Pest of a Pest

Fighting Fish

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.  

Comments

Jaded Jeremy said…
Alamak! They cats didn't attempt to catch the fish?
William said…
@JJ:
Haven't seen them go 'fishing'!
SGRMSE. said…
is that a fighting fish? it's a beautiful colour!
Arvind R.K said…
it's not easy to maintain water plant inside pots or small pond at home, been through it before, rearing fish is the safest bet, but make sure it's an easy to keep fishes, koi and other fancy fish requires high maintenance...

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

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