Developing tadpoles detached from spawn... dead?

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   My dad moved the pond several weeks ago, and since there was frogspawn in it we had to fish it out to save it.
Now, I have two newt tadpoles, and a load of frogspawn, most of which isn't even attached to jelly anymore. Just little black balls/ovals and some that look like partially developed tadpoles lying at the bottom of the tank they're in, with no jelly surrounding them. The pond was neglected before it was moved, and some of the frogspawn didn't look fertilised when I lifted it out. 

Any suggestions?

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WelshAtHeart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 02 May 2013 Location: Cheshire Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote WelshAtHeart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Developing tadpoles detached from spawn... dead? Posted: 02 May 2013 at 11:58am
	My dad moved the pond several weeks ago, and since there was frogspawn in it we had to fish it out to save it. Now, I have two newt tadpoles, and a load of frogspawn, most of which isn't even attached to jelly anymore. Just little black balls/ovals and some that look like partially developed tadpoles lying at the bottom of the tank they're in, with no jelly surrounding them. The pond was neglected before it was moved, and some of the frogspawn didn't look fertilised when I lifted it out. Any suggestions?

GemmaJF Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Location: Essex Status: Offline Points: 4359	Post Options Post Reply Quote GemmaJF Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 May 2013 at 7:50pm
	It may be the ones just lying at the bottom only just hatched. Give them time and see if they start wriggling, perhaps by now 8 hours on some already are? They do that when they hatch, just drop to the bottom and stay there for quite some time.