Quote Originally Posted by Heatheranne View Post
Oh goodness, I misunderstood. An outdoor pond is a different story. Mature will eventually move in.

For outdoor pond plants bought at a greenhouse, you just have to find out if they used pesticides or unsafe fertilizers. If so, give them a good rinse down.

So, you have frogs now? Or will be attracting local species?
Yes. I have one marsh frog now and one marsh froglet and quite a few mash tapoles (two sorts) with backlegs from the tabpoles I'd brought at start of the year. I think? I saw thou possibly a big frog in my pond thou only got a brief glimpse out corner of my eye so wasnt quite sure what I'd seen swim under a plant so still dont know (if it was a mature frog and laid eggs underwater somewhere, I guess the mosquito fish would of ate them).

My first frog, I saw him eat an insect today (first time I'd seen him do that so it was exciting (pity he's not interested thou in eatting ants, around the outside of the pond is infested with them so Ive been worried if the ants could kill baby frogs), he's only just got rid of his tail. Maybe dragonfly larvae eat ants??? those are always falling into the pond.