Just want to tell you the ice has broke in our pond, finally it's warm enough. But I found about 10 - 15 dead frogs in there, different sizes. i know i should have removed them at once, I was lazy... today someone/something has been chewing on the dead frogs, the pond is disgusting... I do know what I have to do this weekend, pond cleaning... to prevent bad bacterias...

I'm not going to post any pics...

Oooh yuk! Glad it's not me cleaning out the pond.

Ugh, thats awful. Good lucking getting that cleaned up

Lots of deep breaths and a good attitude is what I try to have when doing something really, really gross.

I hope it goes well and fast for you. How big is your pond?

Thanks, frogs intestines isn't my favorites...

Gross! I cant even begin to imagine! Have fun cleasning that pond up.

Ummm, no not mine either
I'm sorry that you have to deal with it Anette...I just hope it goes fast for you....and for the very 1st time ever on this board, I'm going to thank you for no pics!

The pond is almost round, 3 meter across and 1 meter deep, yes I felt sick when I looked at it...

My only hope is that the crows or whatever it was, comes back and takes care of the leftovers themselves...

ACK! Bummer Anette Cleaning up dead frog's would not be my favorite either....Maybe once you get it all cleaned up this weekend you can post some pic's then.

I will!

Ooh, not fun. We've found dead, uh, things in our pond before too. Just get a really long handled net. We use an old pool skimmer for ours, that way we dont have to get too close to anything!

gross
but just think of it as spring cleaning and you only have to do it once (hopefully)

You could use a big dose of something like this.
http://www.pondliner.com/PondZyme.htm

It worked great when I rescued my small pond from a bad place.

i would just remove the frogs. i wouldn'tgo around adding chemicals for that. its not necessary.

Thank you all. I have removed the #yuck# and 8 - 10 very dead frogs, the smell was the worst... we will clean the pond again before we add the fish, I was just afraid of diseases or bacteria from the dead bodies...
The pond looks boring without growing plants and the fountain, but here is a pic.

The first spring flowers around the pond... crocus?!

Looks Awesome Anette!

I love all the rocks you have around it, Very pretty. It's going to look so nice once you get everything situated. Can't wait for more piccy's.

I don't know much about flower's but my mom has Crocus', Your's looks just the same as her's do.

oh my gosh that is awsome.....

I didn't recommend chemicals. I recommended enzymes and beneficial bacteria - which the pond needs anyway to be a healthy balanced environment.

Once a pond becomes septic it takes a very long time for it to recover by itself. When it's out of balance with baddies you flood it with the good ones and it cleans itself up.

Then it should stay in balance for a long time unless you leave a carcass in it or something.