Tadpole ID and care help needed

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Hi. So I’m trying to raise some tadpoles I found in a very shallow concrete ditch at the side of a road just outside Hanoi in Vietnam. It was a fairly rural area, though on a very busy road. The spawn was in small rafts and the tadpoles are tiny, only a few mm long. The problem is though they don’t seem interested in food. They swim slowly about the water column like small fish and don’t hang onto things like all other tadpoles I’ve kept. I’ve tried feeding with blanched veg and fish pellets. Could they be filter feeders? If so what is best to feed them? Pics attached but I can get better if needed. Thanks.
 

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You can feed tadpole microorganisms from any local pond. But if your going to a pond grab whatever algae came from wherever you found them and they can live in there and eat it as well. It wouldnt be a bad idea to get a grow light (or bright LED) so the algae grows back. And the water will stay cleaner longer if you add an oxygen pump.
 
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