I'm sorry if this message is too late, but, if this is the mini-dome type incubator, I have never had good luck with them. They are too hard to keep the humidity inside, and humidity is crucial to hatching. Everytime you go in to rotate the eggs....there goes the moisture you need and temperature fluctuations too. I know it seems like a good deal for the price, but I upgraded to a styrofoam type incubator with a fan and automatic turner. It pays for itself with a better hatch. Bonnie

Well, they were definitely frog eggs. I moved some to the bath tub with lilies & just in time, too. The fish found them shortly after. The ones in the tub are bigger than tadpoles & are a beige, tan color. They seem to like duckweed, LOL. I'm thinking leopard frog. Haven't got a pic yet ... batteries are low on camera. They're fighters, too. The tub drained twice (completely & don't know for how long but the minnows in there died) & yet they're still alive & kicking. The tub has been fixed & won't drain again.

Hi makibear. Try posting this over in the Bird Watching forum. It's under the nature forums at the top of the page, just click forums.

Go get a kid's wading pool. Fill it with water from the pond. The tadpoles will change into frogs in about 6 weeks. Put it where it gets a bit of sun so it grows nice algae but not too much so it doesn't get too hot.They eat the algae that grows on the side of the pool but not the algae that makes the water green. Sometimes they will eat fish food, water plants. Maybe the pet stores have tadpole food? I have 2 pools going right now, one for the toads and one for the tree frogs. They have some potted plants from the goldfish pond - one came with fish eggs so the toad pool has baby fish also.