Help with RETF tads...

[ulyssis]

Not normal, no. My rate of loss is close to zero when growing RETF tadpoles. Why are you using distilled water instead of treated tap water?

I was advised to use either distilled, RO or treated tap. No reason other than that.

[Diver]

Can't say I've ever heard of anyone using pure water for tadpole rearing, if anything minerals are considered vital same as in frog water bowls. They don't live in pure water in the wild after all. It's the only obvious thing you're doing differently apart from mine get fed a lot more, at 4 weeks they should be emerging from the water. Do they have back legs yet?