Too Many Frogs

Hi,
We've got a small garden pond which was there when we moved in,
(approx 5foot x 3 foot at top and approx 2foot x 1 foot at the bottom
[x 18" deep]). It has two goldfish in it, (which we introduced), and
several frogs which rear their heads particularly at this time of
year. For ages now the water has been REALLY black, (lots of small
particulate matter in it), so we decided to clear out the pond. On
draining it we've found an absolutely amazing well over 100 frogs,
(alive!) inhabiting this small space [and incidentally involved in all
manner of frog porn!]

We took out the top 200 litres of water and carefully threw away the
really sludgy bottom stuff before re-introducing the removed 200
litres.
The water is still really dark, so I may need to introduce a filter
into the system, however I can't help but think that the sheer number
of frogs must be too many for a pond of that size... surely there must
be a sizeable quantity of frog faeces alone from over 100 frogs??

Does anyone have any suggestions? - Should I just remove this years
'crop' of frogspawn and see what happens? ... we'd like to be able to
see the fish through the murkiness.

Many thanks,
Mike

If you can add a filter, you will love the effect on your pond. Lots
of us use veggie filters as they are so easy to work. (Think a small
shallow pond about 10% the surface area of your large pond...many ways
to make one). Especially fun is that you can build the veggie filter
ofr easy cleaning!

The frogs are not likely to be resident all year. If they are
breeding, they have probably gathered for the event. If you didn't
see that many last year, they are probably not resident all year. If
there is not enough food for them, they will go walk-about. The babies
will do the same. We have a huge number of toads breed in our ponds
every year. None, of course, stay in the pond. The neighborhood,
however, is well stocked. After the toads, come three kinds of
frogs. They gather, breed, and then disperse. That serves the
neighborhood as well.

Serve your neighborhood...enjoy 200 breeders!

Jim

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:32:13 EDT, mike.peppert@googlemail.com wrote:

>We've got a small garden pond. On draining it we've found an
>absolutely amazing well over 100 frogs, (alive!)
>inhabiting this small space
>Mike

Hi Mike,

Assuming these are native frogs, move them to a natural lake or creek?
As far as the dark water, it probably would have been better to have added
fresh and adjusted the temp the pH to the old. At this time though, do
frequent water change outs, 10% every day till it becomes clear. Use
appropriate chlorine removal chems as needed. ~ jan

http://koiclubsandie...change_outs.php
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I just set up my frog tank today. Air temp may hit 70F today! Just a week
ago we were having records lows day & night. I'm still leaving the screens
on till DS can get the motion sprinklers ready to go. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us