Frog Pond News

[Revoltingest]

I once had an in-ground swimming pool.
I used it seldom, & hated maintaining it.
And so it became a frog pond.

The goldfish made it thru the winter (-20F at one point), & are now fat & frisky.
The Duckworths have arrived (a pair of ducks who visit each spring).
And my various water plants are beginning to emerge.
The frogs are in nearby wetlands singing away, & should arrive soon.

 

[BSM1]

Ala the 'cement pond' made famous in a sixty's sitcom?

 

[Revoltingest]

Ala the 'cement pond' made famous in a sixty's sitcom?

My seement pond was much more decrepit than the TV one.
And our climate here is much less conducive to swimming.

 

[pearl]

It would have been a popular site for my daughter, as a child she loved to visit frog ponds, she would imitate them and always managed to catch a few. She actually rescued a frog from a snake.

 

[Cooky]

I once had an in-ground swimming pool.
I used it seldom, & hated maintaining it.
And so it became a frog pond.

The goldfish made it thru the winter (-20F at one point), & are now fat & frisky.
The Duckworths have arrived (a pair of ducks who visit each spring).
And my various water plants are beginning to emerge.
The frogs are in nearby wetlands singing away, & should arrive soon.

With a few snapping turtles you might be able to create your very own ecosystem.

 

[Revoltingest]

With a few snapping turtles you might be able to create your very own ecosystem.

It's a pretty healthy pond already.
But snapping turtles would be cool.
Any turtles would.

 

[Estro Felino]

I had a pond in my garden with goldfishes and everything.
One day I planted a umbrella papyrus (cyperus alternifolius) in the middle....after few months it absorbed all the water.

 

[We Never Know]

I once had an in-ground swimming pool.
I used it seldom, & hated maintaining it.
And so it became a frog pond.

The goldfish made it thru the winter (-20F at one point), & are now fat & frisky.
The Duckworths have arrived (a pair of ducks who visit each spring).
And my various water plants are beginning to emerge.
The frogs are in nearby wetlands singing away, & should arrive soon.

You turn a pool into a pond and most county folk turn a pond into a pool.

 

[Revoltingest]

You turn a pool into a pond and most county folk turn a pond into a pool.

In this single regard, I have better judgement than most country folk.

 

[dybmh]

Sounds lovely.

 

[Audie]

I once had an in-ground swimming pool.
I used it seldom, & hated maintaining it.
And so it became a frog pond.

The goldfish made it thru the winter (-20F at one point), & are now fat & frisky.
The Duckworths have arrived (a pair of ducks who visit each spring).
And my various water plants are beginning to emerge.
The frogs are in nearby wetlands singing away, & should arrive soon.

What species of froggies do you have?

Turtles wont survive if it has a cement bottom. is it cement?

Do NOT put catfish in there!!!!

Snap turtles are mostly vegetarian.

 

[sun rise]

You're missing a top predator

 

[Revoltingest]

What species of froggies do you have?

Green & noisy.

Turtles wont survive if it has a cement bottom. is it cement?

Yes, but it's covered in several feet of sand, gravel & detritus.

Do NOT put catfish in there!!!!

Only goldfish, the ultimate pond fish.

Snap turtles are mostly vegetarian.

I don't have any vegetarians to feed them.

 

[Revoltingest]

You're missing a top predator

I already have attorneys, & don't keep them in the pond.

 

[Audie]

I already have attorneys, & don't keep them in the pond.

A gar then. You can get a alligator gar.

These wonderful relics of the mesozoic have
been maligned and persecuted, but lately are
seeing some respect and encouragement for their
ability and inclination to eat those invasive
"Asian" carp.

alligator gar - Google Search:

 

[Revoltingest]

A gar then. You can get a alligator gar.

These wonderful relics of the mesozoic have
been maligned and persecuted, but lately are
seeing some respect and encouragement for their
ability and inclination to eat those invasive
"Asian" carp.

alligator gar - Google Search:

No fish is hardier or cheaper than the lowly comet goldfish.

 

[Audie]

No fish is hardier or cheaper than the lowly comet goldfish.

But as a apex predator, they stink.

 

[Revoltingest]

But as a apex predator, they stink.

But as mosquito egg eaters, they're pretty apex to me.

 

[ecco]

But as mosquito egg eaters, they're pretty apex to me.

I'll bet they eat 80% of the mosquito eggs. That probably leaves a million or so to hatch and suck the blood out of you and your neighbors.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'll bet they eat 80% of the mosquito eggs. That probably leaves a million or so to hatch and suck the blood out of you and your neighbors.

I asked the goldfish to eat only the ones which would bother me.