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I think those are frog eggs; I can't imagine what else they might be. It's pretty weird, though, because I don't know where the frog would have come from to lay them. The river is about a mile away and there aren't any ponds or anything in the neighborhood. The eggs - they are eggs, I hope, and not some kind of advanced algae life form that's going to eat us all when it grows to full size - are pretty big, like the size of a small pea.

I love this. I've always wanted to take a canoe down the neglected creeks and streams, the ones that wind behind Biscuitvilles and along interstates and see what living creatures have made their way along there.

That don't look like eggs to me, missy, it looks like algae... But I'd have to squish it between my fingers to know for sure. Is it tapioca-like globules, or more airy than that?

Nope, not frog eggs. Frog eggs aren't green like that. They're clear with a dark speck (tadpole embryo) in the middle. Google image search. I think you've got some kind of globular algae. Sorry. Frog eggs would be way cool.

Tapioca like globules. I thought it was algae at first too, then I looked closer, and it really does look like eggs. The only other time I had frogs in a backyard pond was in Maryland, and in that pond I watched the frog laying her eggs - all around the base of this bronze frog fountain, like she was giving them to the frog god. It was cool. That same bronze frog is at the bottom of the bathtub because it kept falling in and I gave up on it, so maybe it really is a froggie fertility symbol.

On preview, drat. Egg formed algae, hmm? How bizarre. I wish it was frogs. Maybe it's some other kind of eggy thing?

you may recollect that I have a frog tattooed on my right ankle. You probably don't know that I have a small collection of china & metal frogs mostly inherited from my grandmother. I have a frog thing.

Yes'm, you have a nice case of algae. Looks like hair algae, although it's hard to tell from the top. Is it stringy?

Two possible solutions: Eco Pond Clear works really well.

Or, if you're feeling adventurous, a pleco.

(And the tapioca like stuff you're seeing? Air bubbles.)

I wish I had the money to do my on-the-list koi pond this spring. But alas. I would like two ponds actually, a koi pond complete with mini-waterfall rolling down the hill, and a more "wild" pond with native plants and whatever wants to live there in the back. I miss hearing frogs, I had ponds all around me when I lived outside of town.

You can do it the way I do it, weretable, the white trash koi pond special!
1. Find old bathtub on side of road.
2. In fit of madness, haul home.
3. Hire son & friends to dig large hole.
4. Realize hole is not where you want it.
5. Shrug.
6. Insert bathtub.
7. Fill with water.
8. Plant stuff all around.
9. Add several 25 cent goldfish from Wal Mart.
10. Fret about nasty murkiness of water.
11. Every other year, break down & buy $50 pump.
12. Install pump, forget pump, pump dies, water gets dark & nasty again.
13. Shrug.
14. Miracle of pond in your own backyard!