Help with a backyard pond

[Jasmine]

I used to hang those net wrapped barley straw bails and have even used the concentrated liquid form. I don't know if it really helped much. Barley straw certainly can't hurt.

I got one barley straw & placed it in the pond. TY

 

[Dbarr1575]

Thank you Joe for this valuable information. So based on your input I decided not to clean the pond. Is it ok to put barley straw? I still haven’t got over on the frog situation, I’m so afraid of frogs. My dad is a farmer and one day in his barn I was picking up something but I what I thought I was picking was a frog and it jumped. There wasn’t enough light so I didn’t see it very well and that panic attack still continues when ever a frog jumps. This pond is near to my backyard patio and I’m losing my mind when I think about going and sitting there knowing frog is so near me. I know it sounds silly but it’s real fear to me.

My pond is in a screen enclosure and I still get frogs. My cats keep them in check as much as I wish they wouldn't. Having a frog is better than stepping on a dead one your cat brought into the house.