Adding Frogs?

[eddyg2007]

I have a 60l tank with neon tertas and a couple of rasboras and was wondering if it would be ok to add a couple of aquarium forgs. just wondering if it would be ok and any special needs if they need any etc, thanks in advance

 

[Spishkey]

i'm 'guessing' you will have to provide a bit where they can get out of the water? though i may be wrong! ive also heard they are very problematic to keep and fish will chew on them. also becareful as if they have claws (which im sure frogs do?) they may accidently scratch fish while swimming past?

 

[freerunner416]

I'm guessing but i think they like bloodworm etc every so often .

We used to have them and they went fine with most fish until my brother added cichlids and they disapeared!!

 

[eddyg2007]

I'm guessing but i think they like bloodworm etc every so often .

We used to have them and they went fine with most fish until my brother added cichlids and they disapeared!!

a think they look good. do i need to have live plants or any special requirements 4 them?

 

[orange shark]

if you are talking about african dwarf frogs, they don't need any land, they will live on scraps but also they eat bloodworm and pellets

there aren't really any special requirements for them just make sure your fishes mouths are smaller than the frog

EDIT: oh and make sure you get the right type, there are african dwarf frogs and african clawed frogs, african clawed frogs will grow really big and eat fish, while african dwarf frogs will stay small and will not harm your fish

 

[eddyg2007]

if you are talking about african dwarf frogs, they don't need any land, they will live on scraps but also they eat bloodworm and pellets

there aren't really any special requirements for them just make sure your fishes mouths are smaller than the frog

EDIT: oh and make sure you get the right type, there are african dwarf frogs and african clawed frogs, african clawed frogs will grow really big and eat fish, while african dwarf frogs will stay small and will not harm your fish

thanks for the info

 

[orange shark]

Check out these profiles too:
African Dwarf Frogs
African Clawed Frogs

 

[Tetraking]

i have kept those little African dwarf frogs and they are fairly easy to keep and fun to watch, the only thing i would say is that make sure your tank is secure, the little gits are escape artists and will get out of the smallest of holes and dissapear forever.

Keep them as you would your fish, and give them plenty of bloodworm, they love it, do not keep them with any aggressive fish.

 

[tangokitty]

You also need to keep the water clean as they are sensitive to bad water quality. they also are prone to starvation it the fish don't let them eat. I would recomend putting food very close to them at least twice a week, maybe feed them with a pipet if you have fast eating fish. Live blood worms twice a week will work wonders.

 

[quaver]

i have kept those little African dwarf frogs and they are fairly easy to keep and fun to watch, the only thing i would say is that make sure your tank is secure, the little gits are escape artists and will get out of the smallest of holes and dissapear forever.

Keep them as you would your fish, and give them plenty of bloodworm, they love it, do not keep them with any aggressive fish.

funny you should say that. I had one that went walkabout too

 

[dpcamp]

You also need to keep the water clean as they are sensitive to bad water quality. they also are prone to starvation it the fish don't let them eat. I would recomend putting food very close to them at least twice a week, maybe feed them with a pipet if you have fast eating fish. Live blood worms twice a week will work wonders.

Really?? I always found them to be quite hardy.. I remember my first fish experience, i unknowingly cycled my tank with them. ie. bought a tank and walmart along with 2 frogs, put UNCONDITIONED water in the tank and dropped the frogs in there. I had them for 2 years until i again unknowingly bought cichlids that ate them after being the tank for a year...


man was that a learning experience.

My second fish experience i (what i thought) cycled the tank, by running the tank 2 weeks without fish. Then bought a betta and 2 frogs, then watched the ammonia levels increase over the next 2 weeks. Everything leveled out and they are still alive.

on my 3rd tank, and am now starting to understand how to do things rights.. haha


btw. frogs love bloodworms, i buy the bloodworms in the gel form (it's usually in the reptile section at pet stores) that way it sinks to the bottom. I noticed ADF's don't have the best eye sight and it usually takes them a few minutes to smell the food.

 

[WillyRBeek]

I've had African Dwarf Frogs before, and i'm not a fan. I bought 1 of them, and it spent about 2 weeks hiding in a cave in one of my rock decorations. I read that they were more sociable if you had more of them, so I added another one, and it spent all day hiding in one of the plants, while the other frog remained in it's cave. Then about a month later I noticed that the frog who hid in the plant was nowhere to be found. I literally ripped the aquarium apart looking for him, to no avail. I assume he died and was eaten by the other fish. About a month after that I noticed my other dwarf frog had actually began to come out of his cave and was crawling around in the tank, which was pretty cool...That lasted for about a week, then it died.

I find it highly unlikely that i'll be getting any more frogs for my tanks.

 

[8inary]

here is my aquatic froggy

he is a cool froggy, when im in the tank, either feeding or cleaning, he will swim up to you and will insist on sitting in the palm of your hand, cool huh? lol

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