HELLO TADPOLE PERSON!! !
i have babies in a vat of ditch water i collected and i would like to know what i should feed them when they get big. boiled lettuce is a familiar one but don't they get carnivorous later on? very excited to see Little Guys grow :]
Greetings human being that I don’t know, I am here to answer your inquiries.
First off, it all depends on the species, so I’ll go in general.
Food wise, boiled lettuce or plant matter in general will do, but you can also feed them fish flakes for omnivorous or herbivorous fish that you poke at the surface of the water till they sink. When they are younger though they don’t need much food because they will eat the egg jelly.
Age and time wise,
🤷♂️
It really depends on the species.
If I use some local species of mine as an example, the time difference is insane;
For example, American toads develop fast, going from rectangle with 4 cells to tiny frog in around 2 months
American bullfrogs however can take up to three years, but that makes sense considering they are the largest North American frog.
So in conclusion, raising tadpoles depends on the species. Food wise they are generally mostly herbivorous feeding on algae and plants, but will eat meat if they have the occasion (for example a fallen brethren). Time wise; usually shouldn’t take too long, depending when they hatch, and where they were found, it should take enough time so that they fully metamorphose for the end of summer. For example with American toads, they start breeding as soon as it gets a little warm, and they raid the shores (yes raid is an appropriate term) in august so that they have enough time to develop and grow before winter.
I hope this book of text is helpful, I have only raised tadpoles twice and so far the results are 50/50.
Forgot to mention the weekly partial water changes because they poop a lot
