FROG WATCH 2019 - Collecting Frogspawn and Setting Up The Tank [1]
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- It's spring and the frogs have spawned! Today I go to my local pond and collect some frogspawn that we will watch as it develops into tadpoles and little frogs.
The plants I used in this video were: Lobelia cardinalis, Bacopa caroliniana and Rotala rotundifolia.
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I rescued a large clump of spawn from a puddle in the middle of a road in construction site that was drying up the tadpoles hatched on March 17 they seem to be doing ok I am a bit nervous about changing the water but I Also know that is important for the health of the tadpoles so I shall sit now and binge watch your videos .thank you best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
Brilliant!
I think I do cover changing the water in later videos, it's fairly simple. Just do a partial water change, making sure you either use rainwater or if you have to use tap water, treat it with Tap Safe to remove the chlorine.
You've joined just in time for this years series of Frog Watch, which should start in the next week or two.
@@GregsWildlife thank you for helping me help my local wildlife 🇮🇪💚🇮🇪
Can’t believe I missed this
I really love this series. I watch this every year. I did mention last year about you could grow butterflies during the summer considering this does so well. Insect Lore supply them and give step by step guide.
Hey, sorry, I thought I'd replied to this comment, but it seems it didn't send properly. I do remember talking about butterflies, that is something I really should look into this year.
A great series for all wildlife Garden lovers 🐸 🦋 🦔 🐁 🐦 🦅 🐉
Thank you!
I have been watching frogwatch since 2016 and you were the one who inspired me to go out and get some so that was the year I managed to find a raise my tadpoles and I now raise about 15 tadpoles every year! I’m so glad you decided to do it again! You are such an inspiration!! I got some this year on the 7th of March and they have now sprouted back legs!!
That's fantastic! I love doing it every year and I'm so glad to hear you've got something out of these videos.
There will be lots over time
Edit: I know this bc this is happening
I made a wildlife pond in my garden during lockdown. It soon became full of life with insects snails and frogs. I'm hoping to get spawn this year and keep checking every day. So worthwhile having water in the garden.
Putting in a proper pond in my garden is on my list of things I want to do this year. I know there are frogs that visit my garden, so if I do it right, I'm sure I'd get spawn at some point.
Even a small pond will benefit your garden. We have so many birds visit for a drink and a bath. Spawn would be the icing on the cake.
Very satisfying
Glad you enjoyed
I've been waiting for this!
I'm really looking forward to this season, I've got some big plans.
I have missed this Shredder!!!! This is always so relaxing and lovely!!! I am gonna check out all the episodes, for sure!!!
Have a nice day!!!!!
Brilliant! Glad to have you here.
@@GregsWildlife + jaxx
FROG WATCH!!!!!!
Hey Phlinger!!! I knew, that you always watch this too!!
It's back baby!
OHH YEAH!!!
Oh good, Frog Watch is back. Been checking this week to see if it was here. The Spinach really helped tadpoles in my little pond last year. Just love Spring.
I was hoping to get it out last weekend, but the weather wasn't on my side and I couldn't get the filming done. I love spring too, I'm really looking forward to seeing all the wildlife emerge.
Yay froggies
They'll be proper froggies in a few months. I love them when they're small xD
I saw frog spwan where the pool is 😊 3:56
Wooo! Been hyped for this for the past couple of weeks
Me too buddy. I love making these videos.
YAY its back
My large American Toad tadpoles are starting to develop legs, so today I'm releasing them back into the creek that I got them from - and I'm going to collect more babies to take care of and, watch grow. :D
That sounds like fun! Good luck :-)
@@GregsWildlife So.. My tadpoles in my outside kiddie pool set-up have grown legs over the past few weeks and are coming out onto dry land now. They're so cute. They are off into nature to grow up. 😍
That's great! It's great to see them go off into the wild. It's also a little sad as you say goodbye to them, but it's what they need to do.
Your intro music is gold - also thanks for the tips. I'd like to try to give the frogs in my area a little boost. I think the spring temperature fluctuations have been a little hard on them the past few years.
Thanks!
Yeah, temperature can play a big part in the breeding cycle of amphibians. Good luck, let me know how it goes!
Woa
Yes! Been looking forward to frog watch all winter
Me too!
YAAAAAAAAYYYYY FROG WATCH
i going to collect frogspawn today so excited
Awesome! Have fun :-)
I've been waiting for this moment to come. Frogs haven't come out in PA, United States yet. I'm gonna do what you do soon though. Keep it up
Awesome. Let me know how you get on.
Glad to see this series back, now to binge-watch to catch up.
It is interesting you only have two native species, here in my home state of Victoria (Aus), there are about 12-15 species very close to me, guess we are spoilt.
We pick up some Banjo frog tadpoles hopefully tomorrow.
A lot of people were surprised by that. I must admit I'm a bit envious of you there in Australia, there's a lot of exotic wildlife around you. I know everyone jokes about how everything wants to kill you in Australia, but I'd still like to see it.
@@GregsWildlife Are many of the animals on the British Isles the same, not as much diversity?
I absolutely love our wildlife, so unique and different. Also, it's deadly to people who poke sticks at them, they mostly leave us alone.
I keep ants as well, and we have the best ant species the world over. So have been blessed with that.
You know, I'm not entirely sure, but I think that's probably right. We're a fairly small land mass I suppose and with a relatively cooler climate. We have 4 species of snake, 2 lizards, 2 frog, 2 toad, 3 newt species.
But yes, I agree that most wildlife shouldn't pose much of a threat if you respect it and keep your distance!
I have considered setting up an ant house, I think that would be really interesting.
I love this channel, I’m from Seattle Washington and I keep pacific tree frog and red legged frog tadpoles. Its pretty easy to tell the two apart, as the red legged frog tadpoles are HUGE.
That sounds fun! Tadpoles in the UK are fairly small. We only have 4 species of frogs and 3 of those aren't very common. Tree frogs and red legged frogs sound very exotic to me!
Greg's Wildlife My state has about 13 different frog species, however I really only ever see the two I just mentioned.
@@raging_crocodile2081 im also from Seattle, and I see the pacific tree frog a lot (i live close to ponds) but i've never seen red legged frogs before... where have you seen them? the only other frog i've seen in washington is the coastal tailed frog on the peninsula.
Elizabeth Kelly What part of Washington are you from? Northern red leggeds are found west of the Cascades, so if you live near or in the Cascades you probably won’t find any.
Red legged frogs like large, permanent ponds with lots of vegetation, and can be difficult to spot sometimes.
Yay! Frog watch is back , I got some spawn today found it on the grass they must have been laid in a puddle that’s dried up
Yeah, that can happen.
This year my pond has millions of eggs between the three ponds I have taken a clump because it’s going to freeze thanks I will do all this for their tank
Great! Have fun :-)
Same bro
I remember at play group we had frogs and then our teacher thingy gave us some tadpoles to take home along the way one tadpole died then I only had two in the end the two remaining hopped away and we never saw them again
Yeah, that's one of the sad things about looking after tadpoles, once they're frogs and you release them you never see them again.
In a tank if you keep a small amount only about ten maybe, they are more likely to grow well,
If in a small pond and you leave in every clutch of spawn, the pond will be inballenced with thousands of thousands as they don’t grow and don’t do well, I will now watch your tadpoles, in a small pond let’s say the size of a bath in gallons, one clutch of spawn would be still a heavy load for it to handle but they would do ok if anough natural food , debis etc but if twenty clutches of spawn were left in that sized pond, it would be like a one thousand people in one house abit
Ace tadpoles , like your ones and your tank
I understand what you're saying and there is an element of truth to it regarding conditions in a tank. But there is no such thing as too much spawn in a pond. As long as they all arrived naturally. Spawn and tadpoles have so many natural predators that only a tiny fraction of the thousands of eggs laid will survive. A pond won't have more tadpoles than it can handle, unless someone introduced frogs, tadpoles or spawn to a pond that already had some in.
In a tank it's different, because there are no natural predators and you do need to take numbers into account.
not enough frogs!!!
There will be more!
I have 11 tadpoles got them yesterday🍄🥰
Great! Have fun :-)
Can you use cooled boiled water for the water in the tank?
You could use that, however I don't think boiling the water would remove the chlorine so I think you'd still need to leave it for around 3 days (or treat it with taps safe) just to make sure.
2 years later...
One of my most watched videos of the last two years too
But a very very big aquarium for your tadpoles
If I had the space to put one, that would be great!
Frog Watch
found some toaday now in my pond and got some in a tank in house
Great! Have fun
YESS FROG WWATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi we did the same thing as u lol
It's a very popular hobby! Lots of people tell me they do this every year too.
Just found a couple piles of frog spawn on a hike yesterday and wanted to learn a bit about their life cycle
It really is an interesting subject, thanks for choosing my videos to learn more about them.
@@GregsWildlife thank you for replying , you've been a big help thank you for explaining it so clearly I've a much better understanding now
New to this channel so far I'm loving it
Great! Welcome to the channel :-)
Do you need oxygen like filter when they turn into tad poles
No. As long as you use real plants, that should be all the oxygen you need for them. There's no need for filters or air pumps.
Do regular partial water changes to keep the nitrogen levels down (but again, the plants do this naturally). If you find your water getting dirty too quickly, add more plants!
Something just laid a clump in my garden pond last night, I want to care for them but I have no clue if it is a toad or a frog and from their obviously the species
Toad spawn is laid in lines frog spawn is laid in clumps
@@coberrypets8149 oh, thanks so much. I really appreciate it :)
Yeah, I got beaten to it, but Coberry Pets is right, toad spawn is laid in long lines, often wrapped around pond plants and frog spawn is in clumps. If you're from the UK it's almost certainly from a European common frog, but depending on where you live it could be something different.
@@GregsWildlife (and Coberry) thanks so much for all of your help, I appreciate it beyond measure.
I'm going to do this
Awesome! It's a lot of fun.
Can I use pond water? :3
Yes, pond water is one of the best options. Providing the pond is not polluted.
Are hatching all frog basically the same as long as their water frogs and not towards Orlando frogs? I just found some tadpole eggs that I would like to do this with but I’m never done anything like this before if I didn’t they were die anyways because they were in a small pond or puddle thing that dries up very fast fast
That's tricky to answer. I've only ever looked after European common frogs, so all advice I give in these videos relate to that species only. I don't know about other species. I would suggest you research the care requirements for your specific species, just to be on the safe side.
HEY I LOVE YOUR VIDS!!! :) do you know the place you go to because i really wanna see them grow ive done my research I liked and subscribe Have a good evening!
You're talking about the pond I get the spawn from? It's called Vinegar pond at Mousehold Heath in Norwich.
@@GregsWildlife do you know anywhere closer i am around stafford?
Stafford, near Birmingham? Sorry, I've never been there.
@@GregsWildlife oh yea it’s fine thanks tho :)
I read you aren't meant to move frogspawn in case you spread diseases.
That is true. But in this case, I return them to the same pond I got them from, so I'm not spreading them around to different ponds. And since I keep them in an aquarium while I have them, there's no risk of transferring any diseases.
They have hatched in my pond already been about 2 weeks now
Awesome! Hope they do well and you get lots of little frogs!
I really need help. My clawed frogs laid eggs and I'm not sure what to do.
I must admit, clawed frogs are not my area. I don't know a great deal about them or their care requirements.
Are they native to your area, or an imported species?
Obviously, if they are imported you can't release them. So you'll either need to find someone who specialises in clawed frogs to take them away, or you're going to have a lot of babies to look after!
I'd suggest posting on amphibian forums to see if you can find breeders who may be interested in having them, or who can at least advise you on what you can do.
Good luck!
Sometimes I have a walk through my local woods and there is the occasional deeper puddle but it's not that deep and there is sometimes frog spawn in it and Im never sure what to do because if I leave it the puddle will dry up but I'm not sure if I should just leave it
It's likely that the puddle will dry up and the spawn will die. It's always a bit tricky to know what to do, but I'd suggest that if there is a pond in your local woods, try to relocate the spawn there. There's probably a pond nearby otherwise there wouldn't be frogs in the area, but it might not be accessible, but see what you can do, good luck!
I caught two frogs and didn't realize the female was gonna lay her eggs so soon so uh... now I have some froggy eggs and their pond no longer exists since they drain the pond all the time. I wanna keep the frogs then release them. Can I feed them the same thing as my fish? They get things like blood worms and other dried insects. I already have to crunch em up for the fish. Can I feed the tadpoles this too? Also the female has a pretty badly hurt front foot any idea how I could help her out? It is not a fresh injury so don't attack me please. Looks like it could have been broken and not healing right.
Yes, you can feed your tadpoles bloodworm and fish flakes and other fish food. Just remember that before tadpoles get legs they are herbivores so they should mainly eat vegetation like spinach or broccoli and only have protein like bloodworm occasionally. But once they get back legs they start to switch to a carnivorous diet and that's the best time for protein sources.
You can check out some of my other videos that go into more detail about what to feed tadpoles.
As for the injury, I'm not experienced with rescuing or rehabilitating frogs, so I'll be of limited help. But frogs are pretty resilient and can survive and function with fairly nasty injuries so it may well be okay, but maybe check with a local animal rescue centre or vet if you're really worried.
love the vid
Thanks!
I think you should leave them where they naturally began life
I always return them to the pond when they become frogs.
We learn by observing and interacting. Removing a small clump of frogspawn from the pond does no harm whatsoever and in making these videos I hope I can educate and bring a sense of wonder for the natural world that makes it all worth it.
Anyone know if the eggs are fertilized? Mine look similar but i worry they may just be eggs without the fertilization
If the spawn hasn't been fertilised the black dots in the centre should begin to turn a grey / white colour which will indicate that they won't develop. That should happen over the course of a few days I think.
Toad,
I’ve got loads of frog spawn and even a newt went in my pool
That's great! It will be fun to watch them grow
Looks Brill I have just set a tank up!
Where did you get the plants from?
I got the plants from my local Pets At Home shop.
i got some this year and a baby newt!
Sweet!
niceeee
Some of my frogspawn is hatching, but it looks green and cloudy, the water is clear and I can see the tadpoles wriggling in the spawn, but it just doesn't look as clear as it did. Is this normal please ?
I think it will be okay. It's possibly algae growing on the spawn, which is normal and the tadpoles will just eat it when they hatch. If the tadpoles are wriggling, then they seem to be doing okay.
Of course, without seeing it I can only guess. Keep an eye on it and let me know how it turns out. :-)
@@GregsWildlife Only just seen this message - sorry ! Well, every single taddie hatched and I had hundreds of healthy little froglets which all disappeared into the undergrowth. Thank you 😊
That's fantastic to hear!
I hope some of our frog spawns in our garden pond will survive this year. Out fishes seem to be too hungry from time to time :D
Yes, unfortunately, fish aren't the best things to have if you want wildlife in your pond, as they tend to eat it all!
I will wait Bro ..until they getting bigger ang begin too become fricking frog ..
Weeeeeeeeeyyyyy
One of my smaller tadpoles has got both legs?
They do develop at different rates, it's not always the biggest ones that develop first. I've occasionally had big ones that swim around as legless tadpoles for ages before they change!
Would you use a small filter on the tank, or change the water at all?
No, I've never used a filter, it's best not to with tadpoles. They're not the best swimmers, so anything that creates a current in the water and forces them to swim more than they have to can tire them out and they can die of exhaustion.
You can change the water if it starts to get dirty or smelly. I usually do a partial water change every 2 or 3 weeks and that seems to be fine.
Can you use a filter in the tank to help oxygenate the water as well as water plants? Thanks
No, I wouldn't advise it. Filters can suck up the tadpoles which can injure them. Tadpoles are not strong swimmers and are not able to escape the current a filter creates. Making tadpoles swim against a current, even a small one created by a filter, can exhaust them.
I've never felt the need for a filter, if you find the water is getting dirty or smelly, just do a partial water change, it should be all that is needed. The plants should provide enough oxygenation - just add more plants if you're in doubt!
@@GregsWildlife thank you for getting back to me. We had some frogspawn that didn’t make it, so was worried it was low oxygen in the tank, just really not sure what happened. I researched everything and followed all the instructions. I also Used tap safe and left it to sit for 24hrs before I put any spawn in the tank. but the water went very cloudy very quickly. Not sure what happened and why.
I may try and get some more plants to add to the tank, I only have a little one spilt in two at the moment.
Your vlogs have been fab. Thanks.
Well, it sounds like you did everything right. If you used tap safe, the water should have been fine. I always used to recommend leaving tap water for 24-48 hours if not using treatments, but after the spawn failure I had last year, I think it was, I have since found out that 48 hours probably isn't long enough.
You may have just been unlucky and picked some unfertilised spawn, or there may be disease in the pond.
Hopefully, the next batch will work out for you. Keep me updated!
@@GregsWildlife we have tadpoles 👏🏼👏🏼 second batch did take. We have 18 from what I can count. I have used tap safe again but left the water over night too, to be on the safe side. Seems to have worked. Also done the same when I changed 1/2 of the tank water for them. They hatched on Friday (there wasn’t a lot of jelly for them to eat, so was worried they haven’t had much in terms of food) -I’m just wondering if you could advise from your knowledge when would be the earliest to feed them. I don’t want them to be hungry (or eat each other, as I have read about this).
3 of them are quite big already, I wondered if o added a bit of Boiled kale to the tank for them would this be ok?
Thanks.
That's fantastic, great news!
I've not tried kale before, but that would probably be okay. I've always used spinach. I go into much more detail about how and what to feed tadpoles in later videos in this series, so if you haven't seen those yet, I'd recommend looking them up.
But, basically, don't boil the leaves too long as you'll remove all the nutrients. What I do is dip a spinach leaf in boiling water for around 5 -10 seconds and that's it. I just cut it up into small pieces and float it out on the water of the tank and the tadpoles love it.
Hi greg my daughter and me recently found frog spawn in a stagnent body of water it was full of debris from shopping trolleys to bicycles.we gathered some and brought them home i have a small pond in my garden with goldfish coy carp and also rescued sticklebacks from same water my stickleback have now regenerated 3 times in the 2 years in my pond i would realy like to release my froglets into my pond but sticklebacks are realy aggressive could u give me some advice thanks buddy 👍
Unfortunately, your fish will almost certainly eat all the tadpoles if you were to put them in your pond. Also, it's never recommended to transfer tadpoles or frogs from one pond to another, it can affect the local ecosystem and has a risk of transferring diseases.
The best thing for you to do would be to keep the tadpoles in a tank until they develop into frogs and then release them back to the pond they came from, even if it's not the best quality water. Once they are frogs, they spend very little time in the water and will live most of the year on land in the surrounding area.
Best of luck to you!
@@GregsWildlife i have seperate tank for tadpoles they are not in my pond but as soon as they turn to froglets i will release them to where i got them from cheers buddy 👍
Glad I could help.
which places do they normally be?
You can find frog spawn in ponds all over. They like still water, so not in rivers or streams. It's difficult to say what kind of ponds they can be found in because it really depends on the local area and how suitable a habitat it is. But keep looking and I'm sure you'll find some.
Hi, i just found some frog eggs in a little pool i had in my backyard, and do you think i could get some plants from a creek and that would work fine? Also, would i be able to use sand instead of stones?
Sand would be fine - anything that's suitable for cold water aquariums will be fine. Using local, native plants is a good idea. Just make sure you return them back to where you got them from once you release the frogs, don't transfer plants (or frogs) from one pond to another because you could transfer diseases and invasive species.
Other than that, good luck :-)
@@GregsWildlife thank you!!!
Hurray Frog Watch!! I have been keeping an eye out for this year's series.
I have a question: Is the school you work for taking advantage of the wonderful educational asset under their roof? If you wish to remain Mr. So and so to the students, with a tiny bit of editing to remove the Shredder logo and your name from the videos that could take place. I think students would learn a lot about nature and the respect thereof and be thrilled in seeing someone they pass in their school hallways presenting.
I was thinking that maybe for this series I should distance myself from the 'Shredder' name as that's more for the gaming side of things. I've always resisted using my real name in the videos, but maybe I shouldn't worry about it as much.
Many of the students know about me and I do get called Shredder a lot!
@@GregsWildlife Not using your real name is quite understandable... there are people out there that push things too far. I was just wondering if the teachers you work with make use of your videos on the frogs in their lesson plans.
No, they haven't as far as I'm aware.
Can I let the frog back to the pond when I raised them up? Cuz I want to rais them so bad I did a lot of research but I don’t want to have tausend of frogs when they are all grown up😂😂
Yes, always release them back to the pond once they've become frogs.
Are they real plants or fake. Can I add fake
They are real. You need to use real plants to oxygenate the water.
Hi shredder it’s me again I have had a problem with my frog spawn and it seems to all be disconnecting from each other and turning white very worried any tips to help thank you
Oh no! When frogspawn turns white it usually means it's died :-(
Some of it is to be expected and actually provides food for the ones that do hatch. Not too sure what you could do about it. Perhaps check the water quality? You could get a testing kit from pet shops. But it might just be that you're unlucky and picked a bad batch of spawn.
Shredder - Gaming For Science thank you for replying quick and ok hopefully some hatch and I’m lucky or I will keep looking thank you
Can you use coloured gravel?
Yes, any gravel or substrate suitable for aquariums will work. I just use white because it makes it easier to see the tadpoles against a bright background.
@@GregsWildlife Thanks so much for the quick response! :-)
I got a bullfrog tadpole I need help
I've never looked after bullfrog tadpoles, I don't think I would be a huge help, but if you have questions, I can try.
Heya! I got some frogspawn in my garden but the old ponds been filled up before I moved in! They've layed their eggs on top of the moist dirt, do they need a water source?! If so what can I do to help them!? :)
They will need water, moist dirt won't be enough. If you know of a neighbour who has a pond, you could try to transfer them. Or if you're brave enough you could do what I'm doing and try to raise them yourself.
Thank you so much! Just gone and bought a 12 litre tank, and I've got some tap water but I'm also in the UK, do you know any safe water I can buy? I've looked online but theres nothing being said :O
You can fill up the tank with tap water and leave it 24 hours, then it should be safe. If you don't want to wait that long, you can do what I did in this video and use something called 'tap safe' or something similar, that you can get from pet shops in their aquatic department, it makes tap water safe to use straight away.
Just a quick note, a 12 liter tank is the same size as I'm using, it should be good for around 25 - 30 tadpoles
Just letting you know that theres roughly 10 lil guys wiggling around! They are still in the eggs so fingers crossed they make it! It's really exciting, thank you so much for making these videos, it's really helped! :)
What if you touch a frog eggs?
As long as you're gentle, the eggs will be fine. They are tougher than you might think. The first time I picked up some frogspawn I was quite surprised how firm the jelly is.
Oh okay I have no idea but thank you
Wait out of 1000’s only 5000 make it or actual 5? Lol
Just 5 make it out of the 1-2000 a female frog will lay. Life is hard for a tadpole (and often short). There are many, many things that will happily eat tadpoles.
First time
First time what?