A few bits of News

Over the last few weeks we have had a real rollercoaster ride with our tank, however we are finally seeing some dividends.

Just this week on close inspection we are seeing the beginnings of the back legs of our tadpole.

The lighter yellow coloured part coming out of the belly is not their legs, but the lines (they look more like legs close up) that are the same colour as the rest of the greenish skin is the start of the legs.  As you can see the nymph wanted to get in on the photo action as well.

We have also noticed a new organism in the water. There are many tiny fleck like spots that zip about in the water now. Mr. C believes this is one of the organisms that the tadpoles feed on, but we don't know for sure. We also don't know the name of these tiny creatures. (Picture posted at the bottom of the page)

We are going to try a less maintenance approach with the tank, as a friend who has successfully raised some tadpoles advised that she did not do much in the way of cleaning or feeding, she simply added pond water every other day or so. Seeing as how our methods have not proved very successful we will give it a try.