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Natural Swimming Pools/Ponds
Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:44:26 EDT, ~ jan wrote: wrote: we arent talking about getting a little sick, we are talking about kids dying from microbes. And I'm not talking about getting a little sick, or dying. I'm talking about the ridiculous notion that anybody should need to consult a lawyer before inviting someone to use their swimming hole. Aren't they one and the same? If you invite someone over and they get sick from your pond, they could sue. Yea... creepy I know. Scary doubly so, but that's what made umbrella policies so popular... all these what ifs. They _could_ sue, and in your culture I'm sure they do. In ours, but increasingly less so, courts still recognize that people have a duty to observe common sense, and if you go swimming in some bright green pond, you're likely going to get no sympathy from the court. Now, there are all sorts of reasonably healthy looking ponds that may not be - but I think a Canadian court is generally going to say that if _I_ swam in it, I can reasonably expect that I won't be blamed if my neighbor voluntarily swims in it too. Personally, I wouldn't want someone kicking my koi. ;-) Recommendations? Check anyone for open sores, scratches, and make them use the restroom before swimming. ~ jan The last is probably important, but otherwise I'm not sure there's anything the koi can catch from us :-) I'd think posting some signs that said something like "Swim at your own risk" and "No lifeguard on duty" would suffice. Anyway, on a related note, I've looked all over (briefly searched the Internet) and have found all kinds of signs, but not the one I want. I want to post my property with "Beware of the Frog" signs, but I can't find one. One with a sketch of a menacing frog would be nice, but I'd take most anything. Anyone know where I can find them? Jan's the one with the menacing frogs :-) -- derek |
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Frogs
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:44:43 EDT, kathy wrote:
I like this one http://tinyurl.com/2qbfxp k :-) An lots of frog Jewelry! Speaking of which, heard my first frog. I guess turning on the sprinklers around the koi ponds made it think it was raining. At first I wasn't even sure what I was hearing, I guess he needed to hack up the little frog in his throat, before I understood. ;-) ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Natural Swimming Pools/Ponds
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:23:23 EDT, Derek Broughton
wrote: Jan's the one with the menacing frogs :-) Only to the ears of the intolerant. ;-p 1 frog spoke up today, luckily he's down around the koi ponds, on the side away from these neighbors. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Natural Swimming Pools/Ponds
"Hal" wrote in message ... It is a neat idea and yes I did swim in local creeks and lakes and so did my father years before me, but he blamed swimming in one for the case of typhoid fever he had as a child. I was vaccinated and thought myself bullet proof. ===================== I stopped swimming in the lake here after my 3rd ear infection. My Dr. told me to stick with swimming pools. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Frogs
Last night the 1st frog finally sang from the lily pond. Now we wait to see
who joins him.... or do I wait till the neighbor complains? eg Most likely if more than one I'll go out and catch them. I'm really hoping though the goldfish will make them move on. It really surprised me when I took a bunch of frogs to the D.pond last year and one goldfish actually tried to eat one of them. The goldfish wasn't much bigger than the frog (who did manage to get away will all limbs attached). So I'm hoping my goldfish that are out there will harass the frogs to move to fishless areas, such as my short stock tank at the other end of the house. I'll be sitting up a kiddy pool this week also. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Frogs
Frogs showed up here last night looking for the
old frog bog - which has been taken down. Poor little hoppers. There is a smaller bog area off the main pond that they might look into. Fish can't get into it now, as the water is low, so maybe they'll hop on in. I'll transfer any eggs to a safe place as when the water level is higher the fish come in hunting for tasty morsels. k :-) |
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Frogs
Last year when the winter thawed I found maybe half a dozen frogs that
had frozen to death in the stream for my pond. It's only about a foot deep there and that was the first year I'd had this pond so I didn't see the harm it letting it freeze over. Interestingly, there were several small goldfish that survived the winter up there by going into the lowest cracks and crevices underneath the big rocks. The fish shouldn't have even been up there, but they took a wild ride as fry through the skimmer pump and out the waterfall and continued to live there. Anyway, by halfway through the summer the frogs were back in force. By late summer tadpoles were all over the place. This year I decided to keep the stream running all winter. It seems to have helped a lot with the water quality and with the winter-thaw algae. I've already spotted 3 frogs (quite alive) and many many tadpoles. Just standing in one place in the stream with a flashlight last night I spotted 12 tadpoles without any effort at all. We don't have neighbors within frog-range and we actually like the noise, but wow there look to be a lot on the way. Dave |
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Frogs
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:44:40 EDT, Pond Addict
wrote: I've already spotted 3 frogs (quite alive) and many many tadpoles. Just standing in one place in the stream with a flashlight last night I spotted 12 tadpoles without any effort at all. We don't have neighbors within frog-range and we actually like the noise, but wow there look to be a lot on the way. Dave What kind of frogs do you have that the goldfish don't eat the spawn or taddies? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Frogs
.....and toads, oh my!
Found a juvenile (at a guess - half the size of an adult) Gulf Coast toad sitting on the vegetation at the surface of my smaller stocktank. I don't know if it's trolling for fish or discovered the pond is a great place to catch insects. There is a Leopard frog (Rio Grande or Southern - hard to get a close look) living in the other fishtank. I lifted a lily pad that happened to be its "roof" for the day, and it gave me a very indignant look before diving for the safer depths. I have small shubunkin and comets in both tanks, and haven't noticed the fish population decreasing. There are Leopard frogs in the inground pond, and every several of weeks I net a bloated (very dead) toad. That pond has been the scene of toad activity almost since we put it in, what, five years ago? There are larger goldfish and/or comets in the inground pond. Again, I haven't noticed any population decrease. On an unrelated note, at an event at Water Garden Gems last Fall, I talked with some people from a local school who were in the process of designing a pond (with lots of expert help). I offered fish and plants. Left my contact info. They called about two weeks ago and one teacher came by. I netted some of my small shubunkin & comets and several larger, and tossed in some healthy floating plants. It felt good to give excess population away to a good cause. Gail near San Antonio TX USA |
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Frogs
Fun!
Reminds me when we set up tadpole nurseries in all the second grade classrooms to save a population of eggs and taddies and canoodling adults who had chosen a pool cover for their nursery. Was wild. Neatest thing was the day I came in to take care of the tank and the kids told me there was a fish in amongst the tadpoles. Are you sure? Sure enough, a tiny fish was swimming in the tank. I figure he came in, as an egg, on the anacharis I bought for the tank. We named him Egghead and when the baby froglets were released he came home to live in my son's tank. k :-) |
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I'm not sure what kind of frogs they are, Jan. They originally came
from the nearby woods and streams. I thought they were just eastern wood frogs or common frogs, but I'll look into it a bit and see. The frog eggs have been getting left in the stream where fish don't typically end up. The stream is fed from the waterfall and the main fish-pond area is off of waterfalls from that, so the only way up there unless your a salmon is through the skimmer pump. The big fish never end up there, so I guess that's how the eggs survive. The tadpoles are maybe 3" long with a big ol' head. They look like a pretty big mouthful for the goldfish. I've never seen the fish bothering them although the tadpoles are in both sections of the pond. Sometimes they end up in my bottom drain pump's basket, but most survive to be returned to the pond. Anyway, you've got me curious so I'll figure out what they are. |
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kathy" wrote in message
... Fun! Reminds me when we set up tadpole nurseries in all the second grade classrooms to save a population of eggs and taddies and canoodling adults who had chosen a pool cover for their nursery. Was wild. Neatest thing was the day I came in to take care of the tank and the kids told me there was a fish in amongst the tadpoles. Are you sure? Sure enough, a tiny fish was swimming in the tank. I figure he came in, as an egg, on the anacharis I bought for the tank. We named him Egghead and when the baby froglets were released he came home to live in my son's tank. k :-) Fish eggs and fry can be sneaky, all right. I'm setting up a new 55 gallon aquarium. Tonight I noticed babies! From where?? There are no (zero) fish in there. But I have been moving plants around, and one of the source tanks has three Glowlight Tetras, which are egg-scatterers. I won't know for awhile if that's what I have, but it was quite a shock. Back to ponds: I started doing a serious cleaning of my inground pond today. Several pots have fall over so the water is dirty with, well, dirt. I'm doing this gradually. Scooping out water by bucket for several days (replacing with fresh water each day, of course), and eventually I'll get more aggressive, with a shop vac or Python (if that's what it's called). Several potted plants (marginals) are infested with weeds and I'll probably just take them out. I have more than enough floating plants or plants that grow even though they're not in pots (like my hardy lily). Gail near San Antonio TX |
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Frogs
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:54 EDT, Pond Addict
wrote: The tadpoles are maybe 3" long with a big ol' head. They look like a pretty big mouthful for the goldfish. I've never seen the fish bothering them although the tadpoles are in both sections of the pond. If it were in my pond and 3" long it would be a bullfrog. I envy you when they begin to bellow, but close neighbors might not like them. -- Hal Middle Georgia, Zone 8 http://tinyurl.com/2fxzcb |
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Frogs
Bullfrog taddie good guess, Greenfrog might be also.
If you see any adults look at the eardrum. Bullfrogs have a fold of skin that curves around the eardrum, in Greenfrogs it goes down the back. Bullfrogs call is 'rum, rum, rum' and Greenfrogs, I think, are like the pluck of a banjo string. k :-) |
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Frogs
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:54 EDT, Pond Addict
wrote: Anyway, you've got me curious so I'll figure out what they are. Cool. Or post a picture (do you have a website, photobucket or something?). I bet someone will recognize what you have. I wouldn't be surprised if they're BF taddies though, which are large and some take over a year to turn to frogs. I had to go out frog catching last night. I have 3 males in a bucket, that I think I'll take to school tomorrow. I also had a male & female in another bucket with the hope I'd get spawn. This morning, since they were both together I turned them loose in the stock tank w/water cress, so hopefully.... they'll take the hint. I did find last night that my frog croaking keychain does work, not only did it get the males to croak I had a female coming in my direction (that's how I caught her and put her in the bucket. :-[) ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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