Adf Skinny And Slow, Just Bought Him

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I bought a little adf yesterday because I felt bad for him as he was the only one left with bunch of fish and was quite skinny. I plan to eventually add him to my adf tank but im watching him first. Now I have him in a little plastic betta tank for now and I have the water level the same height as him on his tippy toes. The reason for this is because he is so slow!! He creeps along the bottom and barely lifts himself up to breathe. He ate six frozen bloodworms yesterday over the course of three hours with me handfeeding him. He doesn't snatch them, just bites and swallows. I was hoping he would be a little more alert today but not so. His water is from my other tank and I will change it all out today with tank water, it's 72 degrees. He ate three worms this morning so far and is moving about an inch every five minutes. It's almost as though he can't swim even though his legs seem to work. He slowly climbs up the plant roots to get anywhere. Think he will be ok if I continue nursing him this way?

 

[0241135]

Well I will be bringing him home tonight (he's at my workplace right now beside my adf tank in his betta tank) and I will have him in a half filled fluval edge until I know he is strong enough to hold his own in my adf tank. There is no gravel so I can make sure he's eliminating and that his water is clean. There wont be a filter running with such low water but I will do daily water changes and keep feeding him an assortment of frozen foods (bloodworms, krill, myosis) but I don't think he will eat pellets since I have to convince him to eat. The water is from my larger tank and it should stay around 72 (i will bring home his thermometer). Any tips for me?

 

[Tom81]

I bought a little adf yesterday because I felt bad for him as he was the only one left with bunch of fish and was quite skinny. I plan to eventually add him to my adf tank but im watching him first. Now I have him in a little plastic betta tank for now and I have the water level the same height as him on his tippy toes. The reason for this is because he is so slow!! He creeps along the bottom and barely lifts himself up to breathe. He ate six frozen bloodworms yesterday over the course of three hours with me handfeeding him. He doesn't snatch them, just bites and swallows. I was hoping he would be a little more alert today but not so. His water is from my other tank and I will change it all out today with tank water, it's 72 degrees. He ate three worms this morning so far and is moving about an inch every five minutes. It's almost as though he can't swim even though his legs seem to work. He slowly climbs up the plant roots to get anywhere. Think he will be ok if I continue nursing him this way?

I too bought a frog to add to my established tank a couple months ago, as he was also the last one left in the pet store.
But i soon figured that as the little guy was so skinny and wouldnt have eaten much food at all for quite some time, it was purely lack of energy that kept him from moving about. He was so bad that in the bag after buying him, he struggled so much to surface for air that he was actually giving up and floating back down after swimming up 3 inches.

I fed him on bloodworms, because they are fatty, to try and bulk him up and give him a good chance of developing his hind leg muscles as quickly as possible.

Hes doing brilliantly now, hes always bombing around the tank with the rest of the guys.

I hope yours pulls through too

 

[Jenste]

Sounds like your frog just needs a little bit of TLC.

They are cared for horribly in pet stores and become very weak in such conditions.

I recommend he be kept separate from your other frogs for a period of at least 8-10 weeks. This is an incubation period where any diseases he may be carrying will present themselves so you don't risk infection your other frogs.

Another thing to help him - raise the temperature to 75-77*F. It helps speed up their metabolism, making him seek out food more which will make him more active and help him regain his strength.

Also, water change, water change, water change! Add aquarium salt (half dose), stress coat and stress zyme each time you do a water change. Very clean water and treated with aquarium salt (half dose!) stress coat and stress zyme help fight off any infections and illnesses he could currently be suffering, and help prevent him from coming down with others during his treatment period. He is currently a very stressed little frog and stress + poor water is a leading cause of an early froggy death.

 

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Beautiful picture Jenste

Thanks for the advice guys but he did end up dying a few days after I put him in the hospital tank, it was terrible and he definately had something as when he died white stuff came out of his mouth and it wasnt long after I bought him... I have completely sterilized the hospital tank (fluval edge) with boiling water and vinegar.