Tadpole & Frog FAQ
It’ll take about 2 weeks for your tadpoles to arrive. To receive our live arrival guarantee, be sure to redeem the certificate when it’s above 40°F or below 85°F in your area. You’re responsible for checking your forecast before redeeming.
Yes, we ship tadpoles all year-round. You can order tadpoles during the winter if the temperature in your area is above 40°F for the next 7 days.
Growing frogs with our Tadpole To Frog Kit is an easy, hassle-free process. We guarantee live arrival of your healthy tadpoles and include helpful accessories with clear instructions.
Each tadpole needs at least one gallon of water. Depending on whether you ordered the standard or the large habitat, you can put 1 or 2 tadpoles in it.
It can take up to a day before the tadpole starts moving around and exploring the habitat. There is no need to be worried.
It takes about 12 to 16 weeks for tadpoles to turn into frogs with complete weekly water changes.
Such a sudden turn of events is usually caused by unclean water:
1. Accidentally introducing hand lotion or soap into the habitat during a water change
2. Forgetting to add the water treatment to tap water
3. Unattended decaying food in the habitat which turned the water dirty
Unclean water causes harm to your tadpoles over time but the effect is not directly visible. Their condition worsens gradually and leads to their untimely death.
Filters may take away the tadpoles’ food and gravel makes water changes hard.
It is not advisable to keep tadpoles and frogs together because the frog might consider the tadpole to be food.
Your local pet shop will have both. Tadpoles like goldfish food. You can use a water treatment solution made for fish tanks, used to remove chlorine and neutralize metals.