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Litttttle baby toads and pond cleaning
Someone was one watering newly layed sod in the front yard and brought
me two itty bitty toads about 3/4 inch long. They had to be from the toadpoles this year. I said that about the one my son found while mowing last week, but that one was 3 times the size of these. I put them in my little jungle area where you can always find a toad under a pot and hopefully they will be around for years to come. Man, i really am going to need a new pond within 2-3 yrs! I also pulled out another WH, some roots, and about 6 bricks i had in there for the toads. They can crawl out from all the plants now, i believe. I dont see them in it very often now, but there are two young ones (1 and 2 yrs?) out there tonight eating bugs under the still rigged trouble light. I have been sitting here dreaming up this great pond in my head. The toads have got to have an easy exit and the one i have sure wasn't made for that. I am thinking about cleaning out the pond and thinning the plants about the 1st of september. Does it matter? What i thought i would do is fill the kiddie pool with pond water and put the fish in there with saved plants. Sound right? Then I will almost empty and use the shop vac on the bottom and shelves. Then all tap and declor because they are GF and i think they can handle it and that yr old water has got to be funky! (no pump, filter, just plants and clear water with 2-4inch and 1- 1 1/2 incher that escaped the round up last month? The water from the tap might be 10-15 degrees cooler than the pond water. Do i have to wait and let it warm up? I have filled it half way with tap with no ill effects on the fishes part. Think it will be ok? Does my cleaning plan sound right? |
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