"NJ" wrote in message
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Anyway, get a net for your leaves...I use the black mesh "floating" net,
but
pull it taut over my little pond and hold it with rocks. Draining and
cleaning a pond is asking for trouble; you will lose any balance you may
have as well as beneficial bacteria and side algal growth.

I thought about that, but I wondered how the frogs would survive if they
couldn't get out of the pond to eat.

And don't I need to leave some sludge at the bottom for them to hibernate
in?