In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
In article , Robert
writes

if you would like to enhance the future frog population of your pond
then remove the spawn from the pond to a bucket placed somewhere
protected from frost. At the moment our pond is infested with a
species of flatworm which considers spawn to be a delicacy so we
removed all the spawn as soon as it was visible and have just
reintroduced hundreds of resulting tadpoles (which will delight the
newt population).


Can you just leave it in the bucket and allow it to hatch then? No food
or special care?
Our very young tadpoles seem to get eaten by our fish but it would be
nice to save some until they are a week or so older before
reintroducing them to the pond. however they seem to feed on the algae
on the side of the pond so I didn't realise we could keep them for a
while in buckets.

I tried a couple of times to transfer them to a bucket with zero
success. The first time the spawn went rotten and the second time all
the tadpoles died overnight. We used to keep them in a washing-up bowl
and feed them bought fish-food when we were kids and they didn't die
then. My fish tend to eat most of the tadpoles but we have so many,
there are always a few live frogs by summer-time.
--
June Hughes