Tadpole aquarium set up

[Lija]

Agree, any water conditioner would work even if you use well water. You can use any fish tank conditioners too, i use Prime for everything.

[crazy]

Thanks. I only asked because last time I put a tadpole in regular tap water the next day the poor thing was gone, and that was from the well. The only thing i can think of is that the water was to acidic at the time. Definitely don't want that to happen again.

[Mentat]

Even though well water has no chlorine, some do have heavy metals that could affect the tadpoles. Seachem Prime can neutralize those; so most in here use it, or ExoTerra Aquatize. If planning to introduce tadpoles to un-cycled tank; then recommend use Seachem Stability or similar product .

[ColleenT]

i kept mine in kritter keepers and used an air stone but not all the time, i used the air stone every morning and evening, but did water changes every other day. be careful not to OD with the dechlorinator. i think i must have done that with one water change as i lost a bunch of tads. good luck.

[crazy]

Even though well water has no chlorine, some do have heavy metals that could affect the tadpoles. Seachem Prime can neutralize those; so most in here use it, or ExoTerra Aquatize. If planning to introduce tadpoles to un-cycled tank; then recommend use Seachem Stability or similar product .

I put some of the aquasafe in the aquarium and let it run for 6 hours before doing anything else with it, the few tadpoles I put in there look to be doing okay. They are active and tend to rest on the bottom and on the plant I have in it. I also put some of the water that they were in into the aquarium, the other container is slowly stagnating. So far I have been able to slow the stagnation process though and the tadpoles in both containers seem to be doing well, on the other container I have a heat lamp set to dim to only put out a little heat to keep the water temp from dropping. If i am correct they grow best around a water temp of 72. I have been monitoring that as well and probably can afford to lower it a bit but not by much as the colder the water the slower they develop and the hotter the water the faster; but if I am also correct if they grow to fast they can form deformities. All of the tadpoles have gotten bigger and they seem to be doing well, I feed them every night and take out what they don't eat when I get up. I am watching them very closely.