Metamorphasis tank

[Kermitthefrog01]

I have about 20-30 tree frog tadpoles. When I got them they were about 1/4" which was about 1 week ago-2 weeks ago. They are growing quick, everyday it seems like they've gotten a little bit bigger then they were before. I'm not seeing any legs yet on the larger tadpoles or smaller ones but I'm hoping to see some pretty soon. Its my first time working with tree frog tadpoles (had bullfrog tadpoles) so I don't know how to make a metamorphosis tank. Also is it true that I should separate the bigger toads from the smaller ones because it could slow down the processes of the bigger ones hatching. Any ideas or recommendations? Thanks!!!

[irThumper]

What kind of tree frogs are they? Have pics?

[Crunchy Frog]

Hi, and sorry it's taken so long for me to get back to you on this. I'm dealing with some new froggies of my own, plus a bunch of other issues.

I couldn't tell you whether my way is the "right" way, but I can say that, out of nearly 60 Gray tree frog tadpoles, I didn't have a single one that failed to metamorphose successfully.

I used medium sized Kritter Keepers (or whichever brand was available). For supplies I got lots of large grained aquarium gravel, a gallon bag of sheet moss from Josh's Frogs, http://www.joshsfrogs.com/sheet-moss-1-gallon.html (that's a LOT of moss, and vastly better and cheaper than the "Frog Moss" that you see in pet shops), a Cork Gallon Bag from
NEHERP (that's lots of small cork pieces in a big bag, for only 7.99) http://www.neherpetoculture.com/wood . I also got a bunch of Pothos cuttings; basically basically chopped my mother's houseplants to shreds. It's also a good idea to order a fruit fly culturing kit, and get started culturing them right away.

It's a pretty simple setup, with the gravel sloped so that it's deep at one end, to provide dry land, and shallow at the other (1/4 to 1/3 of the total) for a water section that's just barely deep enough for a tadpole with 4 legs to completely submerge itself. You cover the "land" section with wet sheet moss, and place one or two small cork pieces there. The Pothos cutting can be placed at the margin, with the stem planted in the gravel, and submerged in the water. This is what the basic setup looks like.

[Crunchy Frog]

This is a continuation from my other post.

With your number of tadpoles, you could possibly do 3 or 4 Kritter Keepers like that, and use them as growout tanks after the tads morph, depending on their size and activity level. I found that this was not possible to do with my Grays, and ended up using 5 ten gallon tanks as growout tanks. They were fairly good sized and very active, though. You could just play your situation by ear and see how it goes with your froglets.

As far as your question about separating smaller and larger tads, I don't see any reason to. There will generally be all sized and ages of tads in a body of water where they're breeding, and it doesn't seem to be a problem. I had different sizes of tads (roughly 30 to a partially filled, 10 gallon tank) and never had any issues.

Here are some more pics from the morphing tanks:

This shows roughly how deep the water sections were. I also found that it made the tads feel more secure to add a sprig or two of water plants, and seemed to help with the water quality too.

The wet moss provides a nice, comfortable, moist area for the new metamorphs.

Being tree frogs, they will appreciate being able to climb and perch on the leaves and stems of the Pothos cuttings.

Newly morphed frogs are very vulnerable to drowning, which is why you keep the water so shallow.

The tads won't necessarily like being moved to the new tanks, but it's for their own good.

And one more vid, just for the hell of it.

I apologize for all the pics and vids, but I kind of like showing them off, LOL.

You will want to get your supplies together ASAP (especially the fruitflies) as the tads will likely surprise you with how quickly they develop.

Let me know if there are any particular questions I can answer for you.

[Kermitthefrog01]

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Here's some of the pics of my tadpoles but thanks for the info it was really helpful


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[Crunchy Frog]

Nice pics! They look like they very well might be Grays, but then I think you have lots of tree frog species where you are. (You said you're from Florida, right?) I don't know what the other types of tree frog tads look like, or how similar or different they may look from Grays. It will be exciting to see what they turn into.