Tadpoles

[CHOMPERS]

You just dumed the bucket in a big tank? and they adhere by themselves? That is pure science my man nice!

no, I divided them up into several tanks and plastic containers. For whatever reason, some die and the survivors can't live with the decaying matter. The whole tank can be wiped out in a day when they are young. If a tank is over populated, they usually all die. Therefore I no longer dump them into a single tank.

By separating them, I can also control their development. I'll power feed one group while barely feeding the rest. When I start to run out of the bigger tadpoles, I'll start to power feed another group. In the past I would just feed them all but found that they would morph before I could feed most of them to my fish.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Btw, it will be a few more days before they are big enough to be worth while to use as feeders. There is only about a weeks time before they then morph. By staging them out, I can get about three to four weeks out of them. By then, there will be another batch of eggs waiting.

 

[Fat Head]

Interesting

 

[Fry]

Interesting

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[mjmc]

So I guess the tadpoles aren't poisonous? Obviously the parents are. You haven't had any noticeable side affects feeding these? Neat post. I'd like to see pictures of your pool/pond.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Poisonous? No, the fish are fine. They like the room dark afterwards and like to stare at colored lights. Honestly, there are no effects and they are not poisonous. The glands don't develope until they morph. The glands just make them taste bad.

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

Eh... I don't think you would have to worry about the toxicity of most frogs, just the toads. Although the only thing I heard about toad tadpoles is that fish hate them, nothing about how toxic they are... so far.

 

[CHOMPERS]

...about toad tadpoles is that fish hate them, nothing about how toxic they are... so far.

yep not all fish will eat them. Many still do, so free food is free food

The frogs were back but didn't breed. For whatever reason they like it to rain when they lay eggs. I haven't figured that one out.

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

yep not all fish will eat them. Many still do, so free food is free food

The frogs were back but didn't breed. For whatever reason they like it to rain when they lay eggs. I haven't figured that one out.

I wish that I could breed frogs... of course you are letting nature do it for you. I read it's not worth raising your own feeder frogs... which is too sad unfortunately -- it could provide a varied diet.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Good news Everybody! I got the results that I wanted. The tree frogs were back in small numbers and laid eggs. I have five clutches of eggs. Tree frog eggs are visibly different from toad eggs in that they are individual and not in strings. They also float.

Tree frog eggs develop differently from toad eggs too. As they change from embryos to tadpoles, they grow external gills and float at the surface. If they are incubated in an egg tumbler or brine shrimp hatchery, great care must be given to them. As soon as they begin to hatch (about 18-24 hours) they must be placed in a container or tank with just a little water. If they are kept submerged, they will drown. They lose their gills after another day and become free swimming. At this point, they don't require the surface for life support and the tank can be filled.