Goldfish are a bad pick for a rain barrel because they get big, produce a lot of waste, and need more oxygen and cleaner water than a barrel can provide over time. They're also not great at eating mosquito larvae once they grow past a few inches.
Better options: mosquitofish (gambusia) are small, hardy, and purpose-built larvae eaters that many county mosquito control programs give away free and will never stop eating mosquito larvae their whole lives
2026-07-22 15:28:51
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cantbel1eve1t :
This is inhumane conditions for them.
2026-07-23 00:37:19
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MCUltra :
he's like "no you have to fatten them up so you can work up their appetites and strength so they can take down very large mosquitos with great gusto"
2026-07-22 19:08:47
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lluna1431 :
mosquitos lay their eggs on still water. The fishies will keep the water moving and agitated
2026-07-23 02:30:38
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gardenfreshbuns :
As someone who also has Cantonese dad, don't ever question their advice on anything related to farming, fish, etc or just life in general. it's very mysterious
2026-07-23 13:55:38
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✰ RayRae ✰ :
Copper when thrown in water will kill the bacteria and alge that the mosquitoes live/breed off of. You can use old pennys, a piece of old copper pipe, etc…
2026-07-23 14:41:50
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mr_indica__ :
How I imagined how he told you
2026-07-23 18:48:19
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ce-ce :
you might want to try Japanese rice fish! they stay small and can do the same job. you will have to bring them inside if you get bad winters though. you would have to with goldfish as well as long as the container can freeze, but at least with the rice fish they are much much smaller.
2026-07-22 19:12:15
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kevinflores6613 :
Did he say 6 7?
2026-07-23 07:33:25
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Colston :
If you live in Los Angeles County you can get free mosquito fish for this purpose. They look like little guppies
2026-07-22 23:53:52
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Fruitysalad :
These fish will grow into large goldfish… they really need at least movement like airation or filtration in the tank. We have a 10 yr old goldfish, so please get them a bigger pond they deserve to space to swim and they will get much bigger
2026-07-22 19:40:29
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Emotional Support Brat 📚⛓️ :
...Well, im about to have a barrel of goldfish out back
2026-07-23 15:56:24
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EDV :
He was just trying to be funnny guys relax he said 67 67
2026-07-23 01:11:05
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Kai 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𖠞༄ :
I have a ton of mosquito eaters
2026-07-22 20:36:53
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Nothanks2u :
We did this in our cows water basin, and they LOVED to watch the fish
2026-07-23 04:38:26
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CoNoChO :
Yeah but where did the barrel come from?
2026-07-23 20:26:19
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HeX files :
Who is thriving? The mosquitoes or the fish!??
2026-07-23 21:34:52
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Terribletom :
No my dad is mexican
2026-07-23 21:45:26
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sam :
Does he say six seven at the end
2026-07-22 23:53:32
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Anonymous Aardvark :
So what indoor fish eat fruit flies?
2026-07-24 00:31:20
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GrassWizard :
get native mosquitofish. they won't become invasive
2026-07-23 15:03:28
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StudioJNails :
how are they not eating the lilly pads??? mine eat the roots of any plant lol I have to keep the roots in pots
2026-07-24 20:36:33
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