Fully Aquatic Frogs (Questions & Advice)

Re: I dont know what happened

What type of frog are you talking about?

 

Re: I dont know what happened

How long have you had the ADF? What else is/was in the tank with him?

 

Re: I dont know what happened

sorry you lost your frog, sometimes they past for no reason at all

 

African Dwarf Frogs

African Dwarf Frogs

I now have two and i need all the info i can get. Also is it normal for them to burry their heads. These guys are awesome

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

Leslie had one not long ago. My sister has two in a 10 gallon tank with some small tetras. She feeds them large krill/shrimp and another pellet food. What they do eat is scooped out. As far are burring their head, I've never see that.

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

ok, petsmart had been feeding them flakes, i also have some betta pellets left over from what my betta did not like to eat, and plankton for my puffer, since i dnt have shrimp or krill should i also add the plankton, but my only worry is that my other fish will eat it

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

The betta pellets should hold them over for a short time, if they accept it.

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

ok, i'll be interested to see how feeding goes, becaue my fish snatch the food up right away, and i'll be wanting everybody to get fed

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

I had them years back. I did the canned tubiflex worms at the time, from what I remember of mine...they mainly kept to the bottom of the tank with the occassional swim to the top for air and would at times float with legs stretched out across the top as if he/she were dead. I also remember mine shedding skin sort of like a snake.

On another note, mine ate just about anything in addition to the tubiflex worms such as catching baby fish that would swim by...flake food...live bloodworms and live blackworms. I did try brine shrimp but mine seemed to be leary of them and would push them away with his/her front claws. LIVE FOOD is the key to their survival. IF your other aquatic friends are beating him/her to the food I'd target feed using a turkey baster, pipette, or something similar(I know I've seen them online for target feeding saltwater species-ie.eels).

Care: Remember to keep a cover on the enclosure and treat it as a tropical community pet in the sense that you need heated water (within normal tropical realms of no higher than about 80F and no lower than 76F, a filter, and the same basic care of a normal fish tank in regards to water changes and in regards to using a chemical remover such as prime/teta aqua safe. Also know they are fully aquatic and do not need any land (unlike say the firebelly toads requirements that DO require out of water access and are not truly fully aquatic). They like to hang out on plants--I'd recommend some bamboo plants since they are easy to grow under basically any kind of lighting and don't require co2 or dosing with ferts. Also, you may want to cover your filter intakes with either a pre-filter sponge or something like pantyhose/cheese cloth to avoid him/her from being sucked in.

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

that's some awesome info, as i'm not finding a whole lot of it on the internet. i've got my backing where the filter and heater is covered with nylon, i didn't even think about doing the open part on the filter itself so i'll go do that. And as far as live food, does bloodworms work?

Oh and is it normal for the other fish to try and pull off the sheddig? I was just watching my Marigold Platty and try to bite off a long piece of shedding on one of my frogs

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

If he/she will eat the bloodworms then that should be okay.
Yep, fish will pull the shedding skin off and eat (I read something before that said that it is because the nutrients or something in it).
ie. Shrimp like my bamboo shrimp reabsorb (eat) their shell to absorb the ...i think it was calcium in it.

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

ohhh good, to know, my frogs aren't doing anything right now, one is hiding in my tree decore and one is outside burrying its head in the rocks, hopefully once they get more comfortable they'll be more active

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

be careful if you have any mouth sized substrate. Local fish store had one that was floating dead with a piece of gravel stuck in it's mouth. When I brought it to their attn. they blamed it on the new worker who was told to put the new stock in the next tank that was bare bottom and said they'll put anything they can fit into their mouth and stated "they're a frog after all".

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

kk, i just added some pics of one of my frogs, and in the pic you can see the size of the rocks, do you think it would be possible for them to try and eat one or do something stupid wih the larger sized rocks

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

I have one in a tank full of fish. I feed it shrimp pellets. If you can manage to drop one in front of the frog he will sit on it for a while until he has eaten it. He will also plant his front legs against the glass and eat flakes that fall to the bottom.

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

your gravel looks to be of large enough size where it shouldn't pose a threat.
Did you just feed that one that looks as if it's belly is going to explode?

Looks like you might be dealing with dropsy which is usually linked to improper diet/maint.

A pregnant dwarf frog should be only slightly bloated/extended in the belly area and not appear fully ballooned (like yours is).
After searching several sites I believe this is a good one for first time froggers such as yourself in the sense that it is easy to understand and uses basic english. Check the photos that show what a pregnant frog should look like and then follow the link to the frog doctor which gives you fairly vague information about the condition I am trying to explain to you.
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/common.html#pregnant

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

ok, maybe tomorrow i'll go and buy shrimp pellets, tonight i'll try the normal flakes that i give my fish and also try a few betta pellets or instead of the pellets some of my puffer's plankton

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

then it defin. sounds like dropsy which is deadly if not treated. Eating what your feeding should not cause such an expanded/ballooned belly and pregnancy definately wouldn't make it that huge. Defin. read up on it and maybe call the lfs where you purchased it!

 

Re: African Dwarf Frogs

and for the one that it looks fat, no i have not fed it, that's why i'm thinking it's preggo

ok, i'll check it out, thank you very much.

Also i had noticed that one of my new neon tetra's are gone. Could the frog have eaten the neon and that be the reason why so bloated? I bought six this afternoon, 3 died, before i got the frogs, now an hour or two later after having the frogs, one of my neons have dissapeared