquito larvae.  The
> pond is in northwestern CT, in the hills, so it gets cold (zone 5).  Any
> killies native to the area that will do the job? If not, does one of the
> NANFA people have a suggestion (feel free to email off list, so as not to
> generate non-killie traffic).  I obviously have no plans of introducing
> non-native fish.
>
> Thanks much,
> George
>
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