|
Forums36
Topics42,113
Posts571,682
Members19,115
| |
Most Online23,413
Yesterday at 08:18 AM
|
|
|
2 members (AbqBrian, Pond Star),
21,669
guests, and
134
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5
Fingerling
|
|
Fingerling
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5 |
I have a 1/2 acre pond that was just stocked with RES, CNB, and CC/BC. The question I have is the pond is full of frogs and tadpoles. It also has lots of crawfish and some salamander looking things. The tadpoles are everywhere, I am sure there are thousands. They swim to the surface like they are getting air and then swim back down. Are they air breathers and this is normal, or is it a sign of lack of oxygen or something. Can there be too many.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 349
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
|
|
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 349 |
Sounds to me like a buffet for all the newly stocked fish...if they are big enough to benefit from the tadpoles.
I subscribe!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5
Fingerling
|
|
Fingerling
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5 |
I do not believe the catfish are big enough, the tadpoles are big, about the size of my thumb.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 771
Lunker
|
|
Lunker
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 771 |
Regarding tadpole count, while some may very well beg to differ, the general concensus of these folks is that that you can never have too many tadpoles. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ponds/msg0611094919276.html
Last edited by Robinson; 04/03/10 06:16 PM.
Robinson, PI (Politically Incorrect, of Course)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,883 Likes: 117
Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker
|
|
Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,883 Likes: 117 |
I have a 1/2 acre pond that was just stocked with RES, CNB, and CC/BC. The question I have is the pond is full of frogs and tadpoles. It also has lots of crawfish and some salamander looking things. The tadpoles are everywhere, I am sure there are thousands. They swim to the surface like they are getting air and then swim back down. Are they air breathers and this is normal, or is it a sign of lack of oxygen or something. Can there be too many. Hi CSCS I too have a multitude of bullfrog tadpoles and consider myself fortunate. It's normal for them to come to the surface for a gulp, then head back down - NOT a sign of O2 depletion. Tadpoles are excellent forage and they will help your CC and BC put on some weight.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau ![[Linked Image from i1261.photobucket.com]](http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/teehjaeh57/I_subscribe_zps69249d43.gif)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3
Ambassador
Field Correspondent
Hall of Fame Lunker
|
|
Ambassador
Field Correspondent
Hall of Fame Lunker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3 |
If/When you stock your pond with bass, as they get big enough to eat the tadpoles, their numbers will all but disappear...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 823
Lunker
|
|
Lunker
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 823 |
Regarding tadpole count, while some may very well beg to differ, the general concensus of these folks is that that you can never have too many tadpoles. I concur...and can heartily attest that they WILL go (mostly) away as your fish base grows. Had a blue billion the first 2 summers after construction, and although I've still got some massive bullfrogs, I've very few tadpoles, anymore.
In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now... 
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57 |
|
