Tadpole Diary

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I was thinking that too, however, I think they're getting too big to be chorus frogs. They are already bigger than the toad tadpoles with not even a hint of legs yet. The dark spots are also getting darker and some and still nonexistent on others. We may have 2 different kinds. It will be interesting!

As for the toads, they are growing so quickly! Over the weekend, the house got pretty hot (before I caved and turned on the a/c last night) so I was keeping the lights turned off on all the tanks. When it finally cooled down last night, I turned the lights on the tadpole tank to do a water change, and found this! -

20160530_213714 by A H, on Flickr

We now have 4 toad tadpoles moved over to the grow out container. Once their tails are absorbed and I'm sure they're eating, I'll move them over to a bigger tank with substrate that has been seeded with springtails and isopods.

They are quick little suckers though! They're not easy to catch. I had no idea they would morph so quickly. When we got them, not even 2 weeks ago, they had the tiniest speck of back legs and now they're already just about ready to come out of the water. I have a feeling that more will have front legs tonight because they had some pretty good sized lumps on their front end.