Too noisy frogs around pool - How to Get Rid?

anonymoususer on 30/10/2016 - 23:51
Last edited 31/10/2016 - 00:16 by 1 other user

I have a pool (uncleaned for last 6 months) and frog population have exploded this year and making too loud noise in night.
Couple of neighbors have complaint about the noise :( in night which makes everyone bit problematic to sleep in night.

First thing we will be doing now is to clean the pool. But wonder if the frogs are in the pool (cannot see inside its green water) then will those frogs die inside pool water if we put chlorine and acid which is needed to clean the pool? Will simply cleaning pool get rid of existing frogs? Other than pool clean, wondering How to Kill or Get Rid of Frogs?

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eatwell365 on 30/10/2016 - 23:59

+1

introduce cane toads or snakes
Savas on 31/10/2016 - 00:04

Yum frog soup

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Frogs
[Deactivated] on 31/10/2016 - 00:41

+8

Kiss them. Never know.
- Kangal on 31/10/2016 - 08:07
  
  +5
  
  What if the prince that comes out… is a Nigerian prince who wants your credit card number?
Richardc on 31/10/2016 - 02:42

+1

change to salt water?
Yummy on 31/10/2016 - 04:48

Get some feral cats.

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DarkOz on 31/10/2016 - 06:20

+5

Frogs don't actually live in water like fish. You will probably find them in the grass or rocks near the water. Unless there are tadpoles yeah they will be swimming around.

It's the water, grass and rocks that had became their habitat. So when you clean the pool consider leaving it dry for weeks until the frogs are gone. Clear the grass and remove the rocks if possible. Also check if the frogs are endangered/protected species.
- toniyellow on 31/10/2016 - 11:18
  
  Actually depending on the pool type, and the ground around the pool, leaving it empty can be a bad idea. If there is heavy rain, hydrostatic pressure will pop an empty pool right out of the ground
ms_caz on 31/10/2016 - 06:51

+10

In my opinion, it would be a shame to get rid of the frogs. I know they can be noisy.

Here's some reading you might like to do from Frogwatch.
https://frogs.org.au/frogwatch/bitg.html#why01

You can also identify your frogs from here https://frogs.org.au/frogs/

I know that you will do what you will do, but perhaps this will help inform you before you take your actions.
- phoenixx on 31/10/2016 - 07:02
  
  Seconding this. Personally, I love the sound of frogs :). I can understand they may annoy some though.
- DarkOz on 31/10/2016 - 07:56
  
  The problem is his neighbours are complaining. Very much like a pet dog that barks at night. When the complaints are not dealt with his neighbours will take it up to the Council next.
  - ms_caz on 31/10/2016 - 08:00
    
    +3
    
    It's not like a barking dog at all in that the OP hasn't taken ownership of a dog that causes a nuisance. And I'm pretty sure that the Council's Environmental department would be happy to hear that there are frogs - at least they would where I live.
    - DarkOz on 31/10/2016 - 09:13
      
      -1
      
      Don't tell me that. The OP will just have to convince his local Council that the frogs are not a problem to his neighbours.
  - brad1-8tsi on 31/10/2016 - 10:28
    
    If the council finds out they will probably declare it a wildlife preserve. /rolls eyes.
    Seriously, the council would be more concerned about mosquitoes breeding in the stagnant water, so the frogs are probably performing a community service by eating the mosquito larvae.
    
    The frogs aren't pets. The property owner has no control over them as they are "wild" animals. They neighbours have to suck it up.
    
    Source:
    One of my best friends is a Local Government health inspector and runs the mosquito reduction program in her area.
    - DarkOz on 31/10/2016 - 12:56
      
      and one of my best friends is a mosquito and runs the Local Government health programme…
Geewhizz on 31/10/2016 - 07:23

+4

If you have frogs you have a healthy environment. If your pool has been neglected for that length of time I'd be more concerned about mosquitoes breeding in there. They're probably a lot to do with why you have a large frog population - food laid on.
sparkles on 31/10/2016 - 09:59

I'd leave it, once the ground dries up during summer the frogs will quieten, and the sound will probably be replaced by cicadas.

If you think there are creatures living in the pool simply use a scooper net and see what comes up.
fruit on 31/10/2016 - 10:59

How to Kill or Get Rid of Frogs?

Introduce more frogs so they compete for food then die off from starvation or make the problem worse.. who said I was helping.
toniyellow on 31/10/2016 - 11:17

Some councils encourage converting a pool to a pond if you are not using it as a pool.
e.g. Kuringai

It's summer so I imagine you might want to use it as a pool again. I'd seek professional advice on cleaning it properly, if it hasn't been done for 6 months.
dlf73 on 31/10/2016 - 11:56

Bring some of your French mates over…………
ibelynn on 31/10/2016 - 12:08

-1

YES!!! the chlorine and acid will kill the frogs, get a scoop net and scoop frogs out of water, so that they can be released into the garden.
Frogs are beneficial as they eat insects,including mosquito's.
It would be humane of you not to kill them but to release them
[Deactivated] on 31/10/2016 - 12:10

+1

If they are a native frog they are protected and there are heavy fines for killing them.

I belong to a native animal rescue organisation and the calls we receive to remove native animals because people don't like them his horrendous.

I do reptiles only. The amount of people (ethnics) that want blue tongue lizards removed is astounding. One woman (Aussie) had 15 to 20 Eastern Water Skinks living in her yard. She wanted them all removed as she claimed they chased her around the yard, as if. She sold the house.

Be thankful you still have native animals in suburbia.
dm01 on 31/10/2016 - 12:42

Speak with your local council about services that specialise in neighbour removal, then once the complainers are gone, replace with elderly tenants who can simply dial down their hearing aids.
Euphemistic on 31/10/2016 - 15:56
What?

You need to clean up the pool.

You can't kill the frogs. Frogs eat mozzies.

If the neighbours are complaining they need to suck it up, or help you clean the pool.

You need to clean up the pool.
kmwa on 31/10/2016 - 16:11

Invite some Germans to come round.
They will put towels over all the deck chairs and the Frogs will complain bitterly, gesticulate wildly, and go somewhere else.
But really - the things that neighbours complain about…
We have Motorbike Frogs that appear from time to time and make a heck of a racket. One of the charms of living in Australia (Perth, WA). They seem to live on the side of the pool in the vegetation and rocks. We had one that drowned in the pool (clean, chlorinated, saltwater).
But the thing that still gives me the shudders is a 60 cm snake that I disturbed around the back of the house, which shot off and dived into the pool, went round three times like a motorboat and then climbed out the deep end and disappeared into a neighbour's property (I hope). I never knew snakes could move that fast.
So with that in mind, I don't really regard my frogs as a problem.

Too noisy frogs around pool - How to Get Rid?

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