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Watch live tadpoles transform into frogs on Yoda's Home Planet with the Dagobah Frog Habitat. Discover how amphibians play an important role in the Earth's Environment. This sturdy aquarium tank with Dagobah swamp theme includes Hideaway hut, and a detailed background scene.
Product Description
Set up your very own frog habitat and watch as your tadpoles transform into frogs on Yoda's home planet!
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By K. Kenoyer
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Call me a nerd but there is nothing cooler than seeing your pet frog hanging out with yoda in the swamps of Dagobah. The little hut provides a great place for the frog to chill out, we have small kids so the frog escapes to the hut when there is too much going on outside his tank. There is a good amount of dry and wet area and the frog seems very content. The graphics combined with the molded land, hut and Yoda figure really does look fantastic, making it the best looking critter tank I've ever seen.
Big drawback... on top of the expense of the habitat you still have to pay shipping for a tadpole... I was a bit outraged by this as it wasn't made clear in the product description. We decided to hit the local pet store instead as it was cheaper than paying the shipping.
Big drawback... on top of the expense of the habitat you still have to pay shipping for a tadpole... I was a bit outraged by this as it wasn't made clear in the product description. We decided to hit the local pet store instead as it was cheaper than paying the shipping.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Carol
VINE™ VOICE
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's really just a plastic box with graphics taped on and a couple tank decorations. You still have to go out and buy the tadpoles, or get your "free" ones from them, but you have to pay shipping that costs as much as buying them at a fish store; then you have to get information on how to care for them and feed them, since it isn't included. I was disappointed. I had purchased it for a gift, but when I saw what it was, I was embarrassed to give it as a gift and kept it for my grandson.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Saints fan
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Got this too for around half the normal price...not sure I'd like to pay any more for it TBH, just for the Dagobah theme...
Although I have not yet set this up with the tadpoles, I see no problems with it. Constructed well enough and a good design idea to show how they develop (from tadpoles swimming under the swamp to frogs climbing out and visiting Yoda and his house) Instructions and tips info are clear.
Tadpoles can be purchased with an included order form for $7 each. I would imagine aquariums and pet stores would be better to purchase from....and cheaper!
Although I have not yet set this up with the tadpoles, I see no problems with it. Constructed well enough and a good design idea to show how they develop (from tadpoles swimming under the swamp to frogs climbing out and visiting Yoda and his house) Instructions and tips info are clear.
Tadpoles can be purchased with an included order form for $7 each. I would imagine aquariums and pet stores would be better to purchase from....and cheaper!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I gave three of these frog habitats with two live tadpoles per habitat as Christmas gifts this year. After reading the other reviews concerning the tadpoles not ever sprouting legs, I purchased my tadpoles from another internet site. The habitats are very sturdy and look exactly as advertised. They were a big hit for the three boys who's ages ranged from 7 to 28.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Mom of 5
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I got this for the batch of tadpole eggs we scooped from the pond behind our house. I chose this tank over others because it has a larger water area and a gentle slope for the tadpoles to get onto the land. Oh, and because my kids are nuts about Star Wars.
It came with a neat-o pamphlet on swamp ecosystems and frog development. The construction is nice and sturdy, though the taped-on picture on the back had to be worked around when I scooped fresh water out of the pond. Also, Yoda's cave/house doesn't quite fit snugly into the floor base, so I worry that in the future some frogs will get stuck under the gap.
Nice features: the ground is soft plastic and very rough in texture and a long shallow slope makes it easy for even tadpoles without legs to rest on the ledge. The large water area gives them much more area to swim around in than other tanks. It also stays well lit as half of it is exposed to light.
Special advice: don't get the tadpoles they offer via mail order- their cost and mortality rate make them unwise. Instead get tadpoles from a local pond (or pet store), and get your water from there, too- it contains all the oxygen and algae they need to thrive (the instructions recommend bottled spring water as tap water often goes through softeners which add salt). We even pulled some weeds from the pond to put in the water, and we watch them strip-feeding tiny algae off them. Getting them from a local pond is also smart because when you are done, you can set them free and know they belong in that ecosystem. As with fish, change out 1/3-1/2 of the water every week or so.
It came with a neat-o pamphlet on swamp ecosystems and frog development. The construction is nice and sturdy, though the taped-on picture on the back had to be worked around when I scooped fresh water out of the pond. Also, Yoda's cave/house doesn't quite fit snugly into the floor base, so I worry that in the future some frogs will get stuck under the gap.
Nice features: the ground is soft plastic and very rough in texture and a long shallow slope makes it easy for even tadpoles without legs to rest on the ledge. The large water area gives them much more area to swim around in than other tanks. It also stays well lit as half of it is exposed to light.
Special advice: don't get the tadpoles they offer via mail order- their cost and mortality rate make them unwise. Instead get tadpoles from a local pond (or pet store), and get your water from there, too- it contains all the oxygen and algae they need to thrive (the instructions recommend bottled spring water as tap water often goes through softeners which add salt). We even pulled some weeds from the pond to put in the water, and we watch them strip-feeding tiny algae off them. Getting them from a local pond is also smart because when you are done, you can set them free and know they belong in that ecosystem. As with fish, change out 1/3-1/2 of the water every week or so.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Tan Too
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This "toy" is one of the best I have seen for the tadpoles which will turn into frogs BECAUSE the top part is slightly tilted so that the frogs can easily enter dry land. I get tadpoles every year, for the neighborhood kids as well as my own, to watch so I have had a few different types of tanks. This one I am very pleased with... The star wars theme adds such a fun touch for the kids and has a hide out for the frogs as well. I feel you can buy this with confidence it will bring your loved one hours of fun as well as a lesson in science. I usually find my own tadpoles but I sent away for the tadpoles (coupon included, you pay for shipping) I have not received them yet. So I can't report on that part.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By feleghazy
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
After making much of how they would only ship tadpoles during safe weather conditions, the tadpoles were shipped during a major regional heat wave (July 2010 in the northeast), and the poor things must have gotten cooked in transit - one was DOA, the other one only lolled on its side twitching every now and then, and was dead the next morning. Sent multiple e-mails to Uncle Milton, all of which received useless automatic replies. Never a human response, never a phone# to call, no opportunity to either get the tadpoles replaced or to tell them they'd made a pretty poor shipping choice.
Wretched animal husbandry plus utter lack of anything resembling customer service rates Uncle Milton one star. Wish I could give them zero.
Wretched animal husbandry plus utter lack of anything resembling customer service rates Uncle Milton one star. Wish I could give them zero.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tadzilla reporting for training on Dagobag
About 2 months ago we bought 2 tadpoles from [...] They arrived in perfect condition and they answer all the questions we had about the tadpoles over the past months. Read more
Published 2 months ago by juliette
1.0 out of 5 stars
Coupon for Tadpoles expired 3 years ago
I was disappointed to see that upon opening our new frog habitat that the coupon for tadpoles expired 3 years ago. I am struggling to find a place that I can order them from. Read more
Published 3 months ago by LJ
1.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer Beware
I have never been more dissatified with a product. My daughter recieved this habitat as a gift for her last birthday (last January) from my mom--at my suggestion. Read more
Published 6 months ago by ABG
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good turtle home, but problems for frogs
My daughter got this as a gift almost a year ago (August 2011). We were getting ready to use the coupon for her free tadpoles this summer. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sarah
3.0 out of 5 stars
Tadpole Buyer Beware!
The idea is pretty cool. My son was very excited at the prospect of housing his very own tadpoles. We did not want to wait the amount of time it took to get mail order tadpoles... Read more
Published 13 months ago by B. Clemens
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kids Enjoy It! That is what counts
The product may rate a 3 but customer service gets a 5. The product is not as easy as 1 2 3 - voila frogs! There are many variables in getting the tadpoles to live, morph etc. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Carrie L
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just horrible
first off this is not a good habitat nor is it educational, for $25 get a real 10g fish tank and lid with a piece of wood and a filter sure it's not Dagobah but I'm sure the frog... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Commander Shepard
2.0 out of 5 stars
Never got tadpoles
The tank itself is neat but the fact it caused my son much emotionial distress made it not worth the effort. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Rod Way
1.0 out of 5 stars
Eight months later and still no use
I purchased this for my 8-year-old grandson for Christmas. Please be on notice that if you live in an area that experiences cold weather, it's useless as far as receiving live... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dee Jay John
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great learning tool and fun, too
Very cool to watch the tadpoles grow into frogs. Very minimal effort needed to aid in the transition but once they get to near-frog form, you have to watch very carefully as one... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Vicky
