Tadpoles
Hi,
About a month ago I took some frogspawn out of my fish pond and took it into my classroom at school for the kids to watch grow. I put it in a small glass tank and the kids have really enjoyed caring for them. However the tadpole have seemed to just stopped growing! I can see clearly see thier eyes, mouth ect but no sign of any legs yet. I have been giving them some flake fish food that we give the goldfish which they seem to enjoy. Any ideas how we can get them to grow! how long does it take? Im sure last years taddies didnt take this long! Many thank Cheryl |
"Cheryl" wrote in message . uk... Hi, About a month ago I took some frogspawn out of my fish pond and took it into my classroom at school for the kids to watch grow. I put it in a small glass tank and the kids have really enjoyed caring for them. However the tadpole have seemed to just stopped growing! I can see clearly see thier eyes, mouth ect but no sign of any legs yet. I have been giving them some flake fish food that we give the goldfish which they seem to enjoy. Any ideas how we can get them to grow! how long does it take? Im sure last years taddies didnt take this long! Many thank Cheryl It depends on the type of the tadpole. Some of them dont' get legs until their second year! Jacqui |
Hi Cheryl,
A couple of reasons: - are they bullfrog tadpoles? They won't change until next summer. Some greenfrogs also. - is it colder in your room this year? Water temperature is a factor. - are they getting enough veggie? Too much protein isn't good for them - what is in the goldfish flakes? spiruluna is a good food for them or algae wafers. Or you can buy organic romaine lettuce and freeze it, then feed it. Or good old pond scum. Their mouths and 'teeth' are meant to scrape algae off surfaces. When they change then their mouth and gut changes to become protein eaters. good luck and let us know what happens! (I have a couple of articles archived under April 2005 about amphibians) kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com |
P.S. ;-)
Checked your address (google doesn't show them automatically) and see you are in the UK. While bullfrogs and greenfrogs are not native to the UK unfortunately bullfrogs have shown up thru import and pet releases. So they still could be bullfrogs... but probably not. Bullfrogs don't like to start breeding until it gets nice and warm out and as I recall one early summer I spent over there, it isn't that warm this early! Also you would have noticed their calls, which are a 'run, run, run' very deep for a frog ;-) kathy :-) |
kathy wrote:
Also you would have noticed their calls, which are a 'run, run, run' very deep for a frog ;-) RUM, Kathy! RUM, not "run" :-) -- derek |
I know that's what all the books say. 'ruM'
but my bullfrogs never read the books, I guess they are dyslexic which fits in with our family ;-) k :-) |
I know that's what all the books say. 'ruM'
but my bullfrogs never read the books, I guess they are dyslexic which fits in with our family ;-) k :-) Between the boys and the dogs, yours probably were saying run,run,run. ;) ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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