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Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley
It's often difficult to get a natural balance in a small pond, the effect of sunlight will turn it green and may even make it go "soupy" so you won't see your tadpoles.
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An occasional trickle change will resolve this.
But it has to be just that, nature doesn't like rapid changes in conditions.
I do ours a couple of times in the summer. I also clear out all the dead vegetation before spring (it will seem that every leaf that falls in the garden will likely end up in your pond) as it's likely to be acidic.
Frogs can absorb toxins through their skin. |
Ah right. One of ours has a filter. But the other 3 haven't had a filter for some years, and still have thriving populations of frogs and newts. Clearing out dead or surplus vegetation is hard - not spring, because the pond is full of frogs and newts, not summer because it's full of tadpoles and newtlets, not winter because it's frozen. There's a bit of a window in autumn, but I still find it hard to get them all done then, especially since I try to make sure I don't lose any amphibians or invertebrates. In theory if you pile stuff on the side of the pond, they'll make their way back, but in practice they don't.
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