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Post by rowanberry on May 18, 2015 14:15:36 GMT
The tadpoles aren't interested in the cucumber slices I gave them yesterday...but there are so many daphnia in the pond, it's not surprising. They are in huge numbers this year- so many that in some areas the water looks almost pink- so a plentiful food supply for the growing tads. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by hank on May 20, 2015 13:14:21 GMT
The tadpoles aren't interested in the cucumber slices I gave them yesterday...but there are so many daphnia in the pond, it's not surprising. They are in huge numbers this year- so many that in some areas the water looks almost pink- so a plentiful food supply for the growing tads. Tads love boiled lettuce, dandelion and nasturtium leaves  |
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Post by rowanberry on May 20, 2015 18:55:25 GMT
Thanks for the reminder about the boiled lettuce...I'd forgotten about that. I just bought a few nasturtiums last week at the garden centre, so they can't have those just yet!
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Post by lizb on May 22, 2015 20:55:28 GMT
They like pet fish food too. I bought some at the pet shop for mine.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 20:59:19 GMT
Amazing shot of Daphnia!
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Post by rowanberry on May 23, 2015 10:04:45 GMT
Thanks, Deb- they are difficult to photograph...they do dart about so. That was on full zoom, so they are slightly out of focus. They are amazing little things- quite large colonies of them in between all the water soldiers, (which I need to thin out I noticed today- dozens of them have surfaced in the warmer weather!) I did have some fish food tablets last year, (spirulina, or something like that?) I think I had some left over, must see if I can find them. I would drop a tablet into a terracotta plant saucer submerged on a pond shelf, and the tadpoles would swarm all over it! |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 19:59:58 GMT
I'd like to see the results Rowan. :-)
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