Thx. We feel like we should rename our pond, Tadpole Pond, because once they get started, they take over. I'm hoping something comes along to correct them. Right now we have millions of big bullfrog tadpoles, plus every spring we get millions of the leopard frog, and all the toad tadpoles. Nothing feeds on tadpoles, at least nothing around our pond will eat them. Sometimes it looks like rain on the water, with all the tadpoles coming up to breath.
I've got a lot of fish in my pond, so I'm not sure I care that much if I have/had a successful spawn, but the fry are also forage for the more mature fish. I guess it's less supplemental feed I have to buy.. If my tadpole population ever decreases, I'll be able to catch something besides tadpoles in the traps, and I'll see if my fish really are reproducing.
Last edited by SetterGuy; 05/08/17 11:06 AM.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023
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