next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects On 5/7/2015 7:45 AM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote: > In rapid order, following the final disappearance of ice from my pond at > the very end of April (and before I had got round to skimming the > floating green algae from the surface), first one wood frog appeared, > then a second, (quickly followed by an approx 5cm blob of frog spawn!) > and then a host of peeper voices - all of which are so welcome, but my > question is: _do these frogs like/eat the floating algae?_ > It does not enhance the pond appearance and in normal years I have > usually cleared this well before their arrival, however, under the > present circumstances I don't want to do anything to disrupt their > return and, given the brief window of opportunity before the tadpoles > appear, I would very much appreciate advice on whether at this point, > and in the best interests of the frogs, I should leave or remove the algae. * some tadpoles eat some kinds of algae! You could leave the algae, and see if the tadpoles seem to be nibbling on it - alternatively, maybe there's plenty of food in your pond, and removing the algae is a way of removing nutrients from the system (of course transforming frogs also remove nutrients from the system). fred. ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects