Frog Spawn

[Suetheramble]

Up to 2 years ago I enjoyed tadpoles and then tiny frogs in my garden.
For the second year running all the frog spawn has disappeared from my small pond.
Loads of adult frogs about a month ago who seemed to do everything correctly then loads of spawn then pretty much overnight all spawn has gone and there are no tiny tadpoles. When I took a jar full of water from the pond there is bits and pieces of frog spawn but now looking all very manky.
I know frogs and newts ( and there are both) eat spawn but for all to disappear overnight??
The pond has a net over it because I thought a fox may have ate it.

[weecalf]

spawn but not forgotten Eh !

[melv16]

Goldfish could be the spawn of the devil in this case...

[SlackAlice]

Fish will eat frog and toad spawn.

In about the last week frogs have been laying spawn in my pond. I have had to rescue and move spawn to safer areas every morning because I know my Koi and larger carp will quite happily breakfast on it. They will eat the tadpoles as well, if they can catch them.

[Suetheramble]

100% natural pond - no fish

[hammerman]

As far as im aware, there's not many things that will eat frog spawn. Most fish will relish tadpoles for the protein as will adult newts.

maybe the spawn sunk to the bottom and hatched. Tadpoles have an incredible way of evading being seen.

[Suetheramble]

My first suspect now is crows or magpies. I have decided in early autumn I will take out most of the water and refill it with rainwater someone said it may be contaminated - fingers crossed because I love my frogs!!

[gness]

I have had no frogs spawn in the two ponds I made three years ago.

Friends have lots of spawn but it's eaten by snakes so they gave me two clumps. One disappeared overnight but I had a rootle around and found it had sunk to the bottom of the pond. I raised it but it went straight back down.

The spawn in the other pond stayed on the top under some cover from overhanging plants......it seemed to take ages but in the last few days the tadpoles have been wriggling and breaking out of the jelly.....

Fingers crossed they survive.....I love a frog filled pond...x