Hi I'm new

[Leanne]

Hi, Thank you for all your suggestions and help I tried to attach photos of the tank to my last reply but for some reason they didn't attach, It is about half land and half water and we are feeding him crickets. Here are the photos of the tank

[Kurt]

I am concerned about the gravel. Is it small enough to fit in the frog's mouth? If so, remove it ASAP. You do not want the frog accidently ingest it and becoming impacted, which can lead to its death. Think of gastrointestinal impaction as constpation from Hell!

[Leanne]

what should I use instead?

[Ebony]

Hi Leanne, Great Tank. I would definitely replace the gravel or stones asap as Kurt said. I have large rocks in my Enclosure and on top of that I have sphagnum moss. The Sphagnum is not sitting in water and thrives in this situation. Its great for greenery. I'm not familiar with your Frog though so you may need to look into their needs first. I have a photo of my set up in my album if you want to see what I mean. I hope this has helped.

[Greatwtehunter]

The easiest thing to do would be to remove all of the gravel from the water portion and replace it with a light layer of sand. Then remove the gravel that would be above the waterline, place down a portion of window screen (the plastic type) and then replace the gravel you removed with some coco fiber.

However, if your going to keep it's setup semi-aquatic for an extended period of time then I would recommend using a false bottom setup.

[Leanne]

Hi,
We have obtained some 40 or so tadpoles to raise to frogs, my local reptile aquarium has suggested a small tank set up with oxygenating plants using unpolluted rain water with gravel at the bottom big enough for them to not ingest and a diet of blanched lettuce and some protein based tablets. Does this sound ok or does anyone have any better suggestions, we think they may be spotted marsh tadpoles.
Cheers Leanne

[Ebony]

Hi Leanne, What type of Tadpoles? I think it sounds good to me. I would suggest not to feed too much. Little and often is better. Its best that there's no left over food floating round in their water as it makes the water dirty. I also feed my tadpoles crush up fish flakes. I would love to see your Tadpoles progress. Good luck

Oh i just thought..With the lettuce you can freeze it once blanched and then you don't have to keep preparing it. You wont need to prep much though as you only have 40 Tadpoles.

[Leanne]

Hi Ebony,
I'm unsure of the species of tadpoles but we are assuming spotted marsh as we dont have a great deal of variety here in melbourne