Tadpoles..... Ewwwwww [Archive]

03-30-2003, 01:40 PM

Hi Everyone ::)

I was in the process of getting my 5500 gal above ground pool ready for the Discus when I came across these nasty little creatures :o

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Any idea how to get rid of these ? ..... By the size I'm guessing they're bullfrogs.

Beth

Jeff

03-30-2003, 01:47 PM

Well in Mexico they make them into omelets. ;)

03-30-2003, 01:54 PM

OMG Jeff... that is sooooo NASTY :puke:

CARY_GLdiscus

03-30-2003, 01:57 PM

Kool!

Looking like bullfrog Fry to Me. Beth send Me a Box ;D

brewmaster15

03-30-2003, 02:12 PM

Add adult discus :)

-al

03-30-2003, 02:14 PM

Cary.....

How do I ship these NASTY things ???

Brew.....

Ya know..... I don't think even the Adult Discus can fit those Monsters in their mouth :o

bmrin1

03-30-2003, 02:21 PM

Definetely bull frog tads.
Raise them and then have frog legs. Yum yum
Brian

April

03-30-2003, 02:25 PM

Beth...their very cute. but costly to feed....unless they eat your little wigglers...from angel fish or something.
send them to cary.but tell cary to keep them away from our canadian border. their devouring all the nice frogs .
or.buy an oscar to feed them to.

03-30-2003, 02:33 PM

I think they are cool. I had one a couple years ago. Now he is a frog and lives in the pond happily.

03-30-2003, 02:33 PM

buy an oscar to feed them to.

No Oscars for me :P I guess I'll have to ship them to Cary ;D

I was wondering what was eating all my guppies in the ponds :o

April

03-30-2003, 04:17 PM

great., now you have to find the adults who will continue to eat your guppies. their still around......lurking......

RandalB

03-30-2003, 04:50 PM

Send me some too. My daughter loves frogs and I was going to get her some tadpoles anyway.

RandalB

ReeferKimberly

03-30-2003, 10:43 PM

yeah i'll take some of those cuties as well!! i want to convert my doughboy pool into a tank. how freaking awesome would that be!?! i wonder if a standard pool filter would work? hmm something to ponder over while i'm saving up mula.
kim :-*

Hugh

03-30-2003, 11:08 PM

I have a question, How can you tell the difference between a tadpole and a pollywog? ;D
You have a 5500 gallon pool set up for discus, now that is dedication, what do you use for a heater? Cummins Diesel?

RandalB

03-30-2003, 11:52 PM

Hugh,
I think a polywog has legs. You know, almost a frog...

RandalB

DarkDiscus

03-31-2003, 10:02 AM

Beth,

Those tadpoles were in the pool? Try to get them all out, or they might grow up to interfere with the experiment fish!

An adult bullfrog could likely eat an adult angelfish!

John

April

03-31-2003, 11:17 AM

an adult bullfrog are capable of eating baby ducklings!!!
o.k.so how much shipping is everyone paying for these freeloader bullfrog tadpoles? and when they grow up? then what? if released.....more problems....there'll be a national story in every newspaper that Beth shipped bullfrogs all over North America to continue the bullfrog devastation... no more cute little leopard frogs...etc.
better keep scanning that pool for more...Beth.
Do you guys have herons down there? they'd enjoy some tasty morsels out of that pond...how about a nice net covering?

EthanCote.com

03-31-2003, 11:30 AM

Hi Beth,

I totally concurred with April. By shipping them around, there is always a chance of them wrecking havoc if where they are going to have no known predators. We all have heard that story before.

I say keep them where they are, better safe than sorry.

Just my two cents.

Cheerio,

Chi.

BLUEKNIGHT

03-31-2003, 12:06 PM

Hi Beth the best thing to do is give them to someone who has has big fish such as arrowanas,oscars,lungfish, snakeheads.THey will be used as feeders.

Smokey

03-31-2003, 03:40 PM

|Beth I have the perfect solulation to your problem.

Sell them on the French E-Bay site.

Problem solved!!!!

Smokey

chuck

03-31-2003, 04:47 PM

april, Your critters sure start early up there, around here (NY) it's still to cold.. Those have to be a few weeks old already!!!
anyway they woun't hurt. in this stage they eat algae but in a few weeks watch out !! I think they don't eat "meat" until they leave the pool????
chuck

RandalB

03-31-2003, 05:22 PM

Beth,
No prob's about BullFrogs around here, they are actually pretty common in Illinois. I just don't want to wade through the muck to catch my own......

Let me check about the shipping.....
RandalB

CARY_GLdiscus

03-31-2003, 05:56 PM

Beth,
Do not listen to them Bullfrogs are everywere in the usa.
Also You can Buy them anywere in the USA.

Anyways I need mine for a experiment! Am going to try to grow them big enought to eat those dam! Canada Goose birds
That fly in every year and park there butts in My yard leaveing piles of crap Everywere!

MAN! it looks like pattio Furniture out there!

Beth Make it 2 boxes!! ;D ;D

LOL
Cary Gld!

brewmaster15

03-31-2003, 06:11 PM

Cary,

be more creative... the holidays are coming around again... "the goose is cooked" may be your answer. :)

-al

RandalB

03-31-2003, 07:35 PM

Cary,
2 Words:
Border Collie

RandalB

03-31-2003, 07:52 PM

Even better for them gooses ;)...a 22 short right in the head... that'll fix em RIGHT UP!! ;D

I can see Cary now http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/e/bigun.gif

LMAO!! hey...you can give away a free goose with every discus order ;D

They do crap alot huh....and BIGun's :o...I KNEW there was a reason we sent em south for the winter ;D

April

03-31-2003, 08:01 PM

LOL Cary Our Canada geese are a protected species...no hunting allowed! although....we do seem to be accumulating a few too many...hence spilling over to your yard. lol. They were here..but i told them to go stay with my dear son for the winter....or summer .....and spring and fall. hows that sound?'
ok Beth send Cary his bullfrogs. he loves froggies. but he better promise not to stop breeding discus and breeding bullfrogs instead....doubt you can get a white x bd or a marlboro......colour etc cary.......