Dwarf African Frogs Need Tips!

[Javier22]

8) I just got two today there really cute but I need tips!

 

[*Fishkies*]

I have some myself. I love the little guys they are very relaxed and are non-aggressive with my fish what so ever. In my experience I have found them easy to care for. Some others have said though that they have had a difficulty keeping them fed.

Here are some sites below for you to check out...

All About Frogs

Wikipedia

Petco Care Sheet

Good Luck!

 

[poopsydrew]

very easy to care for, if any problem feeding, use frozen bloodworms. they will devour these! good luck.

Drew

 

[Javier22]

Thanks for the tips.

 

[Javier22]

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[poopsydrew]

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[zukimoo]

I feed my clawed frog frozen blood worms and he goes crazy. I feed the oscars first then pour in the blood worms. They will also eat small fish so watch what you put in the tank. I was moving some fish around and took the frog out of the transfer bag too early and in two minutes he had a 2" shark in his mouth.

 

[dthoffsett]

I feed my clawed frog frozen blood worms and he goes crazy. I feed the oscars first then pour in the blood worms. They will also eat small fish so watch what you put in the tank. I was moving some fish around and took the frog out of the transfer bag too early and in two minutes he had a 2" shark in his mouth.

African clawed frogs (what you have) and African dwarf frogs (what Javier has) are two different species. Dwarf frogs are very peaceful (and stay small at around 2 inches), and I've never heard of any that have eaten their fish. African clawed frogs get larger and are known to catch and eat fish.

 

[anje]

Kept these dudes on and off for some 9 years or so. My first one survived life in a pickle jar and hopping out a 2-story window.

Stay nicely small, very interesting, very easy to keep, good way to add some variety to an aquarium.

However, I don't completely agree that they are completely harmless. For the most part, they're fine, but for eensy weensy teensy fish there could be problems.

Had a half-inch fishie caught in a lake, put it with a dwarf frog, two days later fishie was chomped nearly in half swimming around with its guts falling out.

But I do think this was either an isolated incident or my frog was just a really mean one.

Don't let this deter you though! Great little guys! Good luck!

 

[poopsydrew]

Kept these dudes on and off for some 9 years or so. My first one survived life in a pickle jar and hopping out a 2-story window.

Stay nicely small, very interesting, very easy to keep, good way to add some variety to an aquarium.

However, I don't completely agree that they are completely harmless. For the most part, they're fine, but for eensy weensy teensy fish there could be problems.

Had a half-inch fishie caught in a lake, put it with a dwarf frog, two days later fishie was chomped nearly in half swimming around with its guts falling out.

But I do think this was either an isolated incident or my frog was just a really mean one.

Don't let this deter you though! Great little guys! Good luck!

A pickle jar (unless it was over a gallon) is no home for an adf. Also, was your frog the only thing in your tank? because it was probably another fish. If not i am willing to admit maybe it is possible, but like you said a very isolated incident. I dont think anyone should ever worry about an adf harming any of their fish! I am sure you dont keep them in pickle jars anymore but nonetheless IMO they need/deserve 2.5 gallons minimum to be happy and exhibit their true behaviour. Also one thing for people to note, clawed frogs are often confused with adf so make sure you check their front feet. adfs have webbin on all of their ffet including their front. Clawed frogs do not have webbing between their front feet. clawed frogs will eat your fish!

Drew