I doubt enough would die to kill everything in the pond. Gathering them up is no harm, but it won't stop others getting to the pond I'm afraid.
Hello folks! I am usually on the Gardenweb forums in the birding sites or the pond forum. I am in forest land in West Michigan. I have a small 600 gal pond, there are 2 small ponds above with waterfalls leading to the 500 gal below. I have assorted Gold Fish from 10+ years old to babies from last year. I am pretty heavy on fish load. I am a 5 minute walk to a nice lake with a marsh in between. I had noticed a real decline in my frog population over the past few years, infact I have not had tadpoles in 4 years.
This year I have more frogs than ever (I see 20 at a time and I have lots of plants), most are Green Frogs around 1" to 2" and a few around 3". I have had frogs overwinter in the 500 gal pond safely and a few that tried to overwinter in the 2- 50 gal pond that died. I am afraid if I get to many frogs trying to overwinter it will increase the load on the pond and I will lose both fish and frogs over the long frozen months. I would like to know if I should gather up the majority of the frogs and take them to the marsh. I know a lot will leave on thier own but my taking them will insure the make it there safely. Is this a good idea? If so when? I would love for them to stay as long as is safe. Thanks!
I doubt enough would die to kill everything in the pond. Gathering them up is no harm, but it won't stop others getting to the pond I'm afraid.
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Thanks, here in West Michigan the Frogs are slowing down, I am pretty sure there wont be any more comming to my pond, just some leaving. I was hoping to find somebody that could tell me what makes the frogs leave, temps, sunlight, etc. I have a couple very nice places to take them. I just need to find a real wild frog expert familiar with my area. Any suggestions are greatly apriciated!
Welcome aboard. I don't know of anything that will drive the frogs out that won't also kill your fish. Maybe if there is a lot of activity around the pond, the frogs will leave.
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