Tadpole feeding?

[rach25portdouglas]

I thought Tadpoles could go darker or lighter depending on there enviroment such as rocks from the creek are dark pools are lighter in colour and so on any way I think its good that you can help them as long as they aren't toads of course...

[meshe1969]

Here is a comparison sheet for frog and toad tadpoles:
http://www.fdrproject.org.au/pages/TDpoles.htm


and one on i.d eggs:
http://www.fdrproject.org.au/pages/TDeggs.htm

[JasonL]

boiled lettuce and chicken layer pellets

[redbellybite]

YOU can boil the lettuce too that way is good for tadpoles dont put the leaf in b4 doing that ...and fish food is good too ........when you know what type of tadpole it is free them at a local creek area if you got a tank full of cane taddies well you know what to do with them rbb

[dude_joel]

Originally Posted by jessb

Aren't there laws against collecting and keeping tadpoles?

there are laws, so you should definetly either put them in a pot and boil them up or tip them on the lawn to die. euthanising is the only way to handle this situation. peoples responses on these forums never seem to surprise me...

[redbellybite]

why would you boil the tadpoles? if they are a native species? understand if they are cane taddies but gtf or some other native why would you do that for ??????????????RBB sounds sick to me dude joel..

[imalizard]

They could be a rare unknown type of frog........

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by redbellybite

why would you boil the tadpoles? if they are a native species? understand if they are cane taddies but gtf or some other native why would you do that for ??????????????RBB sounds sick to me dude joel..

You've never had Taddie soup?? It's fantastic!! and improves vigour in the bedroom

[Lewy]

We raised up a bunch of taddies a couple of months ago. Fed them mostly on frozen spinach from the supermarket and frozen fish food we already had for our fish. They went nuts over the spinach. All grew into healthy little brown frogs. I did a bit of research at the time and I remember reading that it is legal to keep them for 7 days after metamorphis. In Qld that is. After they become little froggies it is really important they have somewhere to climb up out of the water or they will drown. I piled the gravel up in one corner of the tank and used to move my little froggies into their own container once they left the water. It had sand in it with afew leaves, a log and a shallow water bowl. Yes they were spoiled. I also used to put a small bit of ripe fruit in the container every day to attract the little flies for the baby frogs. It was fun to watch them chase the flies around the container. The container was one of my young snake ones but with heaps of holes in it. I also dampened the sand to keep the environment moist. A bit overboard perhaps but I had fun doing it.....better add that its the missus here. Wouldn't want you all thinking Lewy talks like that!

[Kimbully]

Would boiling them be against the law?
I've been feeding mine turtle sticks and fishfood, but I will try lettuce now too...

[Moreliaman]

i remember someone telling me you can feed them sliced cucumber & bacon or ham....no idea if its ok though.....i know fish flake & tablet food is fine...plus all the other stuff people have already mentioned.
I think they eat just about anything dont they ? including their own brothers & sisters

[Kimbully]

I'm hoping mine don't eat their brothers and sisters! I have a couple of different sized tadpoles but I only have one water heater so I don't really want to separate. I have mine from my sons childcare as they had so many tadpoles and didn't know what to do with them. They are GTF and I'll be selling them once they become froggies.
Kim

[Moreliaman]

LOL...its ok kim, ive never heard of them attacking eachother (you never know though eh ...some species might!) I think its just when one of them dies & then its just a case of recycling.

[tadpoles]

I curenty have 6 different species of tadpoles.- perons, g&g bell, stoney creeks, banjo, albino spotted grass, normal spotted grass. (many of which will be for sale in the coming months) I love tadpoles hence the username

I use frozen romaine (cos lettuce) or boc choy. I used to use the boiled lettuce but you will find it dirties the water alot quicker, so switch to the frozen stuff for cleaner water.
I also use a peice of frozen butternut pumpkin at the bottom to keep them happy inbetween feeds.

About different size tads, tadpoles naturally emit a hormone that stops other tads growing, this is a survial techinque to make sure a predater doesnt come along and eat all the morphling frogs at once. Therefore it is perfectly for tads to be different sizes.
Thats why when you have just one or two tads in a small amount of water thay take a very long time to morph

The only other common prob is canabilism, which is normally caused by overcrowding and the need for more food, It is easily fixed with a bigger tank for the taddies and once daily feeding

[tadpoles]

earlier this year i had a bunch of perons taddies that ate over half the taddies!!!!!