Harri K asked:
i have seen what i believe to be newly laid frog eggs(jelly-like clots with tiny black spots inside) hundreds of them. is there a way to destroy this jelly substance without killing my fish
i have seen what i believe to be newly laid frog eggs(jelly-like clots with tiny black spots inside) hundreds of them. is there a way to destroy this jelly substance without killing my fish
i have a frog and koi fish they don’t eat the koi
You’re evil, leave the frogspawn alone.
I suppose you could always do what kids do. I.e. get a net, scoop out the frogspawn, stick it in a tub and take it down to a local lake to release it? That get’s rid of them before they hatch if you’re quick.
hi i have loads in mine to
Well is it affecting your fish or bothering them, not all the frogs will live and they wont all stay in that pond anywhey if its to cramped they will find the nearest other water area.
Just dont kill the frogs if they bother u so much, put the spawn and the frogs in a container and put them in the nearest pond etc, dont kill them!
Why would you want to kill it? Your fish will eat the majority, (v good for them) frog spawn is a sign of having a good, well balanced pond. There is no downside to having frogs in your garden and there is no good reason for you to needlessly kill it.
Raquelxoxo – you must have some kind of crazy killer frogs if your fish died, I have had frog spawn in my pond every year for around 15 years and the fish have never died. If there are too many frog spawn for the space they will eat each other and the fish will eat them. Your pond must be too small if there wasn’t enough oxygen. If there is alot then by all means take some out but don’t kill them all that’s just senseless.
You’ve got frog spawn.
I don’t believe that frogs (or their spawn) will do any harm to your koi, but, if you feel you mujst get rid of them you might try slipping some cloth under the spawn and then lifting them out.
It would be a kindness to remove them to another pond (they will die out of water), but you might choose some other way to dispose of them.
the jelly is frogspawn and you can just scoop it out. However i would reccomend you don’t as the frogs will leave when they are old enough but greater natural biodiversity (more species) will improve your pond ecosystem and make it a healthier place for your fish, also when the spawn hatches into tadpoles and also sometimes before your fish will eat many of them and they are a good source of food for fish. All in all i don’t see why you’d want rid of them.
Leave it, The fish will eat the spawn and love it.
Why kill those poor frog babies, they will not eat your fish, I’d think that it would be rather the fish eating the frogspawn or tadpoles.
Don’t kill the tadpoles. The resulting frogs will help keep your garden free of snails. They pose no threat to your fish.
Why get rid of the insect eating,music making,pond cleaning animals? Huh?
Likely if one pond has frogs another does as well, but I still wouldn’t move one life source to another body of water. I would check first before moving anything living to another environment to risk contamination.
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Leave it, its actually a good source of food for your koi. Its natural, you have a pond, you can not NOT expect other animals to use it too.
You don’t know how lucky you are i have been trying for ages to encourage frogs into my fish pond. They are really good for your garden. Leave the spawn alone, it will hatch and some of the tadpoles will be eaten by your fish (good live food), the ones that survive will turn into frogs and most will leave your garden to find their own breeding place. You will probably find that some will return to breed again next year, but again leave them alone. They really will do no harm.
PLEASE- you have to get rid of them by scooping them out with a net or whatever you can! This happend to me 3 times last year- The first time I left the eggs alone, and when the tadpoles hatched, there were millions of them and my pond looked like pea soup- the tadpoles will use all the oxygen in the water and kill your fish! I had to completely drain my pond and start from scratch. When you hear froggs croaking at night- go outside and find them- get rid of the frogs so they wont get a chance to lay eggs- its soooo nasty!! This is the best way I have found to eliminate the problem- If you see a frog in your yard- kill it or send it to the gutter. If you don’t they will ALL be attracted to your pond and the sound of flowing water and one frog can lay millions of eggs! Remove the eggs with a net or a bucket- some will still probably hatch- but remove as many as you can ASAP- for the sake of your Koi!! Hope this helps!
Why do you want to kill all your potential frogs? Frogs keep the insect populations down. If you must, net out the egg masses. But frogs are good guys.
Your fish should eat them anyway!. If not please scooop them out and release at an local pond, As frogs when it comes to breeding season return to the place of birth even if there miles away!. Crazy i know!!.
im a person how loves frogs there so cute.but this problam is probably important to you so heres my idea.find all the frog eggs in there and put them in a glass bowl and it needs water in it.as soon as you have them in there bring them to a pond or lake.sins they havent hatched they probably wont come back.then every day check the pond for any other frogs in youre yard put them in a plastic container witch isnt see throw.then bring them back to that same lake.when there all gone check on youre pond about every day to make sure they dont come back.if they do come back get rid of them right away cause you dont want birds in youre yard or theyll eat youre fish.hope this helps.
I enjoy frogs and their spawn wonderful for grandchildren BUT I get an unfair dose of them the spawn last year was so great that it blocked my stream causing water loss therefore the fish did suffer. Also I had to rescue fish, amorous frogs were clinging to their heads and eyesockets this was a mammoth task and several fish did not survive so they DO harm fish
don’t kill them Imagen if you where a frog and there was a gigantic man or women coming to kill you and if all your children got killed as well you will never forget it.
No harm can come to fish from frogs or spawn, the opposite is true, in this day of information technology, why cant people do a bit of research before posting stupid questions and clogging up cyberspace with their ignorance, also its ILLEGAL to transport frogs or spawn from site to site without a license, i.e. from pond to pond, to prevent the spread of disease. use some common (or not so common) sense people!
I can’t believe none of you have had the problem I’ve had for years. Bullfrogs eat my $$$ koi. They’ll even eat them when they are WAY bigger than they are. It’s disgusting and a shame to see your pet fish die like that. I scoop out all the frogs I can and relocate them. At the end of my property is a huge lake so my job is never ending. I love toads and all other frogs that don’t eat my pet koi. Now my koi had babies and I have 4-5 bullfrogs finding my pond per day….I can’t stand bullfrogs…sorry if that offends anyone….
we just to free one of our ghost carp from the clutchs of a nasty frog in our pond it was a harrowing sight
To all the frog lovers out there, it i a little naive to tell the original poster that frogs do no harm to fish in an ornamental pond as this is simply not the case. Firstly, frogs are carnivarous creats and they will eat small fish. If you have small fish like I do (Shabumpkins) over the last three years this has become a major problem. – when I had Koi they appeared to co exsit quite nicely but they have been preying on my Shabumpkins. I have had to stock up ALL my fish each year for the last 3 years not one has survived (14 one year, 12 the next and 12 last year), so monitoring the frog population in my pond makes good econmical sense.
It is also true what other’s have said that fish will eat most of the spawn, so if you have large fish that are too big to be eaten by smaller frogs leave them be, however for smaller fish the could become a nuisance.
I also have neighbours who freakout when they see a plaugue of frogs trying to get access to my garden and I have been asked several times to try and deal with the pestilence. I therefore humainly remove all the frogs and their spawn from my pond and bring thm to a local lake (after gaining the prmission to do this from my local authority). Naturally you will never get rid of all of them and some will hatch or return, but this has helped my fish survive this year to date (crossed fingers)
Don’t get me wrong there is a beauty in having the wildlife that the pond attracts, and I agree to some extent with other replies that if you have a garden pond you should expect some frogs or toads to decide to breed in it, in fact this was one of the reasons why I built one in the first place, but they can be predators for small fish and their population should be carefully controlled if you find that they are affecting the fish you have added to your pond. My advice is to take them and their offspring to a better location if they become a nuisance – Get rid of them but do so in a humane manner. Use your pond net to catch the frogs and scoop up their spawn as soon as you notice them, place them in a container and take them the same place to a suitable location where they can live without causing damage to your hard work.
Hope this helps & good luck
Sorry the lsst sentance should read:-
Get rid of them but do so in a humane manner. Use your pond net to catch the frogs and scoop up their spawn as soon as you notice them, place them in a container and take them to a safe place and a suitable location where they can live without causing damage to your hard work
I have 2 large common carp in my garden pond, and some small koi. I have noticed today that a frog has attached itself to the head of one of the large common carp. The fish appears to be swimming around ok, but will this do harm to the fish? I cannmot find any answers anywhere on the net for this problem? Im in the UK. Thanks
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE A KOI FISH AND A FROG HAS ATTACHED ITSELF TO TO MY FISHES HEAD AND IS CLINGING ON BY MY FISH’S EYE SOCKET. I GOT THE FROG OFF AND THE NEXT DAY IT HAD DONE IT AGAIN. HELP!!! I DONT NO WHAT TO DO
sell the frogs
The frogs are probably in amplexis, which means they are males ready to mate. It is a possiblity that without a female frog around they have grabbed onto the next best thing. They should, eventually, give up. I wouldn’t have thought they would cause your fish any damage.
I have a swimming pond, and it’s a very clean pond. I take pride in my pond. I had a supply of fish, but we believe someone fished them all out. Our fish disappeared last spring, and there were never any floaters. Once the bass were gone, on came the frogs. We’ve never had an insect or mosquito problem, so I’m tired of hearing that they came because of the bugs. They came because there are no fish to eat them. We are going to restock our pond this year. Anyway, last night I was walking around the pond, and when I got to the beach area, I noticed we have hundreds if not thousands of frog eggs. I’m not kidding. I already have too many damn frogs. They are loud, they scare my nephews (who use to love to swim), and they drive my dog crazy. I’ve removed the spawn, but I need to know how to get rid of some of the frogs. I use to have a few frogs, and one big bullfrog. I was ok with that, but I am now looking at an infestation. Please help.
Sorry to all frog lovers but you are very very wrong my kois love fish eggs so much that they eat EAT EAT EAT so much they blow up AND DIE. THANK YOU
To the gentlemen that has problem with his pond & has Shabumpkins beware they love to eat frogeggs just like kois & Goldfish.Ive had my pond for 14 years and never had any problems untill the frogs found. 10 days ago I lost 16 kois Shabumpkins from eating too many frogeggs Iwas heart broken.so dont tell me that frogs are harmless so to all you frog lovers get yourself a pond AND A AND SOME NICE FISHES AND WE’ll see how long you’ll BE FROG LOVERS.
Yes I agree that if you build a pond they will come and a few are tolerable, but when large numbers arrive or produce, as would happen if these eggs are aloud to hatch, it is a nuisance. They are loud and obnoxious and if you read other threads, they can cause quite a lot of stress and even damage by entering plumbing pipes, homes and what not. Last year was the first year for my pond and I scouted after 3 or 4 frogs or toads as well as removed their eggs. Last night I removed about 20 frogs to a new location and that was only the ones I could catch. We put a lot of money into this project and it was a family effort to build it so it is very disappointing that we cannot even sit outside and hear ourselves talk because they are so loud and over populated so yes I can understand why people want a way to control them.
I do agree with all the ideas you’ve introduced to your post. They are really convincing and will certainly work. Still, the posts are too brief for beginners. May just you please prolong them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.
If it’s made of a soft material, he will probably be able to chew through it. You would be better off teaching him NOT to chew on stuff, by Training.