Tadpole identification?

[Kurt]

You're welcome

"Domo arigato Mr Roboto domo domo"

[Crystal6]

You're welcome

"Domo arigato Mr Roboto domo domo"

Thanks again. But now I have 2 more questions.

First: For the aquarium plants you mentioned (to assist in him climbing out)... would frog moss be okay? (Zilla Premium Compressed Frog Moss 3.5 Ounce - 100009878)

Second... My tadpole has been doing something that kinda makes me paranoid. He sometimes lays or swims on his back. (It scared the **** out of me to see him just kinda floating there like that but when I poked him with a spoon he started swimming frantically again for a few seconds before doing it again.) He still eats and swims every now and then but sometimes he does so upside down... (Which looks very odd.)



^ it looked something like that. Should I be worried? Or is this normal.

[Crystal6]

After observation I think it might actually have air in it's body. Because it keeps swimming around in little circles as though it's trying to dive but then it gets tired and takes little breaks back in the back-float position.

[CrazyAirborne]

i dont know where, but i just read something this week about how tadpoles do get bubbles inside them, and it can be a bad thing if they dont get it out. I also have some tads that Im trying to ID. but they are super small right now, Ive had them hatch from eggs.

[Crystal6]

i dont know where, but i just read something this week about how tadpoles do get bubbles inside them, and it can be a bad thing if they dont get it out. I also have some tads that Im trying to ID. but they are super small right now, Ive had them hatch from eggs.

How do I get them out?

[Kurt]

The plants I am refering to are live Java moss and anacharis.

Every tadpole I have seen like this has died. Sorry.

[Crystal6]

The plants I am refering to are live Java moss and anacharis.

Every tadpole I have seen like this has died. Sorry.

Aww. Does this mean I am free to try crazy things like squeezing the air bubble out of him or should I just wait it out?

[Kurt]

That's up tp you.

[Crystal6]

*tries* Yeah that's not happening. He is way too squishy and slippery. (So I am afraid I will harm him and if I try to take my time he slips away)

I'll just put him in an upside down glass with some food stuck at the top so he can eat and maybe let it out on his own. (Wow I have bad luck with Spring Peepers.)

[Bill B]

Crystal, How did you find it? I looked desparately in a wetland where bunches of Sping Peeper were calling here in Michigan, but found none. Are you warm to breed earlier there in Maine? I think our season started about the second week in April

[Iratus ranunculus]

I have had tadpoles clear it on their own. It is an internal infection called Dropsy, the best treatment is to clean up the tank water and if you want to risk skin damage treat with something like Fishcyline. If he is dead... at least you know for the future. As for identification, the USGS has a comprehensive tadpole key. I could ID him if I had pictures at a full dorsal, ventral, and profile shot.