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Decrease in tadpoles:

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Daniel S Member Joined: 24 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 4 View other posts by Daniel S	Posted: 25 Mar 2005 Every year since i was aboout 6 i have taken out some frogspawn from my nan's pond to watch it develop into froglets then i release it there used to be masses of tadpoles all swimming around but after we emptied the pond to make it bigger the amount of tadpoles has got lower and lower each year, why is this? there is a lot of goldfish in the pond and a lot of newts could it be this? Daniel S

peastick Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 4 View other posts by peastick	Posted: 26 Mar 2005 I think you have answerred your own question, 'lots of goldfish'. A 4" goldfish can easily consume ten or more taddies per day. Other predators within the pond can match any goldfish, for instance great diving beetles or dragonfly larvae.

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