[lina]

This is probably a silly question - but my alloment pond is teeming with tiny tadpoles  (frog) - what do they eat? I can't believe the miniscule pond is going to sustain them. There is only chickweed type stuff. Can I add anything to improve their survival rate?

Lina x

[DD.]

I hate to say this, but they eat each other.

Survival of the fittest & all that!

[Parsnip]

I hate to say this, but they eat each other.

Survival of the fittest & all that!

Obviously it doesn't apply to you Lina, but the fish and newts apparently eat them too...well they do in my pond...

[peapod]

Same here snippy, (which reminds I must go and feed the fish)

[lina]

Oh thanx guys

So a famine and then a massacre...that's not nice. 

Lx

[peapod]

Tis why youve got millions!

[8doubles]

This is probably a silly question - but my alloment pond is teeming with tiny tadpoles  (frog) - what do they eat? I can't believe the miniscule pond is going to sustain them. There is only chickweed type stuff. Can I add anything to improve their survival rate?

Lina x

The taddies will eat the roots off the duckweed but it seems not the leaves , if you have a nice weedy waterbutt tip some taddies in and they will clean it out for you. If possible try to move them to ' the wild' before they get to the cannibal stage.
 Sometimes if a small  pond has far too many taddies they use up all the oxygen and  all die. Not nice , so the earlier you re-home some the better.
Kev

[Beejay]

Mmm! Frogs legs Don't forget to have plenty of mobile chairs for them when they get legless

[Rangerkris]

I got 2 maybe 3 tadpoles in my plot pond hahaha your lucky

[sazzy123]

i had some in an old pond and i remember them eating the fish food lol

[peterjf]

they eat very cheap fish food flakes , been feeding our for years on the £1-50 a bag fish food flakes , watch how fast they will grow ,

[jolly jen]

when they turn into frogs they will eat the slugs ...

i want tadpoles ..none in my tiny pond

[Small Potatoes]

We used to give bacon to the ones in my folk's pond and they couldn't get enough of it!

[peapod]

Im not wasting good bacon on taddies! They can have fish flakes and like it (thanks for the tip peter  ) 

[peterjf]

Im not wasting good bacon on taddies! They can have fish flakes and like it (thanks for the tip peter  ) 

glad to help