Hi, as some of you might know, i just started a 400 gal pond with predatory fishes that are all about 10cm each(dont know if theyre still considered juveniles). There are arowanas,oscars,polypterus,etc. And i just realized something horrible.
About 4 years ago, i used to have a 700 gallon pond that used to be in the same spot, but as there needed to be a renovation in my front yard, i was forced to make the pond smaller which is what i have now. I used to have goldfish and plecos inside and everytime its the raining season( i live in indonesia,tropical), i would see at least 5 toads in the pond almost every night for the majority of the rainy season(lasting about 2 months). There would be at least 5 mornings where i would see eggs dotted around the pond connected to each other by a transparent slime everywhere and there would be at least 1 goldfish dead. I would always have to remove the eggs which took the entire day and there would always be at least 100 tadpoles that managed to survive by the end of the rainy season (imagine if i didnt remove the eggs lol). I would also have to do a 100% water change and remove all the tadpoles as otherwise they would make the water very dirty and kill everyone(ever happened once, very unpleasant sight).
This was actually a major reason on why i wanted to get predator fishes as i thought they would eat all the eggs and tadpoles but upon further research, these toads could be poisonous. Though im quite sure they are posionous to fish as whenever i try to remove them from the pond, they would pee/excrete some sort of liquid that makes my skin itchy. These toads are VERY massive measuring at about 6 inches so any fish in my pond even if they were adults would be scared of it.
Anyone ever dealt with this kind of problem? I tried searching it up on google but could only mostly find methods on how to INVITE them to your pond which is unbelievable to me. Ive actually tried a few years ago by adding this local freshwater fish (freshwater pomfret) which looks and acts exactly like red belly piranhas but bigger and they live solitary and not in groups. It sort of worked out as they scared all the toads away because any toad that comes in the pond will be biten by these fish. I saw a toad barely escaping with 3 limbs left and often see dead ones in the pond.
It is now the dreaded raining season and i just saw a behemoth female toad in the pond in the morning which reminded me of that. I will try to remove the toads as soon as i see them.pls help..
Any suggestion,opinions, ideas?
Would it be safe to place the pomfret fish inside with the others?
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks!
About 4 years ago, i used to have a 700 gallon pond that used to be in the same spot, but as there needed to be a renovation in my front yard, i was forced to make the pond smaller which is what i have now. I used to have goldfish and plecos inside and everytime its the raining season( i live in indonesia,tropical), i would see at least 5 toads in the pond almost every night for the majority of the rainy season(lasting about 2 months). There would be at least 5 mornings where i would see eggs dotted around the pond connected to each other by a transparent slime everywhere and there would be at least 1 goldfish dead. I would always have to remove the eggs which took the entire day and there would always be at least 100 tadpoles that managed to survive by the end of the rainy season (imagine if i didnt remove the eggs lol). I would also have to do a 100% water change and remove all the tadpoles as otherwise they would make the water very dirty and kill everyone(ever happened once, very unpleasant sight).
This was actually a major reason on why i wanted to get predator fishes as i thought they would eat all the eggs and tadpoles but upon further research, these toads could be poisonous. Though im quite sure they are posionous to fish as whenever i try to remove them from the pond, they would pee/excrete some sort of liquid that makes my skin itchy. These toads are VERY massive measuring at about 6 inches so any fish in my pond even if they were adults would be scared of it.
Anyone ever dealt with this kind of problem? I tried searching it up on google but could only mostly find methods on how to INVITE them to your pond which is unbelievable to me. Ive actually tried a few years ago by adding this local freshwater fish (freshwater pomfret) which looks and acts exactly like red belly piranhas but bigger and they live solitary and not in groups. It sort of worked out as they scared all the toads away because any toad that comes in the pond will be biten by these fish. I saw a toad barely escaping with 3 limbs left and often see dead ones in the pond.
It is now the dreaded raining season and i just saw a behemoth female toad in the pond in the morning which reminded me of that. I will try to remove the toads as soon as i see them.pls help..
Any suggestion,opinions, ideas?
Would it be safe to place the pomfret fish inside with the others?
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks!
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