Tadpoles! - Frog Watch 2020
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2020
- The tadpoles have hatched from the spawn I collected last week, so join me in this week's episode of Frog Watch to find out more.
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You need promoting so many kids don’t know about nature And you make it very interesting and captivating
Thank you, that's very kind of you. Feel free to share these videos with anyone you think might be interested.
I’m surprised that all of them hatched despite being half white. It’s amazing how fast they grow and develop. Look forward to next week
I was expecting a spawn failure, like last year, but I was really happy to see them all develop.
I still tune in every year for these haha.
Ha ha! That's great :-)
Oh wow! When I saw the white spots I thought we'd get maybe half the spawn to grow, but they look like they are thriving!
Great work :)
Thanks! I wasn't hopeful, but then they suddenly developed.
You deserve a tv show great stuff me and the kids Fixated top job
Thank you so much!
Greg I love these videos so much! Like they just brighten my day
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying them :-)
@@GregsWildlife They are so awesome!!
Just been sorting out our wildlife area, spring is coming!😂 great vid👍🏻
I can't wait for sunny weather and warm temperatures when all the insects start to come out more.
I absolutely agree
I’m so glad I found these. We’ve just set up our own tank and this is very helpful!
Fantastic! I love it when people follow along at home with their own tadpoles. Make sure you let me know how you get on. If you ever have any questions, please do ask :-)
Thank you! We plan on setting up a little blog for a school project. We’ve found a little baby newt in our little tank. Any advice on how to care for this?
We have now got a Facebook page - our frog project for our own little journey. We would love to know if you’re on Facebook too?
Yes I am, facebook.com/GregsWildlife/
Newts are not something I've deliberately looked after. A couple of years ago I did have a couple of babies accidentally get into the tank - I think their eggs sneaked in on some plants I took from the pond. They seemed to live fairly happily. Newts are carnivorous right from hatching, so they might like some bits of boiled fish, or bloodworm. There's the possibility they might eat the tadpoles, but if it's anything like I had a few years ago, the tadpoles will be much bigger than the newts and so I don't think there's much danger of that.
Nice! I remember watching the original 2016 or 2017 series! :3
Nice! Glad to have you back. Hopefully the quality of the videos has improved since the first series
Thanks for the encouraging video.
Thanks for watching :-)
that’s mad! I got tadpoles at the start of feb and now I’ve let them go as little frogs:)
Wow, really!? That's crazy fast. I've never known development to be anywhere near as quick as that. I expect to release these towards the end of July, although I do keep them as little frogs for a few weeks after they come out of the water.
Sometimes tadpoles will not develop at all one year and overwinter as tadpoles and so will develop quickly when spring comes and will be the first little frogs to leave the pond, maybe that's what happened to yours?
Excellent update! I'm wondering though whether the excess tadpoles you release back to the pond will die of shock at the change in temperature from your tank to the pond?
That could be a possibility. I'll try to minimise the shock by leaving the jar or whatever I transport them in to cool down to outside temperatures.
Mine are like beans at the moment 😂
They do grow fast!
Great video! Do blackbirds eat frogspawn?
Yes, many birds and other animals will eat the spawn and the tadpoles when they hatch.
Greg's Wildlife is there anyway to stop them or is it best to just let it be
I would just let it happen. That's why one frog can lay up to 2 or 3 thousand eggs, it's quantity over quality with frogs, only around 5 will make it to adulthood. The thing is with nature, if you save one animal, you're starving another. It's unlikely that the birds will eat every single one, I'm sure some tadpoles will make it.
Where can i find tadpoles i want to release some in my pond so they come back each year and spawn but i cant find no spawn or tadpoles in my local river
Frogs don't lay spawn in rivers because the water flows too fast - tadpoles are not good swimmers. You'll need to look in still water like lakes and ponds.
A word of warning however, if your pond doesn't have frogs in it already it might not be a suitable habitat to support introduced spawn. I would advise you let the frogs find your pond naturally. The other problem is if your area already has an established population of frogs, you might cause a bit of overpopulation with the introduced tadpoles and there's always a low risk of transferring diseases that might not be present in your area, but do come from the pond you take the spawn/tadpoles from.
I just built my pond it’s natural and is really big havent seen a frog since 2008 in my area
We just got some spawn and had them for a couple days. We have many that are turning white/grey with a little black in the middle still. Have they not made it? Thankyou for your videos they are helpful while we are trying to learn what to do. Thanks!
I'm glad my videos have been helpful :-)
When the spawn turns grey it usually means they are dead or perhaps were never fertilised to begin with. But don't give up on them just yet, I did have some spawn that looked like it was turning grey, but then they hatched out just fine.
Even if they do turn out to not develop, you can leave them in your tank as a food source for the ones that do hatch. After a few days if it hasn't all been eaten, you can remove it if you want, but tadpoles do a pretty good job of cleaning up!
I have seen one of my tadpole has tow heads and I called hime mega each like a super bird wacher
Two heads? That's interesting. I doubt it will survive unfortunately.
@@GregsWildlife I am taking good care of him I will tell you it’s he services
Hi I have my tadpoles in a tank and I have a stony beach made out of gravel and a rock, one of the tadpoles is a froglet and still has its tail but it never comes on land. Also what should I feed them when they are froglets
The best thing to feed them as a first food is aphids. Find a plant in the garden that has a load of aphids on them (like a nettle or dandelion) and just snip of the stem and place the whole thing in the tank. The frogs should just pick them off.
Once the frogs get bigger you can move on to banded crickets (size 2 is best).
I’ve just looked for aphids and I can’t find any, do they eat ants?
I've never had success with ants, the frogs have always spit them out. If you can't find any aphids or blackfly or anything similar, you may need to order something online. Flightless fruit flies or hatchling size crickets are good.
I'd recommend livefoodsdirect.co.uk
I found some today so sorting the tank out ready tomorrow to get them
Brilliant! Hope you have fun.
Hi im just wondering when should u move the tadpoles with front and back legs into another enclosure
Pretty much as soon as their front legs emerge they are ready to come out, you may notice they start to climb the side of the tank, or perch on top of a plant or rock, trying to get out of the water. If you see that, then it's time to get them out.
Thanks
Hold on i read takes 3 weeks for them to hatch from being laid!
It always seem to go much quicker in the tank. I suspect that the much warmer temperatures inside play a big part in that. Out in a pond that's still experiencing cold March temperatures that's probably about right.
What plants to oxygenate the water
Most plants sold for aquariums will oxygenate the water. Look for plants like hornwort or elodea, but really anything is better than plastic plants.
Thanks Greg gonna go for my Daily exercise tomorrow with dogs and kids to the frog pond