Tadpole experiment - Part 1

This was an experiment regarding which solution was good for rearing tadpoles. The idea came about when I read about a book regarding frogs mutation and how the thin skin of the frog or tadpole interacts with the environment it was living in. The skin actually helped make the frog an indicator of the effects of the environment, that was the water it was living in. All were fed seaweed.

Here it went:
Those in the bottle were placed in the drain water, where they were actually found. It served as the control of the experiment. They fed as normal, here and there.










The darker brown solution was actually Pu Er tea. The effect were such that the frogs do not feed much or at all. Well, it coincided with the fact that Pu Er tea was used for slimming.








The solution with things floating was Lavender tea. The effects were that the frogs ate normally, but they tend to sleep more? They remained more inactive compared to the control. Instead of just feeding on the seaweed, they also like to bite onto the floating lavender parts and floated along.




Please note that before separation, all tadpoles were taken from the same location, the drain, to be put inside the bottle. The situation was horrendous. If the water was purely drain water, very murky, there will not be much to see. However, it was diluted with mineral water and several dead tadpoles can be seen lying beneath while the live ones were feeding on the carcasses. There was also a red worm squirming around.