Congrats looks good to me but I don't have much experience

 

That's a tadpole mansion. it'll be fine in there. I have my tadpoles in 2oz condiment cups with an oak leaf or two. My tinc tadpoles are in slightly larger cups (about 4oz)

 

Congrads! I just set up little 2.5 gal for my Isabel tads. Same kind of deal but with java moss not duck weed.

 

Looks great! I use smaller cups with a simular setup..

 

Hi!

The container looks great, you did a very good job!
I do think the tadpole has a little bit too much water for it's size though!

Marta

 

Looks fantastic. Nice job. Happy tad raising.

 

Thanks everyone!

@Dendrobati:
Can having too much water be a bad thing?

 

Well, the tadpole looks very young (couple days out of the water at the most? At least it seems like it).
I also assume you also took her out of the petri dish or wherever you had the eggs as soon as it hatched.

Right when they hatch, they normally don't move that good.

As a cause of my own experience, I do put new tadpoles in shallow water for 1 week. The mortality rate of my tads was bigger when I put them right in deeper water.

Either way, the change (from deep to shallow water) worked extremely well for me, so I am just sharing my experience If that water level works for you, than don't change a thing!

Marta

 

I'm fairly new to it myself but I like to keep them in smaller 2oz cups at first and don't feed until I see them leave waste. Usually about a week.

 

Congrats man! I had my first tads just recently as well. I waited a week until feeding them and had the water relatively shallow. So far they're doing great!

 

Hmmm so would it be ok to leave the tads in the petri dish together after they "hatch" before transferring them to tad containers?

 

I've known people to leave tads in Petri dishes 3-4 days. As long as there some water in the dish, the tad will be fine. Don't forget That in The wild, frogs deposit tads in puddles, seed pods, plants that reach near drying. They're pretty resilient. Although I wouldn't push them to the extremes, a shallow Petri with a bit of water is perfectly acceptable for a few days.

 

I always leave mine for 2 days in the petri dish (I do increase the water level a little bit). If after 2 days they look big enough and move fast enough I move them to the container.

If not, I can leave them there for up to 1 week. Never lost any tadpole doing it.

Marta

 

I put my SI tadpoles in a 2.5 gal tank with 2" water. It also contains rocks that are taller than the water level for the froglets to crawl on to.

 

So today I saw my tadpole quickly swimming around in circles -- I've only seen it just chilling before. Is this normal? Do they get more active? or is something bothering it?

 

Yes, tadpoles definitely get more active as they get older. At least in my experience they begin to develop a routine of swimming and hovering at the surface and then swimming back down to cover when they see movement. All seems well

 

OK one more question:

Ive noticed a lot of bubbles right under the surface of the water. I'm assuming it's from the tad breathing lol. Are they being held there by surface tension? Or like, bacterial film or something?

 

Ok, here's a ~1 month update:

It's gotten HUGGGGEEEEE. It's at least 1 inch long with the tail. Hungry too, I've witnessed the bugger gobbling down some duckweed even!

Here's the first pic for comparison:

 

So my tad's got some legs! The back legs have come out, and I can see some bumps for the front legs. Are the back legs supposed to be totally developed by the time the front legs start developing? I just want to check if this guy is developing normally; here's a pic:

 

From the goodly few we have raised all seems spot on. For me at least the best bit is just around the corner,over the coming days you'll see the marking start to appear.I think it's species dependent on when exactly this happens,is this tad tinc clade? It looks like it.As the front arm/leg bulges get bigger so colour and pattern will appear quite rapidley.As above one of the most wonderful things about darts is not only does one get the miracle of metamorphosis,but that added extra of extraordinary colour.It's not hard to see why folks get addicted to darts is it?

best

Stu

 

OH! Yes! It's an azureus tad, in fact . I can just start to see some blue and spotting show up. I'll post another updated pic when i get the chance!

 

New pic! Sorry for the quality =\

Front legs have popped out! Looking very healthy so far =]

At this point he'll stop eating, right?

 

Ok, here's some update pics:

Froggy:

I've seen him completely out of the water stuck to the side of the container. I have a lid on in case he decided to jump lol

I added some more moss, in case he decides to come up for good:

Edit:
So I've read a lot about SLS, so I've been pretty worried in general about my first tad having it. I think it's safe to say though, that he looks very healthy

 

Hey Dan,
don't we all worry about SLS mate especially on the first tad!! I don't feel qualified to say healthy from a pic,but I can tell you that if he was here I'd be thrilled to bits and looking forward to watching him take his first grub. I think you have done a great job mate,he's everything I would hope for,
good luck and congratulations.

Stu

 

He should be out of the water by now?

He looks very healthy, you did a great job!

Marta

 

Oh yes, here's some updates:

This is my grow out container

I started out with some moist sphag to keep the humidity up. I sprinkled it lightly with some yeast, and added 3 different kinds of springs (seeded lightly).

Added lots of leaf litter to hide and play

Mr Froggy in his new home!