Mosquito Squadron 112

There are too many living things in my house. One dog, too many plants and 28 fish. It started with TT wanting to set up some kind of pond. So we tripped out to buy some water plants. Being the excessive consumers that we are, we bought too many water plants. That meant we had quite a few pots of green living in stagnant water in the courtyard.

And the mosquitoes came to visit. They bite me, only me. Its so unfair; I’m NOT the one walking around the house half naked all the time, exposing metres of bare flesh. It was getting to a point where I was wearing insect repellent in my own home.

So we had to get fish to eat the mosquito larvae. I bought 5 tiny orange fish with little black spotted tails and let them in the pool. They were only $1 each! The pond is so big and the 5 fish seemed so lonely, so I bought 5 more.

The next day, TT went to the neighbourhood aquarium and spotted an incredible bargain. 18 fish for $2!

And that’s how we ended up with 28 fish. We call them Mosquito Squadron 112.