How to Take Care of Baby Frogs in a Pond

Generally, wild frogs who appear in your backyard pond do not need any help from you to thrive. They are living off the insect life in your pond. It is not advisable, and often not legal, to keep non-native species of frogs in a backyard pond. They may not thrive in your ecosystem, or they may wander away from the pond, reproduce, and endanger native species by competing for the same resources. That being said, if you wish to raise native frogs in your backyard pond, there are a few things you can do to make your pond baby-frog friendly.

Things You'll Need

  • Plants
  • Floating logs or terra cotta pots
  • Pond lighting
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Instructions

    • 1

      Plant your pond well. Overhanging plants and floating roots provide shade and shelter, while lily pads and leaves on the water provide a place for frogs to escape hungry fish and get some sun. Choose a variety of submerged, emergent and floating species, which are either native or tolerant of your local temperatures. Plants are natural filters which help keep your pond water clean. Some popular pond plants include arrowhead, lilies, duckweed, cattails, water lettuce and water hyacinths. A good rule of thumb is to have half-plants, half open water in a pond.

    • 2

      Add escape routes. Floating logs and half-submerged terra cotta pots work well.

    • 3

      Install low light sources around the pond. These will attract insects at night, when many species of frogs prefer to feed, and will encourage mosquitoes to breed in your pond (baby frogs will eat the larvae).