African Dwarf Frogs

[Toady]

My tank is 50cm tall.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

My tank is 50cm tall.

If they appear to struggle to get to the surface yes, if not no.

 

[Toady]

I'd prefer to know before I get them...

 

[Liquid skills]

Yeh this would be too tall nothing over 15" high their very bad swimmers I've owned these guys for a long time and I have a tank around the same hight it's not good shallow tanks tbh and species only tanks as they also have very bad eyes and will be out competed for food

Hope I helped

 

[Toady]

What about 16 inches?

 

[marieukxx]

You could keep the water lower? Add extra substrate? Mine is 12 inches and they do fine

 

[Jenste]

Generally, for African Dwarf frogs, heights over 14" are said to be done cautiously.

The height may be fine for a few months...but things happen and for one reason or another the frog can get ill or stressed. It may become a struggle to breathe, having to climb over 14X your own body length to breathe every few minutes. This takes quite a bit of energy. An ill frog may die simply from being too exhausted to reach the surface to breathe.

If you have a filtration current, this is an added struggle to reach the surface. They have to fight the current every time they go to take a breath.

 

[Liquid skills]

+1 Poor little guys are the worst swimmers but worth the time

 

[Toady]

i'll add more substrate and stuff to the bottom then thanks for the replies!