Milky / Cloudy water in pond
 

Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this question but I can't find one
just for ponds, and you are a helpful bunch on here anyway. We have a small
natural pond which has turned over the last fortnight milky the water that
is, it is full of frog spawn 3 buckets to the local pond. Is this milky-ness
a product of Mr Frog or some thing else? will it sort itself out, will it
hurt the 6 fish (only goldfish but the wife looks after them). any advise as
help please.
Thanks Mike

"Magwitch" wrote in message
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It could be caused by hibernating beasties waking up, and stirring the mud
up, or possibly because we've had a couple of visits from a heron and
perhaps the fish are fighting a rearguard action... very clever of them :)

Depending on the area affected, it may be bird poo.

A big bird dropping a "wet one" (I know; they are *all* wet ones, but it is
a matter of degree) into a small pond can cause a widespread splash effect
that dissipates quite quickly.

--
Brian
"Anyway, if you have been, thanks for listening."

Mike Fitzpatrick muttered:

Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this question but I can't find one
just for ponds, and you are a helpful bunch on here anyway. We have a small
natural pond which has turned over the last fortnight milky the water that
is, it is full of frog spawn 3 buckets to the local pond. Is this milky-ness
a product of Mr Frog or some thing else? will it sort itself out, will it
hurt the 6 fish (only goldfish but the wife looks after them). any advise as
help please.
Thanks Mike


I'm not sure why either... ours is milky as well at present and then
literally overnight completely clear again. This doesn't seem to affect the
pond life, as later on ‹ it's teeming with dragonflies, newts, snails and
fish etc.

It could be caused by hibernating beasties waking up, and stirring the mud
up, or possibly because we've had a couple of visits from a heron and
perhaps the fish are fighting a rearguard action... very clever of them :)

Brian Watson muttered:


"Magwitch" wrote in message
...

It could be caused by hibernating beasties waking up, and stirring the mud
up, or possibly because we've had a couple of visits from a heron and
perhaps the fish are fighting a rearguard action... very clever of them :)

Depending on the area affected, it may be bird poo.

A big bird dropping a "wet one" (I know; they are *all* wet ones, but it is
a matter of degree) into a small pond can cause a widespread splash effect
that dissipates quite quickly.

However, our pond's big ‹ a pterodactyl?