Tadpoles, Water and Mud in a Rubbermaid

I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote:

I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.


How about pouring the whole thing through a sieve or colander? The mud
should go through, and the tads stay in the sieve. You may have to pour
additional water through the sieve to get rid of the mud.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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I would try pouring them through a strainer of some sort.

Don

Benign Vanilla wrote:
I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.

I have a net i lay down and pour water critters through



On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:05:28 GMT, southernbc
wrote:

I would try pouring them through a strainer of some sort.

Don

Benign Vanilla wrote:
I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back,
and as I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have
rubbermaid with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that
has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a
way to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going
in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some
of the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided
the
current.

BV.

"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
...
"Benign Vanilla" wrote:

I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as
I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid
with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way
to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of
the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.


How about pouring the whole thing through a sieve or colander? The mud
should go through, and the tads stay in the sieve. You may have to pour
additional water through the sieve to get rid of the mud.

I was worried about hurting the tads doing this. You think they'd be OK?

BV.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote:


"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
...
"Benign Vanilla" wrote:

I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as
I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid
with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way
to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of
the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.


How about pouring the whole thing through a sieve or colander? The mud
should go through, and the tads stay in the sieve. You may have to pour
additional water through the sieve to get rid of the mud.

I was worried about hurting the tads doing this. You think they'd be OK?

BV.


Sure, as long as the stream of water wasn't too hard.


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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Every fall I take my Lotus out of the container on the deck and strain the
water through my leaf skimmer net to catch the baby GF so I can put them in
my aquarium - you could do the same and just rinse the mud off before
putting them in your pond - do a few at a time and they will be fine - I've
never had a fatality yet
Gale :~)

I dismantled a small half built pond in my yard a few weeks back, and as I
drained it, I found hundreds of tadpoles. So we dumped those into a
rubbermaid container, and dismantled the pond. Now I have rubbermaid with
100's of tadpoles, and some other insect life, in a rubbermaid that has
several inches of mud now settled on the bottom. I want to figure a way to
dump these guys into the main pond, but avoid the mud from going in.

Any ideas? I have overflowed the rubbermaid for days, and got some of the
tads out, but after awhile, they all swam to the bottom and avoided the
current.

BV.