Tadpoles?

[flrman]

I was just staring at my reef 120 tank, and looked at my Alge clip that fell off the glass and is sitting on the bottom of the tank. I
was going to go in a grab it and looked at it closely and notice about 3 to 4 tiny looking tadpole looking things swimming around in the clip area. What are they? any ideas? are they good?

Thanks Carl.

[Aquabucket]

Sounds like mysis shrimp. They are great to have in a reef tank and a good sign!

[Speckled Grouper]

Oooohhh, when I saw this thread I thought : Somebody is asking whether tadpoles make a good live food treat for the tank......lol, has anybody ever tried? I sure have plenty in my backyard.

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7814686#post7814686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Speckled Grouper
Oooohhh, when I saw this thread I thought : Somebody is asking whether tadpoles make a good live food treat for the tank......lol, has anybody ever tried? I sure have plenty in my backyard.

Froglegs are yummy, I don't see why tadpoles wouldn't be. As we all know, baby animals taste best :lol:

[Aquabucket]

Many types of tadpoles can be poisonous to fish.

[Mr.Furious]

Might as well start feeding goldfish while we are on the topic of feeding freshwater animals to saltwater fish :eek2:

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7814771#post7814771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aquabucket
Many types of tadpoles can be poisonous to fish.

How about to humans? :eek: :D Heading to the kitchen to ready the deep frier now.

[Speckled Grouper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7814794#post7814794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr.Furious
Might as well start feeding goldfish while we are on the topic of feeding freshwater animals to saltwater fish :eek2:

I "inherited" a grouper 2.5 years ago, that a friend of mine caught in the ocean 10 years ago. My friend passed away and his widow asked me to take the fish, that's how I got hooked into this hobby. Anyways, the grouper lived on goldfish for 10 years and I slowly weaned him off changing his diet to shrimp, squid and octopus. But he looks just as healthy then when I got him and every once in a while he gets a gold fish - so he gets a little exercise....

[Kabong]

Im guessing a tadpole would not "enjoy" the salt water.
Probably wouldnt live more then a minute or so.

[SCR]

I've used them when they're available, also mosquitoes larvae that I raise in a 5 gal. bucket.

[Nano_reeflover]

Mmm... west nile... (homer simpson)