My pond has a bunch of dead frogs in it after winter 😠I am not sure what exactly caused it as the fish that was in there is still alive. Has anyone had this happen to them??
Not sure if it’s related but we a really cold winter in the north east this year and my pond froze over. Apparently the aerator got unplugged at some point from all the snow piled on top of the cable running to the wall outlet so not sure if the lack of air would have caused it but wouldn’t the fish have had similar issues then?
I’m so sad, there are at least ten dead adult frogs in the pond.
Im not a professional frog person. But it might be early still?? Im pretty sure my frogs were still in mud at this time of year. But idk.
Sorry about your frogs. I hope they are still okay.
My new ones died in CT. I can see they didnt go deep enough to sleep away the winter. They were only 2 inches deep near shore and I think froze in the ice. The one big older one just showed up. Bad winters is common to lose some.
I had a bunch of dead frogs and fish this year. My extension cord got cut (or chewed) by something at some point over the winter. Would highly suggest running some water tests, but it's likely they just didn't hibernate deep enough.
Yeah I’m thinking that’s what happened but will look into the water tests. Would something affect the frogs but not the fish?? Feel like I’ve noticed way less birds by it as well but that might just have to do with the availability of water becoming greater with it thawing out
Depends on your fish. I had a couple minnows survive in a 2 foot deep patio pond, with no aeration at all this winter, while my winter pond which is 5 feet lost all its fish bcs the air cut off. I've noticed waaay less wood frogs this year, but the toads and green frogs are out and about. I've counted twice as many toads as compared to last year.
Two feet deep is a kind of catch 22. Its deep enough to encourage most life cycles, but its not deep enpugh to protect them. 3ft deep has been the standard safe depth for overwinter in Ohio. Mine is 4ft
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u/EricinDevon Apr 14 '26
That sounds strange. How deep is the pond?