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[Anka]

Hi all,

I was thinking of setting up a frog pond for my mom as a xmas gift.

Before I start looking at size, equipment, etc I was wondering how hard it is to attract frogs to a pond.

We get a couple every now and then that go for a swim in our pool and then I have to run around netting them out and then giving them a hose down. No idea what kind though.

Is it possible to buy tadpoles somewhere? Surely we don't have to do down the licensing path...

Cheers,

Andrew

(p.s. Kleinz, can I borrow some of your frogs )

[Terry]

How many 1000s would you like.

[Anka]

I'm taking they're easy to come by? haha

[Buccal]

Trust me, the frogs will come, especially if you see them occasionally.
I live in Two Rocks rural.
No wet lands no nothing.
In the bush.
Closest is yanchep marshes.
After installing my Koi pond it only took one week to get banjo frogs.
Enough to make a non-nature lover tear their hair out from all the bonk sounding nose.
Bonk, bonk, bonk have to hear it to believe it.
Four weeks further on the motor bikes came and existed with the banjos for about three weeks.
After that the banjos disappeared and never to be heard again.
The motor bikes now remain as thick as ever eight years later.

In the suburbs the garden reticulation allows the frogs a very easy existence and are able to spread.

[Anka]

We live in the suburbs. Is it likely to piss off the neighbours?

[Buccal]

Yep, it can do, and most certainly wouldn't be the first.
If you build a pond you wouldn't have a choice.
You build it and they will come. Lol

[Anka]

Hmm

There is a healthy population of crows around so they might help keep numbers under control. I can always throw a koi in as well

I'm assuming a filter or heater won't be necessary? It wouldn't actually be possible as the pond would be a good 8m away from a power point.

P.s. although if there is koi in it, then that would be a different story

[Buccal]

Pond pumps usually have about eight meters of cord.
There are solar powered pumps for day running.
No filter will allow a palm full of gold fish. Not koi.

Don't forget frogs are nocturnal and crows aren't.
There's nothing the neighbors can do anyway, it's all above board.

If the frogs disappeared outside my bedroom window I don't think I'd get to sleep.
It would be to quite.
It takes me a while to get use to winters first cold spell when they stop croaking, it's to quite lol.

[bigjohnnofish]

you can have all my motorbike frogs.... same thing they just turned up uninvited and made themselves at home eating all the white cloud eggs... bang there goes another income
year before i sold 1000's of white clouds... once the motor bikes arrived.... nothing....

might have to retrain the dogs now to eat them!!!

[BIG-PETE]

might have to retrain the dogs now to eat them!!!

get a cat jono

[bigjohnnofish]

hahaha cat will last 2 seconds round here mate!!! lol

[Kleinz]

If you're in the middle of suburbia, I don't think the frogs will get out of control. I'm next to a swamp and not overrun. I really like the sound of them. Obviously opinions of this differ...

[Riggers]

If you put frogs into a water source they will try and return to the waterbody they were spawned in however if you raise your frogs from tadpoles theyll stay forever There's a few regulations regarding the movement of tadpoles. There's a great site that will give you all the info you need as well as being able to put you in contact with people that can supply you with tadpoles. It's the tadpole relocation program
http://frogwatch.mus...am/default.aspx
Happy frogging

[scottyhooton]

Where the hell have you been riggas ?

[Anka]

Thanks for the info Nick

[Riggers]

Too easy Anka