Well I gave away all my goldfish that we had in our fish tank (they are very messy fish and not good to have in an aquarium) - took them to Mom and Dad's pond where we got the tadpoles from. So now I have converted my 10 gallon aquarium into my tadpole/frog habitat. We only have 9 tadpoles left from the 30 we got. During my first water change I lost a lot of them but I now have it down to a science. The nine that we have are thriving in their new tank and it looks like they should be getting their back legs soon. After their back legs come in then the front ones develop and soon after that they get their lungs and become cute little frogs. :) The rock that is sticking out of the water in the tank is for the frogs to climb on once their gills are gone. We have yet another tadpole project going on besides this one now too. My Grandma has a pond in her yard as well and she spotted a bunch of tadpole eggs the other day and asked if I wanted some. So now we are "hatching" them! It is pretty interesting to see the eggs change from perfect little circles into tadpoles. Right now they are tiny, squirmy and bean-shaped and they should hatch in a day or two. I will leave them in small containers for about a week or so and then transfer them to the aquarium. It is all really neat to watch and Brenna just loves having them and is learning a lot. Here is a picture of the eggs - it didn't come out very well but Brenna insisted that I post it anyways. You can see some of them pretty well.
Well I will post about them again when we have frogs!
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