Froglets/Tadpoles

[chumpy100]

My Uncle took me to a place to snag some tadpoles, i got about 50, gave half to him. Three of the ones i kept had all four legs and a tail, now a few days later they barely have a tail and like to be out of the water. I have no idea what kind of frog they are. Is it normal for them to climb up the side of the tank? They have a greenish back and brownish legs. Thanks, this is the first time ive raised tadpoles.

[John]

Some will try to climb out but many will drown at this stage. You need to give them a very low water level. Have a look at the section on raising tadpoles and froglets in the Gray Treefrog Care article (linked in the navigation bar at the side of this page) - it applies to your situation when it comes to losing the tail and leaving the water.

If you can take a decent photo of them we can try to identify the species for you.

Welcome to the forum.

[chumpy100]

this is the best pic i could get, they look the same as this one. He is sitting on a floating turtle log i have in there, hes not climbing up a tree =)

[John]

Does he have toe discs? It's hard to tell from you photo.

[chumpy100]

give me a few min ill get a closer pic without the net on, and would tadpoles be ok in a tank with a RES, and what should i feed them, i read lettuce somewhere, is that fine?

[John]

No idea what a RES is. Tropical fish food is good for tadpoles.

[chumpy100]

heres some more


A RES is a Red Eared Slider (aquatic turtle) i know he likes to eat minnows though.