Quote Originally Posted by Geoff View Post
I suspect that it's probably the small water volume and poor water quality that's inhibiting the tadpoles' development rather than the food. A 6" cube is very tiny for two tadpoles.
Thanks so much for your helpful comments. This place we got the tadpoles from said that the 'tube town' was a great little tank for raising a couple tads. We have not had a lot of luck with the instructions we were given. They say to do a 25% water change once a week. I have found that changing more often seems to keep them happier. I saw the tub of tadpoles in one of the links sent to me, and that seems like a great way to keep the water fresh. The sellers also said, NO TAP WATER period. But I saw that people do use dechlorinated tap water or tap water that has set for 24 hours.

I have also heard conflicting information about aerating the water or filtering for tads. It would seem that filtering would be counter productive for them, but are they sensitive to the water movement?