First year with my pond, so this is my first winter. I shut everything down this winter and shut off access to my filter/pump box as frogs loved to congregate in their all summer.
Had plenty of green water this year but was clearing by the end of the season. Well now it’s crystal clear and I can see the bottom perfectly. It’s warmed up and i have no ice so was looking at the pond and can see several frogs laying on the bottom upside down, unmoving. I read that during the winter they burrow in the mud/muck and ride out the season that way. But I have no muck on the bottom, they’re just laying on the liner. Are they maybe dead? I don’t want them decaying when it warms up in a couple months so wondering if I should remove them? Or are they really hibernating (or whatever it’s called that frogs do!)
Had plenty of green water this year but was clearing by the end of the season. Well now it’s crystal clear and I can see the bottom perfectly. It’s warmed up and i have no ice so was looking at the pond and can see several frogs laying on the bottom upside down, unmoving. I read that during the winter they burrow in the mud/muck and ride out the season that way. But I have no muck on the bottom, they’re just laying on the liner. Are they maybe dead? I don’t want them decaying when it warms up in a couple months so wondering if I should remove them? Or are they really hibernating (or whatever it’s called that frogs do!)