I just spotted a bazillion tadpoles in my frog pond - first I've seen in two years.
That's all, folks.
That's all, folks.
I had a Blue Heron dive bomb our pond for frogs last week. The size of the bird and its speed are impressive.
We practice segregation around here.What happens when the fish start eating the tadpoles, or the frogs start eating the fish?
They both do that........
Plus thing is they will both eat mosquito larva.......
Why is the Cyanuric acid even in there that is a Chlorine stabilizer for pools? You read it, right? Something is inaccurate.Tested the water in all three ponds and, surprisingly, they look nearly identical to me.
I say surprising because of the color of the water in the three ponds; the small frog pond is a dark green, thick-with-algae looking soup, can't see past the first inch, or so.
The fish pond, same size, is almost clear, some green tint from algae. This is the pond water I use in the garden.
The large "tad tank" is a nearly-clear yellow color, I'm thinking the yellow is coming from the garden leaves I'm putting in there for the tads to munch on. There is also a slight green tint, from algae.
All the tads and fish appear healthy and happy.
Here's the results:
Free Chlorine: 0
Ph: 8.4
Total Alkalinity ppm: 180
Total Hardness: 100
Cyanuric Acid: 70
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@esshup What's your opinion on the test results?
Yup, just double checked - "cyanuric acid."Why is the Cyanuric acid even in there that is a Chlorine stabilizer for pools? You read it, right? Something is inaccurate.
@Mad Professor
What happens?What happens when the fish start eating the tadpoles, or the frogs start eating the fish?
They both do that........
Plus thing is they will both eat mosquito larva.......
What happens?
Six of my nine 5"-6" goldfish disappeared overnight!
They weren't sick and there were no floaters. Just disappeared.
They've been in there over three years, happy and healthy and growing.
They didn't come out when I called them for lunch today - they always do when they hear my voice.
I drained as much water as I could to see where they were and only three are in there... and they are scared, sticking together, and wouldn't eat.
Would a frog be able to eat a 6" fish??? Six of them in one night??
I see a lot of frogs? jump into the greenery when I get close, and other things I can't see rustling in there too, but I've also seen a huge lizard near the pond.
There's a 2' flimsy fence all around, but something could crawl under. Or jump over.
Oh well.
Such is life.
I haven't seen any racoons around here.Raccoons used to eat my Dad's Coy .
I'd bet they would eat goldfish too .
Frogs eat them!I haven't seen any racoons around here.
What about possums, armadillos, and groundhogs?
I've seen those in the yard.
But the only frogs I've seen in the yard are no more than a couple of inches, like the green tree frog and the leopard frogs, and the tiny northern cricket frogs.Frogs eat them!
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