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My fiance and I went out to our local pond this afternoon to check out a beaver family we discovered last year. While there, we found what looked like at least a couple hundred thousand tadpoles. Knowing that our children would love the experience, we caught a few and brought them home. these tads aren't even the size of my pinkie finger nail yet, so I am unsure as to what they are eating. Can someone give me an idea? I know for larger tadpoles I would feed fish flakes or algae wafers. Would this be okay for them as well?

LoneGreyWolf20

Some say you can shred the flakes very fine or even use the algae wafers. I have also heard of something like boiling some greens to like a paste and then using the paste with a dropper. I believe algae wafers would work though. someone more knowledgable may know but I noticed nobody was replying so I figured I'd at least reply... Jon Runde
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Thank you for the reply.

I was wondering if live algaw would be best? I have a turtle tank with a RES in it that I have had for lcose to a year now and the last couple weeks, the algae has gone into full bloom in the tank. So I can scrape off some of the algae if you think that they would like that?

LoneGreyWolf20

wow, thats a lot of tads! i have about 30 small american toads tads and one large bullfrog tad, they eat: fish food, plants, tadpole food, and algae wafers (don't put too much of these in cause it makes it hard for them to breathe if there is too high a concentration) and an occasiional dead bug. you can also buy algae sheets.