tadpoles and goldfish

[canella]

do the fish eat the tadpoles? we've moved into a property with a pond - not a huge fan of it but in the process of putting a fence round it to stop dc falling in but the dc are loving the nature side of it!

so there are hundreds of tadpoles in the pond and maybe 12 fish - am i right that the fish should eat the tadpoles otherwise its going to be frog city in my garden in a few months time!!

and do i need to feed the goldfish in the meantime or do they get nutrition from the tadpoles?

i have the same in my garden and never seem to have a frog problem later on in the summer so i assume they eat them. i feed my fish in the spring and summer.
its great for the kids, in the summer the frogs sit around the pond and the kids love it.
my daughter had 2 friends saturday, and they spent all their time catching frogs then letting them go
glad i forked out all that money on garden toys, just give them a bucket and they are happy

thanks gardening mum05 - we've been feeding the goldfish these fish stick things every other eve but i've slacked off the last few days thinking they must be eating the tadpoles! no sign of any frogs tho - they must have dumped they're eggs and scarpered!! ha ha!

our kids love looking at the pond too but i'm such a worrywort i'm constantly worried they fall in! its prob only a 1m 50cm at its deepest but dc3 is only 2.8 so i'm permanently on edge if they're anywhere near it! garden isnt really child friendly cause the garden runs round 3 sides of the house and i can only see the pond from the spare room - not much use when i'm cooking dinner and they're outside! but they seem to be getting the hang of staying away from it unless i'm there - i'm sure they'll understand more as they get older!

i put big pots round mine so the toddlers cant really get near it
they are always in the garden which suits me to be honest, lifes too short for housework