New Tad

[Amphibians]

So at the pet store the other day they accidentally got a tadpole in with some fish and they let me have it for two dollars. its very big, I'l post a picture tommorow, everyones guess was that its a bullfrog. My question is how should I set it up and care for it as it morphs, and also what do I feed it in each stage? I've got him right now in a small 2.5 tank with about two inches of water. I've been giving him fish flakes but he doesnt seem to take to them, I was going to get some algae disks tommorow, they said he goes after those. advice?

[Amphibians]

Really? Nobody has any advice? I could use it.

[John]

Same advice as is in the Gray Tree Frog article rearing section.

[Tom Highum]

One thing to keep in mind is that bull frogs get very big.

[Ebony]

Hi Richie, First of all, Congratulations on your new addition to your pet family. I don't know much about Bull Frogs but if the Tad doesn't seem keen on the fish flakes then what I give my tadpoles is Blanched lettuce, they go nuts for it. You wash it thoroughly then blanch it, don't boil it as you take out the goodness,and then freeze it. When you need some you just great it into their water. Give that a go. Having one Tad you wont need too much. Just try a little to start with.

[Amphibians]

Tom- I have no problem with big, I actually prefer it

Thanks ebony! I'l try that

[Kiwi Photography]

As odd as it is my tad has been doing fabulously on shrimp pellets. He LOVES them and he seems quite healthy. Once in the water for a few minutes they 'explode' to a sort of powdery mush, which is easy for him to eat. I'm not sure of the nutrition in them considering I've mostly heard of feeding them lettuce and such but he seems well. But Beware- I have to change his water every day because of the many little pieces left behind and becuse of his poop. Never would I have guessed he would poop so much.

[Iratus ranunculus]

As odd as it is my tad has been doing fabulously on shrimp pellets. He LOVES them and he seems quite healthy. Once in the water for a few minutes they 'explode' to a sort of powdery mush, which is easy for him to eat. I'm not sure of the nutrition in them considering I've mostly heard of feeding them lettuce and such but he seems well. But Beware- I have to change his water every day because of the many little pieces left behind and becuse of his poop. Never would I have guessed he would poop so much.

I have had really good luck with sinking salmon pellets.

[Amphibians]

This thread is pretty old, I actually use crickets now

[Kiwi Photography]

haha yeah, I'm pretty new with this stuff so I was just reading through any threads that I thought might have any good info or just any that looked interesting(: