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Posted by titchy redcar, n/yorks (lawtonr2002@hotmail.com) on Mon, Mar 28, 05 at 2:11
At last i have frogspawn! pond is now about 20 months old, saw some frogs last week but aint seen em since, then this morning looked at pond & low & behold frogspawn.
anyone know how long til they hatch ( I am to lazy to get the books out ha ha ) |
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About a week but they spend quite a while on top of the jelly before actually leaving the jelly and swimming free.
I havent had any fresh spawn in a week, then yesterday morning there was a fresh clump in the fish pond. |
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| Alas, no frogs or spawn here. |
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| Northern Irish tadpoles must be very keen, mine take ages to hatch--the ones laid in early March are only just hatching! So I guess they hatch, when they hatch! Local frogs don't know what they are missing Kazzie...5 star accomodation! Hopefully by next year they will get the message. |
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| Hi, i havnt been on here since last spring, i dont think. I dont have any frogspawn in my pond, but there was some in a nearby ditch that was drying out, so i rescued it and put it in a bucket. A couple of the tadpoles have hatched, but seemed to fall strait to the bottom of the bucket, apparently dead! Having read more about them, i'm worried they could have been knocked off the jelly too early, if the bucket was disturbed.
How long do they stay on the jelly before swimming free? |
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Until its all gone or they get knocked off.
They will probably find something else to eat instead
they can escape predators easier in the jelly though.
safety in numbers..
Dave |
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| Hi, mine was laid 16 to 19 March, and today it is almost fully hatched. Most are still on.top of the spawn but some are free swimming with their gills showing. |
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Yes, I've got thousands swimming about today
They must have come out for a bit of sunbathing.
Dave |
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I saw my first tadpole swimming away yesterday. They were laid the same week as dampflippers. Scarlettt did you put anything in the bucket for the tadpoles to rest on or to eat? How is your pond now, and did you ever get your mum to let you have a bigger one nearer the house as you wanted?
Alison |
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wow, im suprised you remember me!
yeah, i put some elodea and some watercress in, but so far any that have left the jelly are just sticking on the side of the bucket.
My pond is ok, it looks a total mess just because im too lazy to look after things propperly, but its full of life and all the plants are growing well.
The pond near the house never happened *sigh* but its being talked about again now :-D |
RE: spawn at last
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| they have finallly hatched after 20 days, i must have had the slow developers, hope they are a bit faster at swimming or the fish will have em ha ha |
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