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Day 1: https://steemit.com/nature/@ribbitingscience/raising-tadpoles-days-0-2
Day 54 - The most advanced tadpole is now at stage 64, there will be barely any tail left by tomorrow, mostly a stump. At that point, I have our first froglet separated from the tadpoles due to both dietary and safety concerns. The froglets will be fed small pellets twice a day. During the final transition, the froglets used the energy from absorbing their tails to fully develop lungs, a solid food digestive tract to replace their mouth filters, and the removal of their gills. I'll be removing the froglet first thing in the morning and placing it into the five gallon tanks for temporary holding.After the daily water change, I noticed the froglet using its hands to try and dig around - the universal African Clawed Frog gesture for "food!" I decided to try feeding it a piece tonight and it was immediately eaten, along with a few others. The tail stump is mostly gone and it's time to separate the little froglet from the tadpoles as soon as possible.
In order to set up the holding tank, tomorrow, I'm going to change about 10% (about 2.6 gallons) of the water from the main tank and place 2.5 gallons into the five gallon holding tank, this way I wont have to worry about balancing the water parameters, since the water hardness levels in the main tank and tadpole tank are the same. I plan for the three/five gallon to be a temporary measure for a day or two until I set up and test the tank divider in the main tank. I may have to add a layer or two of screen to the divider to reduce the water flow in the divided off section since the froglets are still extremely small and will have great difficulty swimming in such a current.
The assembly of the divider was very simple. There are four bars, two for the top/bottom, two for the sides, eight suction cups that attach to the sides, and 16 pins that hold the rubber screen and bars together. I'll cut out a section or two of window screen that will fit..
