Tadpole Help!!!!??????!?!?

Question

k so last fri. my mom and i started to take the pool covr off when i noticed that the middle had tadpoles on it. some had died and dried up but others where still ok so i took an old small fish bowl and put 3 large and 1 baby...just born in it with the water from the pool cover...cause it had algae it it. they have been eating the algae and fish flakes for about a week. the large ones are loosing their tales and almost frogs but the baby is just starting. they have gotten so far and i don't want 2 loose them now. So wat do i feed them and what should i put in the container for the frog-to-be's? (like rocks? dirt?)

Answer 1

You are doing it all right. When they get to the frog stage just take them to a stream or preferably a pool of water and they will catch insects for you for generations to come. IF you want put in a rock that comes out of the water just a little bit.

Answer 2

Raising tadpoles as they turn into frogs is fascinating experience. The process is called metamorphosis, which means a change in form or habit as part of the development of an organism. Before you gather eggs or tadpoles from the wild to raise at home, check your laws. Collecting tadpoles or eggs is illegal in many places, so check with your government wildlife or environment agency before doing so. If it is legal where you live and you decide to collect eggs or tadpoles, make sure to just take a few and leave the rest in their natural environment. This will reduce the impact on the environment, and growing tadpoles take a lot of space and work. You may be able to release frogs raised from eggs or tadpoles harvested from the wild, but you should check this with your wildlife department as well. However, if the frogs turn out to be a non-native species, don't release them. You should be prepared to keep the adult frogs in the even that you can not release them. Frog eggs are laid in gelatinous clumps and are clear with black dots in the center. They can often be found at the edge of ponds just under the water especially in areas where there is lots of algae. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has a neat guide to frog eggs and development timelines for several common North American species. There is also a thorough technical guide to tadpole identification available on the US Geological Survey site.

Answer 3

Well put something in the bowl that can float. So when they become frogs they can sit on it. Then when they get bigger, put them in a plastic containers. Half water and half land. (dirt and rocks mixed is good.) good luck.

ps. what you r feeding is very good.

Answer 4

put the frog ones into another container as they can drown if they have no way of getting out of the water. for the frogs put a tiny bit of water in the bottom (just enough so that it keeps them moist but still easy for them to hold their heads out to breathe) and put some aquarium plants( the plastic kind) in with them so that they can climb and maybe a rock that is pretty flat on the top for them to sit on and thats about it on what they need. For food depending on the size of the frogs you can either get flightless fruit flys (for tree frogs) or you could get small crickets (for true frogs) but make sure you dont put them all in at the same time because if the frogs dont eat them right away the bugs will drown in the water. Good luck.

~Hayley