A question: I have lots of trees in my yard and every Fall the leaves
fall and some fall right into my little pond. I try to scoop them out but
since the leaves keep falling I just leave the leaves alone in the pond
until the next Summer when the pond water is warm and I can stick my arms in
it and pull out the leaves. The fish seem to like the leaves as it gives
them hiding places. Anyway, my question is - are leaves poisonous to pond
fish? I recently heard leaves are poisonous to fish but they don't seem to
have hurt my fish or the five little frogs that just jumped out the pond
this weekend.

Well, most folks probably use skimmers and/or netting. My solution is
water fern/azolla to catch the leaves, then i just pick them off.






On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 03:18:05 GMT, "Von Fourche"
wrote:



A question: I have lots of trees in my yard and every Fall the
leaves
fall and some fall right into my little pond. I try to scoop them
out but
since the leaves keep falling I just leave the leaves alone in the
pond
until the next Summer when the pond water is warm and I can stick my
arms in
it and pull out the leaves. The fish seem to like the leaves as it
gives
them hiding places. Anyway, my question is - are leaves poisonous to
pond
fish? I recently heard leaves are poisonous to fish but they don't
seem to
have hurt my fish or the five little frogs that just jumped out the
pond
this weekend.

As to the poison question, I reckon it depends on the type of tree now!

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"Von Fourche" wrote in message
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A question: I have lots of trees in my yard and every Fall the
leaves
fall and some fall right into my little pond. I try to scoop them out but
since the leaves keep falling I just leave the leaves alone in the pond
until the next Summer when the pond water is warm and I can stick my arms
in
it and pull out the leaves. The fish seem to like the leaves as it gives
them hiding places. Anyway, my question is - are leaves poisonous to pond
fish? I recently heard leaves are poisonous to fish but they don't seem
to
have hurt my fish or the five little frogs that just jumped out the pond
this weekend.

"Von Fourche" wrote in message
ink.net...


A question: I have lots of trees in my yard and every Fall the
leaves
fall and some fall right into my little pond. I try to scoop them out but
since the leaves keep falling I just leave the leaves alone in the pond
until the next Summer when the pond water is warm and I can stick my arms
in
it and pull out the leaves. The fish seem to like the leaves as it gives
them hiding places. Anyway, my question is - are leaves poisonous to pond
fish? I recently heard leaves are poisonous to fish but they don't seem
to
have hurt my fish or the five little frogs that just jumped out the pond
this weekend.



I don't think that the leaves themselves are poisonous; it would depend on
the type of tree.

There may be a couple of problems created as the leaves rot

1) The process of decomposition may consume the oxygen in the water and
the fish suffocate.

2) The decomposing material may produce toxins, one I can think of is
Hydrogen Sulphide which very toxic.

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I don't think that the leaves themselves are poisonous; it would depend on
the type of tree.

There may be a couple of problems created as the leaves rot

1) The process of decomposition may consume the oxygen in the water
and
the fish suffocate.

2) The decomposing material may produce toxins, one I can think of is
Hydrogen Sulphide which very toxic.


The trees are walnut trees.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:33:27 GMT, "Von Fourche" wrote:

The trees are walnut trees.

My understanding is that black walnut leaves are poisonous, perhaps
quantity plays a part? Tannins in many leaves can mess up the pH and
buffer, causing the pH to swing wildly, causing stress, disease and then
death if one doesn't intervene.


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:33:27 GMT, "Von Fourche" wrote:

The trees are walnut trees.

My understanding is that black walnut leaves are poisonous, perhaps
quantity plays a part? Tannins in many leaves can mess up the pH and
buffer, causing the pH to swing wildly, causing stress, disease and then
death if one doesn't intervene.


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 06:08:59 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

Uh, *IN* the pond???

lol
Sorry, i had to do it.

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 06:08:59 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

Uh, *IN* the pond???

lol
Sorry, i had to do it.