Yeass wrote
I have a small pond. Last fall it seems that all my frogs stayed in the
pond.
Needless to say they all died and I found them all on the bottom of the pond
this spring. How do I prevent this from happening again this winter. I live in
NJ

Did you keep a hole open in the ice?
Compared to Mother Nature's ponds garden ponds have an abundance of waste and
decomposing plants which cause gases that are toxic to fish and amphibians.
Frogs are very sensitive to such stuff so a hole in the ice allows these gases
to dissipate.

Ways to keep a hole in the ice are
- a floating heater which comes on at the freezing temperature of water
- an air pump and a bubbler
- putting the pump under the surface of the water and 'welling' the surface of
the pond





kathy :-)
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