i have many embryos and keeps on wiggling around the container and brownish color and the container is getting cloudier , Can i transfer them to a cleaner water container or will i just hurt them?or maybe i should wait till they become tiny tadpoles??
You don't want to put them in completely new water. You can either get a new container and put a little more than half the old water in the new container and fill the rest with new water. Or you can leave them in the old container and only change 10% of the water with new water. When I had my eggs, I did 10% water change every couple of days. Once the tadpoles hatched you should do small water changes every day. Either have something very large for them to be in or divide the babies into smaller groups. It depends on how many babies you will have. You want to avoid over crowed conditions as the water quality will go down rapidly from so much waste and the tadpoles usually don't like being crammed all together in a tight space (some will even eat each other).
You want to avoid 100% water changes as it can shock their systems and they will die. Also make sure new water added has had time to become the same room temperature as the water they are already in. Too cold or too hot can also shock them and they will die. I learned that the hard way when I was a kid.
Tadpoles grow fast and eat a lot. Meaning they will also poop a lot. Small daily water changes are necessary unless you have a filter.
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