[NatureNS] A pond management question....

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Thanks Fred - your reply has helped me decide to leave the algae and 
watch what happens! There are now not one, but three clumps of frog 
spawn - so my pond will be a busy place for a while and it will be 
interesting to see how things unfold!

Eleanor


On 07/05/2015 12:25 PM, Fred Schueler wrote:
> 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/
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    <font size="+1">Thanks Fred - your reply has helped me decide </font>to
    leave the algae and watch what happens! There are now not one, but
    three clumps of frog spawn - so my pond will be a busy place for a
    while and it will be interesting to see how things unfold!<br>
    <br>
    Eleanor<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/05/2015 12:25 PM, Fred Schueler
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote cite="mid:554B83E1.6060000@istar.ca" type="cite">On
      5/7/2015 7:45 AM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote:
      <br>
      <blockquote type="cite">In rapid order, following the final
        disappearance of ice from my pond at
        <br>
        the very end of April (and before I had got round to skimming
        the
        <br>
        floating green algae from the surface), first one wood frog
        appeared,
        <br>
        then a second, (quickly followed by an approx 5cm blob of frog
        spawn!)
        <br>
        and then a host of peeper voices - all of which are so welcome,
        but my
        <br>
        question is: _do these frogs like/eat the floating algae?_
        <br>
        It does not enhance the pond appearance and in normal years I
        have
        <br>
        usually cleared this well before their arrival, however, under
        the
        <br>
        present circumstances I don't want to do anything to disrupt
        their
        <br>
        return and, given the brief window of opportunity before the
        tadpoles
        <br>
        appear, I would very much appreciate advice on whether at this
        point,
        <br>
        and in the best interests of the frogs, I should leave or remove
        the algae.
        <br>
      </blockquote>
      <br>
      * 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).
      <br>
      <br>
      fred.
      <br>
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      <br>
                Frederick W. Schueler &amp; Aleta Karstad
      <br>
      Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
      <br>
      Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
      <br>
      Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
      <br>
          RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
      <br>
         on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
      <br>
          (613)258-3107 &lt;bckcdb at istar.ca&gt; http://pinicola.ca/
      <br>
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      <br>
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