Aquatic Frogs

[billy]

I have two aquatic frogs along with 2Platys, 2Guppies, 2 Ancistrus, 4Neon Tetras and 4 other very small fish I've forgoten name of.

The question is I feed my frogs live bloodworm about twice a week - I feed my fish once a day on flakes obviously not on bloodworm day. When I put the bloodworm into the tank all the fish go to eat it. The frogs do get some but I wonder if enough. How do I make sure the frogs have enough? How often should they be fed?

Is there anything I can feed my frogs on that the fish won't eat?

Thanks everyone for your advice on yesterdays question - it's so nice to know there's someone there!

 

[Liz05]

Mine just eat the tropical flakes that drop to the bottom, or whatever treat the fish happen to be getting that day.

 

[philja]

Ditto, my guy just goes around and picks up everything that falls to the ground. he's such a helper

 

[billy]

Thanks guys.

To LizO is it ok to have snails as I was told by my LFS that they eat the plants and can bring disease to the fish? I've just recently picked several out of my tank.

 

[andyt_uk]

cool, can you keep frogs with tropical fish?
do you need to give them a rock tosit on or will they live in the water?
i am looking for an interesting alternative to just fish to have in there - if you have seen some of my other posts you will see i am having problems getting a snail

any specific trpes of frogs - they dont eat the fish do they?

thanks

 

[billy]

Yes you can keep aquatic frogs with fish - they don't bother them at all and they are really amusing little things. I've got two of them and they seem to fit in anywhere - they burrel under my plant pots and sit in the pots or in the foilage of the plants, they do like to hide and play. I feed them with live blood work about twice a week if I can;t get live I use frozen. Do get some they great!!!

 

[Liz05]

I've never had a problem with diseases from snails. I don't know about your plants, as I don't keep live plants.
You probably have trumpet snails, which come on live plants. Obviously I've never had them, but they are usually considered a pest. I buy mystery snails from the LFS, and I love them.

 

[Cian McLiam]

Heres a link to some info on aquatic frogs, read the bit about dwarf v clawed frogs carefully!

Frogs

Ken

 

[HeatherSweetness]

Oh yes,read carefully and make sure if you want a frog to live in a tank with fishes you dont want eaten they are ADF...NOT ACF!! [African Clawed Frog//African Dwarf Frog]ACF's get fairly large and will gobble up anything that moves if it fits in their mouths,even another ACF. ( (ADF's will eat fry and tiny fishes if they can fit them into their mouths.)

Bertha,my ACF,would eat a bag of dog chow if I gave it to her she is a voracious eater. She has tripled in size too. I bought her when she was an inch long and now she fits nicely in my palm. She's still a baby too! I love her tho she is a beautiful girl.