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I have 100 tadpoles I want to place in my 500 gallon pond. Will they eat my plants? How will this hurt my pond? |
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I have 100 tadpoles I want to place in my 500 gallon pond. Will they eat my plants? How will this hurt my pond? No. I don''t think they will hurt it |
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"GrannyGrump" wrote in message news I have 100 tadpoles I want to place in my 500 gallon pond. Will they eat my plants? How will this hurt my pond? No. I don''t think they will hurt it Any additional bioload, even in the form of tadpole poo, will force your filtration to work a bit harder. With a larger pond I would not worry, but with a 500 gallon, well I still wouldn't worry, but I'd probably keep an eye on Ammonia spikes, and keep some dechlor handy. BV. |
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Do you know what kind of tadpoles they are? What species, that is. Those
that make it to frog-hood or toad-hood, are likely to come back next year at spawning time - and they will serenade you at night, whether you're looking for a mate or not! Some species songs are much more pleasant than others! We get Fowler's Toads, which make an unpleasant racket that even an amateur naturalist cannot call enjoyable. If you have frogs they are likely to stay in and around the pond, if the environment is to their liking. They are predators, meat-eaters, and should not damage any plants - the more plants the better, to take care of fish and frog waste. Here's a page with some info about amphibians: http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frog...m?showstate=tn Happy Ponding, Tim "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... I have 100 tadpoles I want to place in my 500 gallon pond. Will they eat my plants? How will this hurt my pond? |
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Just FYI, here's a toad page, too:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/idg...x.htm#bufonida Tim "WilsonKKW" wrote in message ... I have 100 tadpoles I want to place in my 500 gallon pond. Will they eat my plants? How will this hurt my pond? |
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Just watch your ammonia levels. They will eat algae, change to frogs or toads and hop on out of there. There is one species that won't - bullfrogs. They will winter over and change next spring. Do you remember who was romancing around your pond? What they looked like and sounded like? If too many come back next year, you can scoop out the eggs and transfer to a natural pond. For the sake of amphibians you'd be doing them a favor. Those that hang around your garden are great pest eating machines. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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