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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.
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> 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>
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<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>
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Frederick W. Schueler & 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 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
<br>
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