Saving my pond

[themoo]

I am hoping someone can help. I was painting my fence with Ronseal which is one-coat and gloopy and pretty horrid. Anyway I got some on the leaves of pond plants, and now it's rained and some has dripped into the pond. I've got some plants in there but more importantly a little frog who I obviously don't want to kill off. I put my hose into the pond to try and dilute it but is there anything else I should do please? It isn't very much, but it doesn't take much does it.

 

[HERTS P&D]

You can do a 50% water change.

Andy

 

[Odds]

How large is the pond?
A small amount of Ronseal might not make any difference, considering it was diluted by rain water.
Is it gunged up with duckweed and crud?
Get 'pond clear' and add the recommended dose.

 

[themoo]

Thanks both. The pond isn't very big, a few feet perhaps? There are plants and a bit of weed in there but it's generally very clear as it hasn't been in position for more than a couple of months.

The water looks all clear now. I checked on the frog late last night;' I didn't see him but I am certain he jumped away from me in disgust as I parted the lilypads. I will invest in some pondclear just in case.

Is there anything I can feed a frog to help him out?

 

[footprints]

Frogs don't live in ponds much they only hang around them in damp areas and use the pond only when getting fruity with lady frogs.
Tadpoles might suffer but chances are Freddy will be OK as said a bit of a water change will be a good idea anyway.
Pop the hose in at just a trickle for a couple of hours so it overflows gently.

 

[footprints]

PS a few meal worms might be well received, by him and the birds.

 

[themoo]

Thanks! I feel very guilty. There are no tadpoles so hopefully Freddy is still in the early stages of wooing, the dinner and kiss goodnight stage. I will grab a bag of worms on my way home.

 

[Odds]

Frogs prefer you to keep a distance. Them big stompy feet interfere with their worm hunting.
Leave 'em bee and all will bee well.
A little algae in the pond won't matter too much. Tadpole's will eat it, but a dash of pond clear helps keep the water fresh.
Don't add any in Spring when they spawn.

 

[JBR]

Thanks! I feel very guilty. There are no tadpoles so hopefully Freddy is still in the early stages of wooing, the dinner and kiss goodnight stage. I will grab a bag of worms on my way home.

I wouldn't expect tadpoles now, although of course I may be wrong. Our frogs produced piles of frogspawn a several weeks ago, which miraculously turned into thousands of minuscule tadpoles which, in turn, have now disappeared. I'm sure that many of them (those which survived the goldfish) will now be young frogs hiding away who knows where. This happens every year, so I shouldn't worry about them if I were you.

 

[Munroast]

Thanks both. The pond isn't very big, a few feet perhaps? There are plants and a bit of weed in there but it's generally very clear as it hasn't been in position for more than a couple of months.

The water looks all clear now. I checked on the frog late last night;' I didn't see him but I am certain he jumped away from me in disgust as I parted the lilypads. I will invest in some pondclear just in case.

Is there anything I can feed a frog to help him out?

Yes, as noted by @footprints I doubt the frog spends much, if any time at all in the pond at this time of year - it will be in the undergrowth munching on slugs, its their favourie meal

I have a big passion for frogs and ponds myself - from a earlier on in the year in our pond

 

[themoo]

They're beautiful creatures!

Mine is doing well, thankfully. I saw him again last night and the water is clean.