{"id":625,"date":"2011-08-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/08\/tadpolepond-update.html"},"modified":"2011-08-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T12:00:00","slug":"tadpolepond-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/08\/tadpolepond-update.html","title":{"rendered":"Tadpole\/Pond Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d been writing about the tadpoles and our pond every couple weeks<\/a>, so here’s the latest:<\/p>\n

The pond has been doing very very well.  The water is nice and clear, we’ve had very little issue for the past couple weeks, although the “hair algae” is starting to grow again, which means a manual scrubbing of the stone surfaces.  I have to do this every 6-8 weeks as it is…no big deal, except it’s really hot outside!<\/p>\n

The goldfish are continuing to flourish and grow well.  I guess that addage is true: goldfish will grow into their surroundings.<\/p>\n

As for the tadpoles, when the kids and I returned from New York, the three tadpoles each looked distinctively different from each other.  One had his front and hind legs, one had long back legs, and the third one still looked like a tadpole.<\/p>\n

Here’s the one with the front and hind legs, he was stuck to the side of the Critter Carrier when I first saw him after getting back.  You can see the one with only the hind legs just below him.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, that well-developed one had passed away the following morning.  Boo…so now we’re down to two.<\/p>\n

The one that only had hind legs on Sunday now has his front legs, and the most-tadpolish looking one has hind legs coming in.<\/p>\n

I’m now at an impasse about what to feed these guys — allegedly they transition from eating green matter to wanting more bugs and stuff.  I might pick up some crickets at the store tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’d been writing about the tadpoles and our pond every couple weeks, so here’s the latest: The pond has been doing very very well.  The water is nice and clear, we’ve had very little issue for the past couple weeks, although the “hair algae” is starting to grow again, which means a manual scrubbing of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[98,153,154,619],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-a5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":614,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/pandering-to-the-pond.html","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":0},"title":"Pandering to the Pond","date":"14 July 11","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I put away the \"kitchen laptop\" once and for all. \u00a0We got our weather webcam working again with Dave's old PC laptop that had been sitting in our front office unused since we moved here.With no kitchen laptop to occupy my time reformatting and partitioning, I've taken on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"fish\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-GUT9zQS0JHA\/Th440jIpqoI\/AAAAAAABYAk\/00-tNOZd3EY\/s640\/IMG_9088.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":617,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/spawn-of-the-pond.html","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":1},"title":"Spawn of the Pond","date":"20 July 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week I talked about bringing 3 tadpoles into the house as a mini-science lesson for the boys. \u00a0Those tadpoles spent the weekend in a glass mixing bowl while all of our visitors were here. \u00a0They swam around, eating fish food and leaving plenty of algae-green-colored droppings. \u00a0You could see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"house\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-UeIvwFAMjT8\/TidLqYcBnQI\/AAAAAAABYWE\/9xi8cMiw8LM\/s640\/IMG_5263.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":549,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/04\/murderess.html","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":2},"title":"Murderess!","date":"26 April 11","format":false,"excerpt":"This is not the dead fish itself, but the calicos I killed looked VERY similar.Yeah. \u00a0That would be me. \u00a0I killed not one, but FOUR fish today.Back in December I mentioned the four 6\"+ beautiful koi who were living in our water feature in the front yard of our current\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"fish\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mikesjournal.com\/June%202006\/Dead%20Fish.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":492,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/12\/getting-settled-in.html","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":3},"title":"Getting Settled In….","date":"09 December 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Howdy! \u00a0It's been a few days. \u00a0I'm sure you've ALL been at the edge of your seat, spending all your time wondering, \"How has Major Mom been with the move?\" I'm sure you've been up all night worrying about me, right?Of course you have ;-)So we had our stuff delivered\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"bird watching\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/TQBMznODFNI\/AAAAAAABOOE\/A28YtIGr77M\/s400\/55752_10150098659348428_503838427_7423479_1768554_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":944,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/our-fishtank.html","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":4},"title":"Our Fishtank","date":"25 April 12","format":false,"excerpt":"To be honest, I'm not sure I've ever written about our fishtank before. 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