"Jack" wrote in message
news:u4dhe.38140$0X6.21406@edtnps90...
Hi.
It's year 2 and just did a full water change on our little 300 gallon
pond.
Found a few surprises when the pool was emptied.
First off, about a week ago I was out of town for 6 days and when I came
back I decided to do the water change as it was pretty mungy as I left.
At
the time of leaving there were 5 fish (from the original 6) that survived
our mild winter: 3 goldies, 2 skubunkins(?) Now, after doing the water
change I found only 3 goldies, 2 tiny fingerlings (look like imported
trout
from a friends wild pond), and 3 - 3" frogs!
My concern is, what happened to the 2 skubunkins while I was away? No
bodies found at the bottom. Neighbourhood cats? ..nah, the pond sides
are
too steep and no plants we disturbed.

## Large frogs eat fish as do snakes, herons, mud turtles and King Fishers.

Not aware of any raccoons in the area
either, and again nothing disturbed. So, do frogs eat 6" fish?

## Yes.

Are the 2
tiny fingerlings that aggressive? How about the goldies as all 3 of those
survived. There are lots of tall everygreens surrounding the property and
thought there might be predators in those trees. But haven't seen any
eagles or herrons, etc.

## That doesn't mean they're not there when you are away from home or
asleep.

Perhaps they dropped by when they detected no
humans around for the week?

## More than likely.... :-(

Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Jack
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