Setting up a Paludarium: Spotted Marsh Frog Tadpoles

A couple of months ago I built a waterstream with a small pond in my backyard. As soon as I spotted mosquito larvea I got 3 small goldfish to get rid of 'm.. and luckily the fish did their job.

Backyard Waterstream with pond

Bluetongue enjoying Waterstream with pond

Blue tongue lizard enjoying Waterstream with pond

Bluetongue enjoying Waterstream with pond

When I went to the petshop to buy some fishfood I spotted a fishtank with spotted marsh frog tadpoles a frog that's native to Australia. Hmm they would make a good addition to the pond in the backyard. But as they were still very tiny there was a risk of the tadpoles turing into a nice snack for the goldfish or birds.

Spotted Marsh FrogTadpoles

Then I remembered I had a fish tank somewhere in the shed that I found along the side of the road a while back. With some gravel, rocks, Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily), Parlour Palm and a couple of pond plants a save tadpole home was setup during a sunday afternoon.

Tadpole fish tank

Searching internet how to take care of tadpoles and frogs I got facinated by the paludariums I saw and before I knew I started building my own paludarium from scratch.

A 122(L)x38(W)x45(H) cm Aquarium with glass lid became the base of this project