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Old 13-04-2012, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Doug[_10_] View Post
I have a lot more than that, reed and other plant roots, fishproof
containers with slots in and clumps of algae. However the tads seem to
prefer to expose themselves in open areas where there is no
protection, especially in sunlight. Anyway, my tad population has now
become drastically reduced, or either that or they have gone into
hiding or maybe developed gills and are breathing at the bottom of the
pond somewhere?
They start off with gills so being at the bottom is no problem for them.

In my experience, they start by eating all the remains of the span jelly, then they have a phase when they disappear to the bottom of the pond, and you don't see them for a while.
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