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Frog Spwan and Fishes

fluffy_kinns Apr 16, 2005 06:34 AM

Hi people, I have a pond with both fishes and frogs living in peace and harmony but i have one question.

The frogs were living in the pond first on their own and we then introduced the fishes we have two HUGE gold fish (i was so surprised at the rate of their growth and their size) and 4 other types of fish. They have been living with the fros for like 4 years now so their not new. and i was qite worried at the number of tadpoles i see swimming around. before the fish came the tadpoles would happily swim around the pond and there would be loads of them but now they only stay in the plants and i only see a few im wondering if anyone knows if fishes eat tadpoles. I was thinking to femove all the fishes and keeping them seperate untill the tadpoles grow but the fish would be living in an unknown environment for a long time . I don't know what to do.

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amazinglyricist Apr 16, 2005 12:29 PM

Yes, the fish will eat the tadpoles, that's why you don't see as many around now. Frogs try to lay their eggs in places that don't have fish, because fish eat the frogs eggs, tadpoles, and the frogs themselves.
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