omg! Tadpoles galore!!

[Dianna Ewald]

I’m new to the forum, been a pond owner for 3rd season, a lot to learn!!! This year I have become a grandmother to hundreds and hundreds of tadpoles. I turned off my pump a week ago because I didn’t want any of them to die!! ‍ Well, I don’t think I should have turned it off, Water is getting nasty and I still have every single tadpole. Should I turn the pump back on, I really don’t want to kill nature! Please help!

 

[j.w]

@Dianna Ewald are you afraid the pump will suck them up? If so can you put your pump inside a screened bag for awhile? That way the water will still circulate and not suck them up.

 

[Dianna Ewald]

Thank you so much, I hope my pond shop has this. Thank you again!

 

[Mmathis]

Thank you so much, I hope my pond shop has this. Thank you again!

They sell them at Lowe’s and Home Depot, if you have access to them.

 

[j.w]

Or you can make them yourself out of fiberglass screen door material from Lowes or H-depot. Just sew up a bag using heavy fishing line.

 

[poconojoe]

Or you can make them yourself out of fiberglass screen door material from Lowes or H-depot. Just sew up a bag using heavy fishing line.

Good idea! I've been looking for a mesh bag to cut down on the maintenance of picking debris out of the holes in my pump. When looking at mesh bags, I worry about overall size of the bag and size of the holes. I have some left over pet resistant screening that I will make a custom bag from. Thanks for the great idea! P.S. I don't mean to hijack this post, just thought you had a great idea.

 

[Gemma]

Hi and welcome!

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[addy1]

welcome to our group!

 

[Ouida]

I glad I'm not the only one with this problem. I just put in a new bigger pump and to my horror I realized the tadpoles were being sucked in. I took fiberglass screen and used a zip tie to wrap it around a pond pot with my pump inside. But it's getting clogged to quick. I tried one of the pump bags from amazon, but the holes are too big, and tadpoles again got through. However I do have a bunch of froglets, so its worth it.

 

[mrsclem]

Hi, if every tadpole I had grew to be a frog the entire world would be overrun with frogs! The reason frogs lay so many eggs is because so few survive, natural selection.