Newbie question- what do salamander larvae eat

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My understanding is that frog tadpole eat mostly algae. From what I read on the Forum here, is that the salamander larvae eat mostly animal matter. Is this correct?
 
Correct. Frogs are carnivores as adults, but eat plant matter as tadpoles.
Salamanders and newts are carnivores for the duration of their lives. Larvae do best with small live prey such as daphnia and mosquito larvae.
 
Idnar196 said:
Correct. Frogs are carnivores as adults, but eat plant matter as tadpoles.
Salamanders and newts are carnivores for the duration of their lives. Larvae do best with small live prey such as daphnia and mosquito larvae.
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Thank you, Idnar196
 
Caudataphile said:
My understanding is that frog tadpole eat mostly algae. From what I read on the Forum here, is that the salamander larvae eat mostly animal matter. Is this correct?
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Is this for captive raising or just in general?
 
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