HELLO, I AM NEW TO THIS SITE AND TO MY NEW FOUND INTEREST IN TADPOLES. I HAVE COLLECTED A TON OF TADS FROM A SMALL MANMADE POND NEAR MY HOUSE. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD FREEZE BEING AS THEY HAD NO PLACE REAL TO HIBERNATE? SO NOW I'VE GOT 2 TANKS...1 FOR THE TINY FROGLETS AND 1 WITH MY TADS ( HAS AIRFLOW) TADS ARE DOING GREAT BUT MY TINY FROGLETS...? WELL I HAD PLACED AN ORDER FOR FOOD BUT WONT GET HERE TIL WEDNESDAY. I LOST A FEW, BEEN PUTTING DRIED BLOODWORMS IN THE FROGLET TANK . THE BIGGEST ONES ARE STILL ALIVE. CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE SO I DONT LOOSE ANYMORE BEFORE MY FOOD ARREIVES? SO THANKFUL. BARB DEMPSEY
NEED SOME ADVICE
- Thread starter Barb Dempsey
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The tadpoles would have been perfectly fine in the manmade pond. I suspect your tadpoles did not die from hunger, but from shock. tadpoles are pretty sensitive. Has your tank been cycled? Did you acclimate them before putting them in the tank?
I suggest finding out what species of frog are common in your area so that you can ID them. Like fish, different species of frogs will eat different things.
Most tadpoles will do fine with just algae. Perhaps you can go back to the pond and grab some rocks that have some algae on it (or put a few rocks in a bucket wtih water outside in teh sun for a few days and grow your own). you can also give them finely crushed flake food or fry food (like SERA mircron) can be given to them.
when they become juvenile frogs, you'll want to switch to pinhead crickets (and larger crickets as the frogs get bigger).
I suggest finding out what species of frog are common in your area so that you can ID them. Like fish, different species of frogs will eat different things.
Most tadpoles will do fine with just algae. Perhaps you can go back to the pond and grab some rocks that have some algae on it (or put a few rocks in a bucket wtih water outside in teh sun for a few days and grow your own). you can also give them finely crushed flake food or fry food (like SERA mircron) can be given to them.
when they become juvenile frogs, you'll want to switch to pinhead crickets (and larger crickets as the frogs get bigger).