What do you feed newly emerged tadpoles on, other than each other? We're keeping some in a big jar.?

Answer 1

This web page has algae tadpole food. Other great info on frogs too.
http://www.saurian.net/htm05/terrariumstore_everythingelse.html
I've ordered from here and it is delivered quickly.
Have fun with those tad's

Answer 2

First of all I don't think a jar is a suitable container to keep them in. They will need something with a larger surfact area as they grow. I'm assuming that they have only just hatched - given the time of year, and may still have their gills and be clinging to the side of the jar. As they grow I usually feed mine on lettuce and very small pieces of raw meat, hung on a piece of string and left int eh water for about half an hour. Managed to release 34 froglets last year into the new pond and found our first lot of frog spawn yesterday. We'll leave that to develope on it's own but we usually collect some from a local pond that although full of spawn today , dries up every year before the tadpoles develope. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 3

I would get a ten gallon tank for like 10 bucks at walmart, put a sponge filter in, and feed them finely crushed tropical fish food, maybe some frozen brine. It depends on what kind of tadpoles

Answer 4

In nature, they'd eat algae. That's always a good choice, provided you have a souce near where you live that's in relatively unpolluted water.

A lettuce leaf (boiled or frozen to break down the cell wall first) is another option, possible more convenient. Try to use a leafy lettuce (romaine, endive, escarole, collard greens) instead of a head lettuce (iceberg). you can also but pelleted fish food with spirulina algae as a major ingredient.

As they metamorphose to adults, fruit flies or small crickets depending on their size.

Answer 5

intense protien fish meals. in basic terms what he will consume, in any different case it particularly is going to cloud & bitter the water. They do consume it, nevertheless, & seem to consume around the clock (a minimum of in the time of daylight hours). I raised many bullfrog tadpoles, whilst their pond dried up. They finally climbed out of the small cement pond I placed them in, & dug down into the soil. I met up with numerous on a similar time as gardening (; (Cat or canines dry meals will do in a pinch, yet particularly clouds the water. If it particularly is had to apply a sort of, i could destroy one piece, thenjust placed an exceedingly few crumbs in at a time.)

Answer 6

Go to a 5 or 10 gallon tank - and feed them baby foods especially peas and spinach but don't over feed .

Answer 7

Tadpoles are omnivores- they'll have a go at anything you give them. I kno when my nan used to have a pond, she'd put in a beef heart on a bit of string, which they loved.

Answer 8

Goldfish flakes.

As soon as they get back legs though put them in a pond as they start eating tiny insects then and will die in a jar.

Answer 9

BOILED spinach or cabbage .. mine absolutely went nuts when i put in in their tanks ... the also love blood worms..
i feed mine all three..
make sure you chop up the cabbage and spinach very well

Answer 10

chickweed , fish food pellets , tropical fish flakes main thing not too much don t polute the water they need floating material to cling to when at rest & climb on when older