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tadpoles
On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:07:45 +0200, wrote:
I had some frogspawn in my pond the other week which was just about to hatch but then we had a very cold spell and a thin layer of ice had formed on the pond over night which had killed off the little tadpoles as they had all stopped wriggling. I scooped up about six dead tadpoles from the pond in a coffee jar and just left them in the garage, a week later I was about to empty the jar and found to my amazement that all six dead tadpoles had come to life and where swimming in the jar, I had left the others in the pond but I can't see if any of them had survived because the goldfish may have eaten them. For some days after they hatch tadpoles tend to be quite inactive, particularly if it is cold, to the extent that they can frequently appear dead. This was very noticeable with ours this year. -- rbel |
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I had some frogspawn in my pond the other week which was just about to
hatch but then we had a very cold spell and a thin layer of ice had formed on the pond over night which had killed off the little tadpoles as they had all stopped wriggling. I scooped up about six dead tadpoles from the pond in a coffee jar and just left them in the garage, a week later I was about to empty the jar and found to my amazement that all six dead tadpoles had come to life and where swimming in the jar, I had left the others in the pond but I can't see if any of them had survived because the goldfish may have eaten them. Stephen. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsular. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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rbel wrote: On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:07:45 +0200, wrote: I had some frogspawn in my pond the other week which was just about to hatch but then we had a very cold spell and a thin layer of ice had formed on the pond over night which had killed off the little tadpoles as they had all stopped wriggling. I scooped up about six dead tadpoles from the pond in a coffee jar and just left them in the garage, a week later I was about to empty the jar and found to my amazement that all six dead tadpoles had come to life and where swimming in the jar, I had left the others in the pond but I can't see if any of them had survived because the goldfish may have eaten them. For some days after they hatch tadpoles tend to be quite inactive, particularly if it is cold, to the extent that they can frequently appear dead. This was very noticeable with ours this year. Ahh, that would explain their survival then Stephen. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsular. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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rbel wrote: On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:07:45 +0200, wrote: I had some frogspawn in my pond the other week which was just about to hatch but then we had a very cold spell and a thin layer of ice had formed on the pond over night which had killed off the little tadpoles as they had all stopped wriggling. I scooped up about six dead tadpoles from the pond in a coffee jar and just left them in the garage, a week later I was about to empty the jar and found to my amazement that all six dead tadpoles had come to life and where swimming in the jar, I had left the others in the pond but I can't see if any of them had survived because the goldfish may have eaten them. For some days after they hatch tadpoles tend to be quite inactive, particularly if it is cold, to the extent that they can frequently appear dead. This was very noticeable with ours this year. They were all definitely looking dead, I've still got them in the jar though as I think the goldfish has eaten or will eat the remaining six if I put them back in the pond too soon. Stephen. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsular. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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"JIP" wrote: wrote: I had some frogspawn in my pond the other week which was just about to hatch but then we had a very cold spell and a thin layer of ice had formed on the pond over night which had killed off the little tadpoles as they had all stopped wriggling. I scooped up about six dead tadpoles from the pond in a coffee jar and just left them in the garage, a week later I was about to empty the jar and found to my amazement that all six dead tadpoles had come to life and where swimming in the jar, I had left the others in the pond but I can't see if any of them had survived because the goldfish may have eaten them. Stephen. A winter or so back, I found one of the goldfish from my pond lying in the middle of the lawn, looking very dead - my best guess is that the dam raiding heron had caught and dropped it. There had been a heavy frost and the fish was covered in ice. Just to follow an inkling I put the fish back in the pond, and after some time it swam off to join it's friends. It never tried to escape again!! JIP You just would not believe it, isn't nature very strange indeed the way it appears to bring the dead back to life? Stephen. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsular. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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Jake Nospam@invalid wrote: On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:32:32 +0100, wrote: In message "JIP" wrote: wrote: [snip] Put your jar full back in the pond and let nature take its course. If there's one thing you won't beat, it's nature! BTW, empty the jar into a sandwich bag or similar, tie it and float it in the pond for a while to allow the temperature to equalise before tipping the tadpoles out. Otherwise the temp difference could kill them! Jake I will introduce the tadpoles back into the pond tomorrow in the way you suggested to avoid possible death by temperature differences. Cheers, Stephen. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsular. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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