Raising tadpoles into frogs

These past couple of months, my kiddos have been learning about metamorphosis and the life cycle of a frog. We found some tadpoles, took some home, raised them into frogs, and finally released them.

[@dolinick]

i kept hundreds of tadpoles for 2 months now. i caught them a day or two after they hatched. it has been 2 months and i began releasing them back to my fish pond. i may still have 50 which is still too many for a 20 gallon aquarium. i fed them lots of things but mostly fish pellets. they eat peppers and tomatoes and scrambled eggs. they also ate some goldfish that died in one aquarium. i have been doing 25 percent water changes with plain tap water and it doesn't seem to have hurt them. i know i should let the tap water sit at least a day before adding it but none of my tadapoles have died. they just keep swimming. weather is much cooler now. it gets down to 62 in the house sometimes now.

[@texasianmom6866]

Wow! That's awesome

[@jgeery08]

Im keeping tadpoles to and their doing good.

[@sushifox3931]

Sooooo cute!! 🥰

[@Airsoftsnipingkid]

Great idea for fishing

[@pillowy1526]

Rescued tadpoles like that today from a dried up pond. Thousands more that will prob die. Took five, this was helpful. Do I need to add large rocks so they can get on when grown?

[@texasianmom6866]

Yes. Add larger rocks on one side that way they can hop out of the water

[@pillowy1526]

TexAsian Mom , okay thank you

[@laladydeserpentine5656]

What do u do with the empty eggs?

[@advizedog4131]

Could I grab water from a nearby creek?

[@joeytv7466]

As long as the water isnt badly pollute just NEVER use sink or chlorinated water :)

[@advizedog4131]

Yep! My tadpole is doin great! I have no idea how, but the water is staying cool. The creek water was a bit dirty but the filter made it almost clear.

[@thecarvershowentertainment5137]

Yes

[@spring.got.slayed]

@@joeytv7466 You can if you let it sit for at LEAST 24 hours it lets the chemicals out

[@maddeerain1666]

@@joeytv7466 just wondering, why can't you use sink water? I just heard about this and I am so thankful because I would have used sink water

[@mikebazinga982]

what kind of tadpoles is that?

[@c0c0tube18]

I think just wild domestic regular tadpoles!?

[@texasianmom6866]

Sorry for the late response. Just domestic ones. Got it in a pond

[@dolinick]

how long does it take for them to become frogs? does it take longer in cool weather vs hot summer months?

[@texasianmom6866]

Honestly, I have no idea. But for there's, it took about 2 months

[@avaschaffer4039]

Is it ok for there to be sand at the bottom ?

[@aramiyunstaley5135]

Do I have to release or can I keep

[@DonutKingFilms]

If you kept in captivity their whole life , don’t let them back in the wild before teaching them to hunt, I’m late but if u get more tadpoles listen to this

[@texasianmom6866]

This was an experiment on frog life cycle. We ended up releasing them into a nearby pond/small lake where there were a lot of frogs after a couple weeks of them turning into frogs. We wanted to make sure they were fully grown first.

[@robertyoung1381]

We got some and a few just lost their tails. But they are so tiny, I couldn't imagine them eating a bug yet, what did you feed them? I don't want ours to starve!

[@thewhisperingwoods5069]

Ants will work that's what they put in smaller than a fly

[@aramiyunstaley5135]

Cut up worms

[@skipl9572]

You should search

[@junelobo5285]

What kind of frog is that?

[@texasianmom6866]

Sorry for the late response. I actually have no idea. I didn't grow more than 2"

[@junelobo5285]

@@texasianmom6866 oh ok thanks 👍🏻