Update on my Tadpoles.
Mar 23, 2019 10:39:50 #
Bill asked me to update and I did respond to him but today I have changed the tank system, pics below.
They are doing well and growing but no legs yet. I am feeding crumbled Goldfish fish food 4 times a day and they go mad for it. I had them in 2 tanks but today introduced them all into a larger one where they can be together. This one is shallower and has a larger surface area for rocks and stone piles for when they need to crawl out of the water. It has 2 aerator stones from a single pump with 2 outlets and I do a partial change each day with water from the pond. It has water weed and snails. I can just about fit a tadpole into a macro shot so they are about an inch long. The tank is 21.5" X 13.5" which seems to be OK for them at the moment. I will add some more pond water when it comes up to temperature.
I recently returned some tadpoles to the pond after adjusting their water temperature down and am pleased they have survived but have not grown anywhere near as big as the ones indoors which is to be expected. One of them swam into my container when collecting pond water so now he has returned to the inside tank. The other spawn in the pond is developing but not yet produced tadpoles.
The tank water is clear but I didn't have a net and so tipped the tads in which stirred up the sediment in their old water.
They are doing well and growing but no legs yet. I am feeding crumbled Goldfish fish food 4 times a day and they go mad for it. I had them in 2 tanks but today introduced them all into a larger one where they can be together. This one is shallower and has a larger surface area for rocks and stone piles for when they need to crawl out of the water. It has 2 aerator stones from a single pump with 2 outlets and I do a partial change each day with water from the pond. It has water weed and snails. I can just about fit a tadpole into a macro shot so they are about an inch long. The tank is 21.5" X 13.5" which seems to be OK for them at the moment. I will add some more pond water when it comes up to temperature.
I recently returned some tadpoles to the pond after adjusting their water temperature down and am pleased they have survived but have not grown anywhere near as big as the ones indoors which is to be expected. One of them swam into my container when collecting pond water so now he has returned to the inside tank. The other spawn in the pond is developing but not yet produced tadpoles.
The tank water is clear but I didn't have a net and so tipped the tads in which stirred up the sediment in their old water.
Mar 23, 2019 10:50:12 #
Mar 23, 2019 11:15:59 #
Mar 23, 2019 13:01:19 #
Thank you.
Aren't those shoebox type containers handy? I make terreriums and aquariums, use for storage (a couple dozen with camera goodies), and 101 other uses. Starting seeds, lid keeps moist.
The gold flecks in the eyes and skin are beautiful. These grow to a point that by virtue of regular feeding they will outpace the outside ones.
Still hard to say for sure if F&T or S. Frontal mouth shot would help.
Later, have a rare date. I share a birthday with my favorite cousin (one of twenty six) and my year for being treated, I think. A quiet dinner and then she will beat me at a few games of Scrabble. So, up and out. A bright sunny spring day, don't want to waste it.
Aren't those shoebox type containers handy? I make terreriums and aquariums, use for storage (a couple dozen with camera goodies), and 101 other uses. Starting seeds, lid keeps moist.
The gold flecks in the eyes and skin are beautiful. These grow to a point that by virtue of regular feeding they will outpace the outside ones.
Still hard to say for sure if F&T or S. Frontal mouth shot would help.
Later, have a rare date. I share a birthday with my favorite cousin (one of twenty six) and my year for being treated, I think. A quiet dinner and then she will beat me at a few games of Scrabble. So, up and out. A bright sunny spring day, don't want to waste it.
Mar 23, 2019 13:38:31 #
Have a nice birthday treat Bill, don't let her beat you 
I couldn't find a tank I wanted in the shops so I ordered one from the web but it came broken, they are sending me another. I was keeping some photography bits in this container but while tidying it this morning it dawned on me that it would be perfect for the tads so I left my chores to make the change straight away and haven't gone back to them.
I couldn't find a tank I wanted in the shops so I ordered one from the web but it came broken, they are sending me another. I was keeping some photography bits in this container but while tidying it this morning it dawned on me that it would be perfect for the tads so I left my chores to make the change straight away and haven't gone back to them.
Mar 23, 2019 13:59:37 #
Procrastination is a studied artform. Am about to head out, this was my morning chore. I just got these from eBay and mounted them a few days ago. They are dry now. Cell phone photo. The debut.
Mar 23, 2019 15:26:02 #
Nicely done Bill. Ebay is a source of many fascinating treasures. Does your interest focus on a particular a insect type?
Mar 23, 2019 16:04:11 #
All very interesting. To me, the tads look froggy. At least for now. You can see enough of the mouth in the first picture.
Mar 23, 2019 16:14:03 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
All very interesting. To me, the tads look froggy. At least for now. You can see enough of the mouth in the first picture.
I am agreeing. "Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froogy".
Bill
Mar 23, 2019 22:04:28 #
Dinner great. Got wiped out in Scrabble. As an excuse, she got every high point letter.
I am thinking frog now. Unless you have two different tadpoles, these are looking frog like. England has limited Amphibian fauna, and these do not look toady. Your first had wide mouths. More square bodies. These do not. Leg buds look froggy, tail looks froggy. Body looks froggy. If it quacks and waddles it is a duck, probably. That fits here.
We will see.
If I may soapbox here.
Exotic insect trade nearly wiped out many insects. Natives collected and sold indescriminantly. They used strip and burn agriculture, destroying habitat.
This is being reversed in exotic trade.
Indigenous persons are taught how to find and raise endangered species. They then have an income and cease to strip and burn. Now plants are being reintroduced, forests gone are being reforested. In a hundred years it will have healed somewhat.
The prices are much lower, quality better, and even more exotics available.
No more guilt about damage to the environment. You are helping recovery.
Thanks for listening.
Bill
I am thinking frog now. Unless you have two different tadpoles, these are looking frog like. England has limited Amphibian fauna, and these do not look toady. Your first had wide mouths. More square bodies. These do not. Leg buds look froggy, tail looks froggy. Body looks froggy. If it quacks and waddles it is a duck, probably. That fits here.
We will see.
If I may soapbox here.
Exotic insect trade nearly wiped out many insects. Natives collected and sold indescriminantly. They used strip and burn agriculture, destroying habitat.
This is being reversed in exotic trade.
Indigenous persons are taught how to find and raise endangered species. They then have an income and cease to strip and burn. Now plants are being reintroduced, forests gone are being reforested. In a hundred years it will have healed somewhat.
The prices are much lower, quality better, and even more exotics available.
No more guilt about damage to the environment. You are helping recovery.
Thanks for listening.
Bill
Mar 24, 2019 03:26:38 #
I had only one type of tadpoles from the same egg mass. Yes, I believe these to be frog tads, I know frogs are in the garden. Sorry you lost at scrabble, time for practise. Regarding habitat, over here at the moment house developers are netting hedges and trees around where they are building to reduce bird populations, I cannot imagine why they would want to do that. Fortunately, people are pulling down the netting. In response the builders are sometimes pulling the whole hedge out and replacing it with a fence.
Mar 24, 2019 04:07:46 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
I had only one type of tadpoles from the same egg ... (show quote)
The vageries of the draw make Scrabble hard to practice. I used to like crosswords (still use them on occasion) but of late I try to advance my photo skills. No TV. Time spent better.
I know where to find salamander tadpoles. I want to get out later today and see if I can find a few. They are woodland variety. Breed early and are getting legs soon. Only about 35-40 mm when first legged. Diminutive. Almost cute.
The pin specimens I buy are mostly showy beetles. I had 'antique' shop space and made nice hardwood display cases and sold them. Some butterflies and moths the same, but I reared and mounted local species for sale. Now just conversation pieces and keep my hand in mounting.
Good exercise in working small. I still rear local species when I can get eggs, which is fairly often. My roommate is very tolerant. Didn't get too upset the day my last scorpion escaped. Found it with a black light in no time. I will share specimens with UHHers this year. Eggs ship well and a ten day window to ship.
That's enough. I think I am on GMT sometimes. Think I want bacon, toast and eggs. So, good morning Brenda and all.
Bill
Mar 24, 2019 09:10:11 #
newtoyou wrote:
The vageries of the draw make Scrabble hard to pra... (show quote)
Thanks for the response, good luck with the salamanders.
Mar 24, 2019 09:42:56 #
Mar 24, 2019 10:34:00 #
Oh Brenda, these are wonderful images and I'm sure that your nurturing will produce some fine frogs soon. You are doing a wonderful job!
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