If it's cold they get liturgic. Holly Sent from my iPad > On May 12, 2015, at 2:49 PM, Bruce Bartrug <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > No ideas at all about the frog. Is it cold? > >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Karen Ackoff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I'm new to country living, and my house has a small pond in the garden, or more accurately a "water feature". I figure the pond is about 100 gallons, and there is a little waterfall. Up until this year, I just let it be, and frogs happily inhabited it. So did algae and mosquito larvae. >> >> Clearly I don't want mosquito larvae breeding in it, so I cleaned it up and hooked up the pump that came with the house. Pump is working and includes a "pre-filter" which filters out large things like leaves and such. So the water is moving and mosquitos won't breed in it. >> >> I've been hoping frogs would find it and so, one did. We've had about 2 weeks of rain, so I went to remove some water from the pond so it won't overflow. And in it was a frog, floating just under the surface of the water, still and vertical, looking dead. I scooped it out and was planning to toss it into the woods. But when I looked in the bucket, it was swimming. OK, so I put it back in the pond. It looked dead. >> >> So I pulled it out of the pond and sat it on a rock nearby. He is sitting there now (it's been about 4 hours). He has shade and lots of places to hide. I sprinkled water on him a couple of times. His throat is moving in and out, and he is sitting and alert, but doesn't move if I touch him (toads don't move when touched either, so maybe this is an amphibian "thing"). I just checked on him and he is sitting under a spider web (smart frog!). >> >> Is there anything I can do? Or should I just leave him be? >> >> I did pile some rocks to provide better egress from the pond, and I'm planning on adding some pond plants as well. A few lily pads and whatever else looks interesting. Will probably put some barley straw in, as I hear it helps prevent algae build-up. >> >> Any advice? Thoughts? Ideas? >> >> I do not want to put fish in it - I would just be feeding wildlife around here. And I'd have to filter the water then (with more than a pre-filter). Meanwhile, every week or 2 I pull a few buckets of water out, and put a few fresh buckets of water in. I have well water, so there is no chlorine. >> >> Thanks! >> >> K >> >> Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at >> http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > > > > -- > Bruce Bartrug > Nobleboro, Maine, USA > [log in to unmask] > www.brucebartrug.com > > •The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. - Albert Einstein > •In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv