Bubble Trouble

[Figgy]

You can tell I'm a newbie to Garden Ponds, this afternoon whilst admiring my new pond I saw some tiny bubbles coming up to the surface of the water and stupidly assumed I had a leak. I soon realised that the bubbles were actually coming from my oxygenating plants.

Phew, panic over lol.

Actually, It's been great watching the pond come to life over the last few weeks, seeing the plants grow, the water clear and the wildlife move in.

Then to cap things off I noticed a small frog hiding between the stone edging on my new pond. Given that I put some rescued tadpoles in the smaller pond before building this one, it was great to know that some tadpoles had grown into frogs and had already moved on to land and were finding sanctuary close by.

Must get that hibernaculum built soon!

 

[j.w]

Glad no leaks and just nature at work Figgy! Sounds like you're having fun watching the wildlife come to your pond and that's pretty cool! Can you post pix of what you are seeing now and then? Would be neat to see them

 

[fishin4cars]

Check and see if it's coming directly from a plant or from the build up on the bottom. The plants would be oxygen, but most plants produce most of their oxygen in the evening and night. if it's coming from the bottom it could be H2s or hydrogen sulfide. Some call it swamp gas. It's actually a very toxic gas in low quanities. But for the good news it is also common in most ponds and this time of year it's even more common. In ponds it's so low of quanity that it rarely causes issues unless it's overly disturbed during big clean outs. If that is the case then try not to stir up the bottom too much, try to suck off from the bottom when doing water changes, and don't remove to much at a time. H2S is naturally occuring. We produce it as humans, ponds produce it in the waste breakdown process, and it occurs in the soil.

 

[addy1]

Neat you have a frog! Looking forward to pictures of it.

 

[Figgy]

Frog lol, I counted five little cuties this morning in the smaller pond.

 

[addy1]

Frog lol, I counted five little cuties this morning in the smaller pond.

Frogs! make a pond they will come if there is any way to get there.

 

[Figgy]

Frogs! make a pond they will come if there is any way to get there.

addy1, these frogs are from the tadpoles I rescued and put in my small wildlife pond a few months back.

 

[addy1]

sigh got lost again in forum land..................well with the rescue of the tads frogs have come!

 

[Figgy]

Check and see if it's coming directly from a plant or from the build up on the bottom. The plants would be oxygen, but most plants produce most of their oxygen in the evening and night. if it's coming from the bottom it could be H2s or hydrogen sulfide. Some call it swamp gas. It's actually a very toxic gas in low quanities. But for the good news it is also common in most ponds and this time of year it's even more common. In ponds it's so low of quanity that it rarely causes issues unless it's overly disturbed during big clean outs. If that is the case then try not to stir up the bottom too much, try to suck off from the bottom when doing water changes, and don't remove to much at a time. H2S is naturally occuring. We produce it as humans, ponds produce it in the waste breakdown process, and it occurs in the soil.

Yeah on closer inspection the bubbles were coming from the plants (elodea crispa). I did some research on google and found that bubbles are often seen coming from them, especially on sunny days.

 

[j.w]

Don't ya just love bubbles, I mean I think we all do, just something about them that is so fantastic. Songs are sung about them, children love to blow them, they are just a cheap easy little happy thrill that makes goosebumps run up and down your spine. I mean where would we be w/o bubbles?

 

[Shoestring Ponder]

"Tiny bubbles, in the wine,
Make me feel happy,
Make me feel fine."......

:goldfish:

 

[j.w]

Lol, exactly!!!

 

[addy1]

LOL wine spitzer! great cool drink for the hot summer days. And good for you too! if you use red wine

 

[Figgy]

Can you post pix of what you are seeing now and then? Would be neat to see them

Teeming with larvae right now

 

[j.w]

Yep that looks like the damsel fly larvae someone posted on a dragonfly thread. Neat they are coming to use your home for them!