African clawed frogs

[snotirl]

Ive got some questions about them. ! can u take them out and hold them? 2 Do they need a special food 3. Do they try to jump out? 4 do they need somting to sit on , on top of the water? and 5 do they fight with the fish? 8)

 

[snotirl]

One more thing r they hardy?

 

[smb]

Ive got some questions about them. ! can u take them out and hold them? 2 Do they need a special food 3. Do they try to jump out? 4 do they need somting to sit on , on top of the water? and 5 do they fight with the fish? 8)

can u take them out and hold them?

No. Treat them as fish.

3. Do they try to jump out?

IME, they are about the same as fish here also. Most of the times, no, but there are some that will at least try.

4 do they need somting to sit on , on top of the water?

No, they are strictly water frogs. Leave space up top of the aquarium (which you would do for fish also for better oxygen exchange) but they don't sit outside of the water.

do they fight with the fish?

Not usually but it depends. If you feed them then they could pretty much care less about expanding any energy if they know they can just sit and wait for their food. But this even depends on each particular ACF. They aren't a "community" dweller, imo, and can be very aggro at times. If you have fish that are smaller than them, they will eventually be eaten by the ACF's.

Treat the same as a fish. 100% aquatic and anything that can fit into their mouths, soon will. I absolutely love these guys and am very passionate about them. I think you will really like them as I always have. I've had many a tank setup as species specific for them I like them so much.

Food-

Small worms, brine shrimp and anything that is live, moves and can fit into their mouths.

 

[guppymonkey]

Is this the same this as the African Dwarf Frog?

 

[fish&chips]

Wot Kind Do You Have

african dwaf frog or clawed the diffrence is dwarf is only 1 inch max in size
and there hands feet are webbed clawred frogs arnt

but if there dwarf frogs

can you take them out no (there Extreeeeeeemly fast and you would never catch it without hurting or even killing it

special food no (they loveee live frozen bloodworms every 4 to 5 days-
and they will eat any fish food on the bottom if they like it
and you dont have to use live food as they dont find by sence but Smell

do they jump put if they can yesss there frogs there like the red clawed crab (will climb out tho) if you dont have a lid on within 2-3 days most likly be out

do they need out water No they live in water like fish and i think (will die out of it?)
also chlorine and chalk is very bad in there water so make sure you treat it if you only gonna have them

do they fight with fish NO i have 4 frogs adf and 5 danios 1 inch same size and barbs and if the fish swim to near they will hide (but like play fighting each other showing who boss

hope helped as you say about him coming out water makes thnk you mite have mini fwoggys lol

 

[fish&chips]

My first tank 30gallon,2 silver mollies, one sisemase fighter, one pleco., 4 neon tetras and one Red tailedshark and 2 african clawed frogs.

no

the african clawed frogs (if you hve them )will eat maybe mollie not sure how big they are .....the 4 neons would be lunch and bits of the fighters fins

the african clawed frog will grow to the size of a fully gown mans fist and will EAT any thing it can get in its nouth inc dwarf frogs

 

[Scarab]

I just started doing some research on them, but I know there are differences between African Dwarf Frogs and the Clawed frogs. There are some differences in their feet...can't remember which, but one has webbing between their rays (I think the dwarf), the other doesn't. The MAJOR difference is that a Dwarf will stay a dwarf, only 1--1 1/2 inches. The Clawed frog will get very big.

 

[Jht]

http/www.fluffyfrog.com

 

[Inchworm]

Snotirl,

I'm glad you have gotten some African Clawed Frogs. These are the larger frogs that have individual pointy little fingers with NO webbing betweed them. (Their feet are webbed, of course.)

They are totally aquatic and will dry out if they are out of the water. I have also had them jump out of the tank so it is a good idea to prevent this by covering or blocking all the spaces at the top of your tank.

I would not call them aggressive and they will live in peace with other frogs and fish of a similar size. They are, however, voracious eaters and they have rather large mouths. DO NOT keep anything in the tank that will even remotely fit in them.

To illustrate this, I gave two of these frogs to a friends little boy. I also gave him an albino cory cat. They all lived happily in a 10 gal tank and grew to their full sizes. One day my friend was cleaning the tank and saw one of the frogs just gobble up the cory cat. She tried to save it but could not pull it out of the frog's mouth. She then called me up in tears. If she hadn't seen it happen I would have thought that perhaps the fish had died from other causes and been eaten afterward. (The frogs will eat dead fish.)

The good news is that they do well in a temperature range of between 60 and 80 degrees so you could keep them in a tank with your goldfish if you wanted to.

I had mine in with my goldfish but took them out after awhile because the goldfish were getting large and were getting most of the food.

I've had good luck feeding them a product called Repto Treat, blackworms, boiled shrimp, dried tubiflex worms, and feeder guppies.

Please do not take them out and handle them. They are delicate little creatures and can be hurt easily. But, if you happen to touch one under the water, you will find they are smooth as satin.

By the way, they can live for 20 years in the right conditions.

 

[snotirl]

ok thanks and if they lived for twenty year id be stunned!! 8)

 

[Lithril]

hmmmm, anyone know if you can keep the ACF with puffers

 

[juanveldez]

don't know if puffers could be kept with them but I saw an albino ACF in my lfs the other day and man this guy was HUGE they were keeping him with the feeder fish.... but my wife is deathly afraid of any ampibion and reptile so that was a no go on the ACF.....