How Can I Feed My Dwarf Frogs?

[chardonnay1000]

Hi,

Last saturday i bought 3 dwarf frogs and i bought some frozen bloodworm to feed them on. every time i put the worms in the tank my loaches and emporer tetra's gobble them up..ive tried putting them really close to the frogs but they cant seem to see or smell them. They have hardly eaten and now im getting worried. Is there anything i can feed them that fish wont eat and will sink to the bottom. AAny suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[chardonnay1000]

anyone??

 

[three-fingers]

Nothing that the fish wouldn't eat too . Try catfish pellets or shrimp pellets...they may sink too fast for the fish. But they should be eating the bloodworm, so there must be something wrong with them...do you know if they were eating in the shop when you got them?

 

[chardonnay1000]

he said blood worm, so i got them same one he was using? my fish are so fast sencing the bloodworm,the frogs hardly get a chance...they do look heathly enought and it isnt from my usual lsf which sells albino dwarfs!!! but a reputable one quite a bit futher away. he gave me an insullated box to transport them and he does know his stuff..they hide alot too, do you think there poorly?

 

[tlagden]

it isnt from my usual lsf which sells albino dwarfs!!!

Whats so poignant about that sentence i don't get it lol?

 

[chardonnay1000]

there is no such thing as albino dwarf frog, alot of lfs sell them as this tho...they grow huge and eat all your fish.

 

[eschaton]

I've said in other threads I don't believe they belong in community tanks for just this reason.

Three things might help however.

One, you could feed the frogs immediately after feeding the fish. With full bellies, they shouldn't eat all the worms. Problem is over the long-run you end up with fat fish, and they might be dumb enough to eat till their intestines rupture depending upon the species.

Second possibility is to feed at lights-out. Fish hunt mainly by sight, and frogs mainly by smell. It won't make the frogs eat any faster, but it will make the fish eat slower.

Third thing, which I've done in the past, is to put the frozen cube in the tank, but weigh it down with something. I usually do this by sticking it most of the way under a shell. It's not quite as easy for the surface-dwelling fish to get at, and all the worms stay in one region of the tank, which makes chowing down much easier.

Honestly, I wonder how Dwarf Frogs stay alive in the wild though.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi chardonnay1000,

I have to agree with eschaton on this one; ADFs don't do as well in community tanks as they do on their own. Fortunatly, they don't need to be kept in a lot of water. Just a gallon or two will make a fine home for a couple of them as long as it's covered.

I keep my two in an old gallon sized mayonnaise jar and give them weekly water changes. They are doing well. Perhaps you might want to give something like this a try.