Taking care of tadpoles: 1. First you’ll need a suitable container, like an aquarium or fishbowl. Choose a container that will be easy to view them from. We used a 10 gallon glass aquarium with a reptile tank filter (meant for low water tanks.) You will need to set up the tank to be 3/4 water 1/4 land to where they are able to climb onto when they become froglets, otherwise they are at risk for drowning. We used big rocks we found in the same creek area we found them in! This