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    Default Help with tadpoles please

    My albino clawed frogs mated for the first time and I'm losing the tadpoles. They lived for about a week and were free swimming and seemed to be eating crushed frog pellets and a lettuce leaf...10 died today. I was not planning this at all, so I'm reading up real quick, but I don't seem to be doing very well. Can someone give me some basics?

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    Tadpoles are often difficult to care for. Here are some things to consider:

    1) Water must be clean. 25-50% of the water should be changed daily.
    2) The pH should range between 6.5-7.5.
    3) The temperature between 68-75 (F)
    4) Food size is critical. I recommend using a specially formulated tadpole food from Xenopus Express Homepage. Good luck and don't give up

    Quote Originally Posted by April View Post
    My albino clawed frogs mated for the first time and I'm losing the tadpoles. They lived for about a week and were free swimming and seemed to be eating crushed frog pellets and a lettuce leaf...10 died today. I was not planning this at all, so I'm reading up real quick, but I don't seem to be doing very well. Can someone give me some basics?
    Terry Gampper
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    “If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
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    Adrian Forsyth

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