Lots of medium sized bullfrogs this spring and lots of tadpoles. Lots of FA mats for them to hide in.
Big bullfrogs would hop across the top of the FA mats.
Raked the FA mats out of the pond and lots of frogs hopped back in from it.
Left and was gone a month. Came back and the FA is almost all gone, water has a nice planktonic algae bloom, and very few frogs.
When I removed the FA, either the LMB and/or GBH did away with the frogs or the frogs moved to the creek behind the pond. I think the FA was their protection and when I got rid of the FA the frogs became part of the food chain. Sad to see all the large bullfrogs gone.
But the pond looks nice now.
