Froglets/Tadpoles

[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.

[John]

Read the raising tadpoles section of that article I talked about.

[chumpy100]

heres some more


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

[John]

No, absolutely not.

It looks like it has toe pads so I'm guessing it's a gray treefrog (which is what I thought to begin with).

[chumpy100]

so when my uncle brings a tank down i should set up a habitat with a little more land than water?

could this also be why some of the frogs we put in the pond left?

[Kurt]

Gray treefrogs can survive with just a water bowl. They don't need a half flooded enclosure. The more water in an enclosure the more likely the prey insects will drown.

For those little guys, you're going to need to get fruit flies or some other tiny feeder insects. You will also need to use an enclosure that fruit flies can't escape from. I would use a "critter keeper", with a paper towel in between the top and the rest of the enclosure. This prevents fruit fly escape and allows for good ventalation (very important for treefrogs) and the passing of water. Fruitflies can be purchased on line from Black Jungle or Ed's Flymeat. They can also be purchased at Petco.

[chumpy100]

Since i cant put tap water in with the tadpoles can i take water out of my turtle tank to fill the tadpole tank a little? (i havent put tap into the turtle tank for weeks) The water in the turtle tank is pretty clean and clear too.