Tadpole query

[Madelinew]

Last year I had loads of frogspawn in my pond and nothing survived to adulthood thanks to my very healthy newt population. This year I had both frog and toad spawn in separate ponds and I've harvested a small amount and placed it in separate tanks outside to give it a chance of surviving to a later stage.

The frogspawn began to hatch a few days ago and I have put plantfood in there for the emerging tadpoles. They are growing well but have yet to move away from the egg sacs and are still congregated in a large clump at the top of the sac. Do they actually eat this or will I need to remove it from the tank? I'm using pondwater in the tank and refreshing the top layer as necessary with rainwater collecting in nearby buckets. I've also removed a small amount of algae from the pond havng read that they will eat this. At what stage should I add a more meat-based diet?

[tameblackbirds]

Hell I do the same each year due to late frosts killing mine off. Yes they do eat the sac so don't remove it and I then feed my on fish food which they love! until they are a healthy size to go back in the pond. I continue to feed them tailing off the amount I give until they are surviving on the algae in the pond. Good luck