Pest of a Pest
SK gave me big bowl of water hyacinths, and to avoid mosquito larvae from growing in the water, she put one fighting fish into it. The water hyacinths started dying after a week. Strange because water hyacinths are actually pretty hardy weeds that choke ecosystems of lakes and rivers. Taking a closer look, I noticed small black dots and silky webs on the leaves. SK said they were spider mites. By the time all the water hyacinths die off, I'll be left with an aquarium that doubles as giant drinking dish for my neighbour's cats.
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Haven't seen them go 'fishing'!
Bee loves water lilies, used to have them at our place, but hard to find a spot with plenty of sun in our unit, so it's been almost 2 years since we don't have water plant at home, but i am planning to get one in the near future