Building a frontyard small fishless pond, worried about mosquitoes.

[b0bi]

Hi guys!

I'm completely new to pond construction, all of my limited knowledge comes from youtube and reading.

I am planning a very small fishless pond in my frondyard, the volume of the pond is 150 litres (40 gallons), I'm going to use this preformed pond:

Oase PE 150 Preformed Pond

A 150 Litre Preformed Pond by Oase which can easily be installed in your garden to give you a great feature and an easy way to create a pond area.

www.gardensite.co.uk

I'm planning a small waterfall which I'll build myself because I didn't like the preformed ones.

And I'm planning to use a pump+filter with uv such as this one:

Jebao All in one UFP-1000 Pond Pump Filter Fountain and UVC : Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors

Great prices on your favourite Gardening brands, and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

Hoping it will be enough to push water to the waterfall and keep the water clean.

My questions is: shall I be worried about mosquito larva in such a pond? if not, should I use chlorine or mosquito dunk?

Also, any recommendations or tips would be extremely welcome.

 

[Chucker's 50]

With that size pump (1000 LPH) in a 150 litre pond it will turn your pond over approximately
7 times every hour.
There should be no worries about mosquito's with that amount of water flow.
Mosquito's prefer standing water to lay their eggs.

 

[b0bi]

With that size pump (1000 LPH) in a 150 litre pond it will turn your pond over approximately
7 times every hour.
There should be no worries about mosquito's with that amount of water flow.
Mosquito's prefer standing water to lay their eggs.

Excellent to hear that! thank you.

 

[j.w]

@b0bi

 

[sissy]

welcome and mosquito control is as easy as the dunks you can buy or just plain peroxide added to the water with salt to help keep it clean and sparkling

 

[addy1]

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