Saw Two Lil Frogs In Fish Shop! But Is It A Good Idea?

[Howldaloom]

not to sure what type of frog they are?

but they are about the size of a 20p-50p and apparently eat small fish.

in my tank i have a betta, a redtailed shark and 6 guppys and 2 snails.

i have a 20 gallon tank and would really like these 2 frogs.

but is it a good idea? they had a small fish (smaller then my guppys) in with them

 

[lilfishie]

depends if they are african DWARF frogs or african CLAWED frogs

 

[Howldaloom]

i think they are clawed?

whats the difference between the two? what do they look like? these are pale whitish yellow

 

[lilfishie]

dwarf stay small and clawed get big and eat things double there size, heres CLAWED and heres DRAWF

 

[darknirvana217]

The large clawed frogs will deffinetly eat up all of your guppys and the remainder of your tank when it gets larger.

 

[CPQ]

sorry to butt in but does anyone know if the dwarf frogs will eat fish!? I want some to go in my smaller tank but I'm also planning on having spotted rasboras in there so wanted to check they're compatible!?

Thanks

 

[lilfishie]

the link contains all the info you need to know

 

[Yetti]

They will not eat things that are twice their size... but they will try =). Back when I had two female clawed frogs they used to eat whole night crawlers, maggots, heart. I could only keep an almost adult bullhead with them, the meanest trio . They do eat snails too, too bad that they are not suited for community aquariums.

 

[hives]

I have a dawrf frog in my biorb with guppies its fine even though its on its own , if it was a clawed frog I wouldnt get it really and plus becuase he`d eat the guppies.....but to be honest there not overly intresting in anycase, that is when there not hiding under stuff. another thing id also consider, I feed my frogs bloodworm and shrimp every 3days and it can be sometimes a nightmare when you run out, also I like to try and spoon feed my frog by dropping the food onit becuase from time to time the guppies will eat it all before the frog gets chance, but anyway overall id say, get a dwarf frog (webbed feet) and not a clawed just bare in mind some of the stuff you read on them here is a pic of mine doing not much as usual, thanks