"ned" wrote in message
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"shazzbat" wrote in message
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Does it matter whether frogspawn sinks or floats? Some friends
brought us
some today because it doesn't survive in their pond because of the
newts,
and we put it in our pond. One clump of it is floating, and the rest
has
sunk and is covered by the silt stirred up in the process. Is this
an omen,
and is there something I should be doing about it?

I wouldn't worry too much about the submerged spawn. In any given
clump only so much can be on the surface, the rest is submerged. And,
should we get a sudden cold snap that causes the pond to freeze over,
it will be the surface spawn that suffers most.

I wonder if the OP is in the UK, as March is VERY early for frogs to spawn,
especially in the weather we've had for the last week?

rec.ponds would probably get a fuller response, especially as it is not a
country-specific ng.
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Brian