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*goes to sit on the other side of the room... away from all the canon peeps... with my beloved Nikon D300s* Another photography nut here!

Absolutely awesome photos Simon!!!

Phew.. that's a relief. Ty!

OMG! So so soooooooo jealous! Would love to have a set up like that for my frogs one day!!

Nope.. tail still SEEMS to be the same length, and he's definitely having no problems at all eating! These guys are greedy wee things! LOL!

But the one who seems to have shrunk, is still not showing any other signs of morphing. no leg buds trying to push through or anything.

Ok, I got my 5 tadpoles from a pond several weeks ago (13th of December to be exact), 2 of which were smaller than the other three. Now the bigger 3 have grown more, but the 2 smaller ones haven't grown AT ALL!!! Plus, one of the 3 bigger ones actually looks like he's shrunk over the last 2-3 weeks! Weird! Can this happen, or am I probably just imagining it? And any ideas as to why the other two haven't grown at all? No idea what water temp is as I don't have a thermometer to check it, so maybe it's the water temp? They're all eating fine and healthy otherwise. Only one of the bigger 3 taddies (the biggest) has actually started to morph... just both his back legs so far. Woulda thought they'd all be nice big taddies and all morphing/morphed by now! So confused! Any advice appreciated. TIA!

That's awesome news ID!! Yay!!

Overfeeding the tadpoles so they're not eating the snails?? Hmm, maybe I need to remove some of the weed then! lol! Never realised boatment could fly!! Always thought they just stayed in the water! There's still about 3 in there, but there were quite a few smaller ones at one stage and never noticed them get bigger.. they just disappeared, which is why I'd thought the taddies might've eaten them. I love watching the watersnails too.. so if they're not actually doing any harm in there, I'll leave them. The babies are such tiny teeny wee things!

When I first caught my tadpoles, I managed to accidently catch a couple of water snails, and I'm guessing, a whole pile of eggs too... then I got them some oxy weed, and I noticed several lots of snail eggs on those! Now my tank has LOTS of baby water snails crawling about. I've been told it's not good with FISH to have too many water snails in the tank, so am wondering if it's the same with tadpoles, or whether they'll eat them? There are a few waterboatmen in there too, and I've noticed all the small ones that were in there, have now gone, and there aren't so many of the big ones either, so I'm guessing the taddies have been eating them. If I need to remove baby water snails... is there anyone wanting any snails??? LOL!

So glad to hear that she seems to be doing better and is now laying ID! Awesome news. :happy1: Good luck with the eggs.. can't wait to see pics of baby BDs!

Absolutely LOVING your photos ID!! I'm slowly getting my head around photography too...focusing mostly on nature photography. Can't wait until my taddies morph so I can practice on them.. lol!

Sorry to hear your BD girl isn't doing too well ID (and for your loss of the one last year. ) I hope she comes right and pulls through ok. Good luck!

Yay.. that would be good. We don't have much space around here, so one tank would be preferable. Thanks for the help guys. Much appreciated. I'm sure there will be PLENTY more questions to come! LOL!

Cool.. I'll sit back and wait to see what happens then, and stop running around frantically trying to find another small tank for when the smaller taddies morph... or should they be kept in a seperate tank even as frogs, since I'm guessing they'll probably end up being small sized Bell frogs??

Yup.. and I hope these ones all are too. I was pretty sure they'd be bell frogs, since Whistlers aren't supposed to be found this far north, but not sure coz of just how tiny the 2 little ones are in comparison to the 3 bigger ones. Maybe they're just a lot younger. :-?

Will probably go with a simple set up for now, with $$ being rather tight... and hopefully be able to upgrade their tank and give them a much better, fancier set up later. I just want to keep it looking as natural as possible.. but have NO idea what I'm doing! LOL! Still trying to figure out what plants to put in too. Don't want anything that'll hurt or poison them. Not sure what killed my last Whistlers when I had them years ago... so really hoping to get it right this time round! Always loved frogs, so really glad I've got them again. Not as cuddly as rats, lol, but just as fun to watch!

Sweet.. thanks. That means I've got some time at least to save up for a bigger tank if needed.. lol! And yes, they're all extremely active and right little piggies! Love their oxy weed!

Thanks ID! I'll have to hope I can get a bigger tank then if they all do turn out to be Bells! But if just the 3 biggies are Bells, then would the size tank I've already got be big enough for 3? Also.. the 3 bigger tadpoles started off quite brown, then one, then two, and now all 3 have started turning quite green (no sign of legs or anything yet tho.. :-? )... is this a GOOD or BAD sign?

Hi all.. I had frogs several years back, but didn't have much luck with them, but really want to try again. I found some tadpoles in a pond back on the 13th December, and bought 6 of them home. I was hoping for one of the Bell type frogs, and 3 of the taddies have grown quite big (5 cm from nose to tail tip), where as the other 3 (1 of which died not long after I brought them home), have stayed rather tiny... about 3 cm from nose to tail tip. So I'm wondering if I have a mixture of Bell and Whistling Tree frogs, although I didn't expect to find any Whistlers up this far north (I'm in Hamilton). I've seperated out the smaller 2 taddies and popped them into a bucket for now, until I can get a 2nd tank). Is it likely these other 2 tiny tadpoles are still Bells, but just really really tiny ones? They've hardly grown in the 2-3 weeks I've had them, whereas the 3 larger taddies have gotten rather fat and big... they really seem to be LOVING the oxy weed I bought them, as do the 6 water snails I seem to have bought home with the taddies too.. lol!! I've done a bit of research, and know that different types of frogs require different set ups, so just wondering what size tank/enclosure I'd need for the two (possible) Whistlers, and how big an enclosure/tank I need for the 3 (possible) Bells (hoping they're the Gold and Green Bells!!)?? The tank that the bigger tadpoles are in is 32cm Wide x 32cm High x 62cm Long. Will that be big enough? From what I've read, it seems the Whistlers need more height than length etc, but Bells need more space width/length-wise. I'm hoping to pick up a cheap tallish tank for the Whistlers (if that's what they are) but doesn't seem to be much around Hamilton on Trade Me at the moment, and can't really afford new. Looking forward to doing up their enclosures once they become frogs, but still not sure what the best way is to set it up... so many awesome set up ideas on this forum! Trying to decide first whether to just have a "pond" in there (in which case, how BIG a pond do Bells/Whistlers actually need?), or just have a good amount of water in the bottom, with rocks/logs etc sticking out for them to climb on. Also not sure with the plants I want to put in there, whether to somehow plant them in there, or just leave them in their pots. ANY and ALL advice/suggestions given to this newbie would be greatly appreciated! TIA!!