I haven't seen any yet this year, but most years we get short sighted frogs laying it in waterlogged gravel trays! I filled our pond in years ago but they obviously haven't realised.
They lay the spawn on the weed, it sticks to it like glue, no good if it’s sunk, I would get some oxygenating plants in there as soon as possible. Tadpoles are meat eaters, although they do nibble the plants, you can chop up liver or tie a piece with string and drop in. I use dried fish food sometimes if there are a lot of them.
You can easly tell if its dead on not fertilised, it turns white.
Thanks for the info. I think fish food may be the way to go rather than raw meat!
Another frog frenzy going on tonight! Can hear them from the window. They are carnivores so they like a bit of raw meat, when your pond is established they’ll eat other creatures and bugs in there. (They’re also cannibals!)
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They are carnivores so they like a bit of raw meat, when your pond is established they’ll eat other creatures and bugs in there. (They’re also cannibals!)
A A Milne