Okay, I posted a little bit ago because we had toad egg (they hatched too quick for us to move them, we put them in a bucket with rocks and stuff a couple days after they hatched because we noticed a bunch of beetles, but only 2 are still alive... :( ) but, now today I looked in our actual pond, and there are hundreds of little tadpoles. We are worried about what to do because there are so many of them, and we have a bunch of fish and we don't want them to be eaten. I think I saw a frog pregnant (I think they are green frogs) a little bit ago, but they look exactly like the toads, and I did see the toad in the pond too. There are so many swimming around, we just want to know what we should do that would be best for them and the rest of our pond.

If they are toad tadpoles, the fish should leave most of them alone as they taste bad. My page on toads has more on worrying about toads taking over a pond at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/toad.htm . I basically say not to worry about it if the pond is large enough for the number of tadpoles. If they are frog tadpoles, then fish will eat many of them. You can net some out and put them in a kiddie pool or other non-toxic container until they are large enough to not be eaten by the fish. Most of the tadpoles will not make it; that is nature and why there are so many. Some will be eaten by other animals and some by their own siblings. Some will starve and others get fungused and such. But, some should make it!

Thank you soo much for your help. I have another problem... we just opened the pool (we cleaned it but there is no chemicals in it yet) and now there are two mating frogs in the skimmer. We only thought it was one and we accidentally picked it up a noticed there was two, so we put them right back. We are kind of at a loss what to do because our pond is full of them right now. There is a big pond in our development, but I doubt any will survive in that. We had our pond for about 10 years and we never had babies, and now we have 3 sets! Anyway, and ideas would be useful, we were planning on letting them lay their eggs then move them. Thanks!

Ahhh, sorry for double posting, but my dad just went out there to look at them, and the male frog started hopping away. The female looked like she was trying to get out so he picked her up and got her out, but she jumped away into the bushes. I think our baby problem is solved now, but I am still worried about the mother.

You have a pond? I'm not sure why you were reticent to put this pair into the pond. Is it just because there are already other pairs in there? The pool is not where they should be so I would have removed them if they hadn't already hopped away.