A TADPOLE OR TWO

Some of you might remember my post saying that for the very first time since I built my pond, 20 years ago, that this is the first year I've had Frog Spawn in it. I took a jug full of spawn out of the pond and put it in a plastic bucket because I didn't know how it would survive with fish being in the pond, and still left a great portion of it sitting in the weeds. Anyway I thought you like to see the progress:

Before, when it was just spawn in the bucket:



And today with a bit more movement in it!:



What I would be grateful for now is some advice on what to do with all these Tadpoles. Do I keep them in the bucket for a while or put them in the pond at the mercy of the fish?

 

Thanks, Ziggy. I have actually crumbled up some fish flakes and dropped them in, but that was as a trial to see if it worked as I was worried how them getting food from somewhere.......so I did something right! How long before they mature??

 

I can't see the spawn in the weeds any more, gcc, but as the fish swim past they give me the Thumbs Up!! I'm hoping that some of those in the pond will have survived as [a] they were laid on top of a dense jungle of weed and there are plenty of hiding places amongst the marginals plants etc.

Thanks again, Ziggy. I'll keep feeding them crushed fish flakes and keep and eye on them. I'll post some more pics as things develop.

 

Thanks for that, loveweed. Luckily where the bucket is situated is in semi shade and also in the shelter of the pond bench.

 

Good idea, strongylodon, especially about the weed! I'll put them into two large buckets with pond weed tomorrow.

 

That thought was wandering around at the back of my mind, Jack, to be honest. I'll wait until they get legs and then put a flat stick in each bucket lying against one side and see what happens.