Tadpoles
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Toad tadpoles are different.
Fish will readily eat frog tadpoles. Toad tadpoles are poisonous, and fish will instinctively avoid them.
Why fish them out? Let 'em live. They won't stay long once they're on land. They'll eventually leave and find homes of their own. That's really what ponds are all about, wildlife.
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Like jb said i'd let them be let them become toads and move on don't forget toads eat insects so yes while toads are on the list of EWWW'S I'd be willing to bet what they eat is higher on your list of ewww's
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As was stated before toads don't hang around ponds. They leave and find a home out tin the woods under a log or a rock and eat many, many insects.
I also don't think they croak except in the Spring when breeding but I may be wrong.
I also don't think they croak except in the Spring when breeding but I may be wrong.
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I leave them be, get hundreds of them, they leave the ponds when they are around 1/4 inch in size, tiny little things.
HAHAHAHAHA I wish that was my experience. The best thing about this longer cooler weather is the toads have not congregated around my pond yet. Once they do it will be a half dozen to a full army of toads every night until late summer croaking and screaming their heads off. We started seeing them pop up around the pond about two weeks ago. Thus far I've got 2 fat females hanging around just waiting for the first rainy, humid night.
Benefits outweigh the load negatives though. I get an army of little algae hungry eating machines, there are lots of toads hanging around to eat mosquitoes, and it adds a new life cycle to the pond to watch and enjoy.
With that being said I had a pair of leopard frogs the first year the pond was in and I would gladly remove every toad to have those two frogs back.
ASK JB what you could do to make a habitat more friendly for leopard frogsHAHAHAHAHA I wish that was my experience. The best thing about this longer cooler weather is the toads have not congregated around my pond yet. Once they do it will be a half dozen to a full army of toads every night until late summer croaking and screaming their heads off. We started seeing them pop up around the pond about two weeks ago. Thus far I've got 2 fat females hanging around just waiting for the first rainy, humid night.
Benefits outweigh the load negatives though. I get an army of little algae hungry eating machines, there are lots of toads hanging around to eat mosquitoes, and it adds a new life cycle to the pond to watch and enjoy.
With that being said I had a pair of leopard frogs the first year the pond was in and I would gladly remove every toad to have those two frogs back.
Oh yeah, once they come in I have screamers every night. Doesn't bother me at all though as it is far from the house and I enjoy the sound. But the toads make WAY more noise than the bullfrogs ever do and bullfrogs are all I ever get. My neighbor is full of green frogs, so not fair.
My neighbor is full of green frogs, so not fair.
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I've got one green frog, and several bullfrogs. The Bullfrogs are handy to have around when they get big.