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I was wondering if the tadpoles need oxygenated water(like with a powerhead or bubble rock), or some sort of filter.
Plus, what is the best thing to feed tadpoles?

I have my Red Eyed Tree Frog tads set up in a 10 gallon (there are 8 of them) with a carbon filter, heater "oxygen weed" and a few largs rocks to hold the plants down with.

As for feeding, tads will eat fish flake, algea sinking wafers and frozen bloodworms. They also munch on the oxygen weed alot too.
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Heather

Chilean Christmas Toad
(B.Varigatus)

You just need spring water,and you can feed the tadpoles fishflakes or frog and tadpole bites you find in the petshops.

I personally haven't had much luck with those Frog and Tad bites. My Red Eyed nor my Leos would eat them and the deconposing pellets caused an infestation of these tiny little white worms. (I can't remember what they were called)

Best to stic with fish flake, algea wafers, bloodworms and live plants like oxygen weed (which not only do they like to eat, but it also add oxygen to the water)
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Heather

Chilean Christmas Toad
(B.Varigatus)

I dont use the frog and tadpole bites exclusively.Just a very small amount.What are those whites worms?and where do they come from?

I found it... they are called planaria. They are harmless and are caused by an abundance of uneaten food in the tank. You can get rid of them by either a full cleaning of the tank (which can be stressful on the fish and amphibians) or you can do more frequent, gradual water changes and clean out the waste to reduce their numbers. Once the food matter is removed they tend to just die off.
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Heather

Chilean Christmas Toad
(B.Varigatus)

Thanks dudes, I have them in a 10-gallon tank with one of those undergravel filter systems, a powerhead, 1 1/2 inches of gravel, 2 large flat rocks, a larger, semi circular rock, a heater, and i'm gong to be getting a carbon filter thing.
I feed them fish flakes and sinking algae wafers, (there are also these underwater plant seeds in there as well.