Toad eggs Filter or no filter?

[Rach]

I have a ton of what I think are Toad eggs in my plant in my pond.
(Long strings of tiny black dots,after I "walked in" on the act
yesterday) I want to Have my kids see them grow into toads, should I
turn off my pond filter to prevent the tadpoles from getting sucked in?

[Altum]

Rach wrote:
> I have a ton of what I think are Toad eggs in my plant in my pond.
> (Long strings of tiny black dots,after I "walked in" on the act
> yesterday) I want to Have my kids see them grow into toads, should I
> turn off my pond filter to prevent the tadpoles from getting sucked in?
>
Your tadpoles need filtered, moving water. I have a CalPump basket and
foam as a prefilter to protect the pump and give fry a chance. If you
tell us what kind of filter you have and whether it would be easy to
rinse a prefilter, I'm sure someone will suggest something.

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[Derek Broughton]

Altum wrote:

> Rach wrote:
>> I have a ton of what I think are Toad eggs in my plant in my pond.

It does sound like toads - though iirc newts' are also in strings.

>> (Long strings of tiny black dots,after I "walked in" on the act
>> yesterday) I want to Have my kids see them grow into toads, should I
>> turn off my pond filter to prevent the tadpoles from getting sucked in?
>>
> Your tadpoles need filtered, moving water.

But the eggs don't - I remember starting them in any old container as a kid.
Tadpoles will survive in worse water than most fish, too.

If you want the kids to see them develop - and I agree it's well worthwile -
I'd suggest collecting some and letting them develop in an aquarium. The
one year I had a really good collection of toad tads, I didn't really get
much of a chance to see them develop. It seemed like one day I had
hundreds of tads with hind legs and tails, and next time I looked they had
all left the pond (and I'd find the little guys every time I disturbed a
rock).
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[Koi-Lo]

"Rach" > wrote in message
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>I have a ton of what I think are Toad eggs in my plant in my pond.
> (Long strings of tiny black dots,after I "walked in" on the act
> yesterday) I want to Have my kids see them grow into toads, should I
> turn off my pond filter to prevent the tadpoles from getting sucked in?
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You can put some kind of guard over the intake. I use two black pond-plant
baskets wired together like clamshells, pump inside. they don't get sucked
in.
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[Gill Passman]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Altum wrote:
>
>
>>Rach wrote:
>>
>>>I have a ton of what I think are Toad eggs in my plant in my pond.
>
>
> It does sound like toads - though iirc newts' are also in strings.
>
>
>>>(Long strings of tiny black dots,after I "walked in" on the act
>>>yesterday) I want to Have my kids see them grow into toads, should I
>>>turn off my pond filter to prevent the tadpoles from getting sucked in?
>>>
>>
>>Your tadpoles need filtered, moving water.
>
>
> But the eggs don't - I remember starting them in any old container as a kid.
> Tadpoles will survive in worse water than most fish, too.
>
> If you want the kids to see them develop - and I agree it's well worthwile -
> I'd suggest collecting some and letting them develop in an aquarium. The
> one year I had a really good collection of toad tads, I didn't really get
> much of a chance to see them develop. It seemed like one day I had
> hundreds of tads with hind legs and tails, and next time I looked they had
> all left the pond (and I'd find the little guys every time I disturbed a
> rock).

My only proviso with that is not bringing the spawn into a warm house
too soon, IME, makes them hatch too early...better to wait until the
spawn is a little better developed...it broke my heart when I was trying
to show the development of tadpoles to the kids but brought the stuff in
too early - they "hatched" way too early and did not survive :-(

Gill

[Derek Broughton]

Gill Passman wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:

>> I'd suggest collecting some and letting them develop in an aquarium. The
>> one year I had a really good collection of toad tads, I didn't really get
>> much of a chance to see them develop. It seemed like one day I had
>> hundreds of tads with hind legs and tails, and next time I looked they
>> had all left the pond (and I'd find the little guys every time I
>> disturbed a rock).
>
> My only proviso with that is not bringing the spawn into a warm house
> too soon, IME, makes them hatch too early...better to wait until the
> spawn is a little better developed...it broke my heart when I was trying
> to show the development of tadpoles to the kids but brought the stuff in
> too early - they "hatched" way too early and did not survive :-(

Oh, good point. I haven't done it for about 40 years!
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