Originally Posted By: canyoncreek
Is it possible that we all have enough insects to feed our fish just above the pond.. I imagine in the southern states even more so than northern states.

It seems some do it yourselfer from this forum could rig up a bug light of some type with system to temporarily disable the wings, coat with something that disables or gums up the 'lift' on the wings, or even just use a fan (solar powered charging of batteries during day and run cycle at night?) to blow them down a discharge chute into the pond?

If that got worked out then everyone who wanted to supplement the forage base in their pond would always turn to the 'insect' feeder idea first since after upfront costs all future feed bills would be related to cost of running or repairing the device and not paying for the insects.

Research and cost towards pellet feeders and feed bags would be only if a new pond owner wanted to supplement above what an insect feeder (or more than 1 ) could provide.

Of course if we could attract the unwanted insects (biting flies, mosquitos) more proportionally than others that would be icing on the cake.


CC, do a search on a BoJo fish light.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.