Will African Dwarf Frogs Breed?

[bmonki]

as above really, was wondering if our two african dwarf frogs were likely to breed (we have normal freshwater not brackish etc) cant find much info on their breeding habits aywhere

also is there aything else they like to eat apart from frozen bloodworm cause it is really really gross.

 

[Aquascaper]

First of all they are freshwater so you're fine.

Due to being almost blind they eat by smell so will readily eat bloodworms, brine shrimp, cyclops, mysis shrimp and ours even eat flake if it floats past.

They may breed (unlikely unless it's a species only tank) but young are eaten buy adults and feeding the tadpoles is particularly difficult so most don't make it to adulthood.

 

[bmonki]

Do you think they would eat sinking pellets I.e Cory type ones? I'm kinda a bit squeamish when it comes to things like worms and tiny shrimps... Plus the corys and cherry barbs like to steal the so I'm not 100 percent sure the frogs are getting enough

 

[Aquascaper]

We feed ours Reptomin pellets.

Biggest challenge keeping these guys is making sure they eat

 

[Essjay]

In addition to reptomin you can feed the frogs on Zoo Med frog and tadpole food. I had to get it on-line as none of my local shops sell it.

We have a frog expert on this forum, though she hasn't posted recently. But she does have her own website which has info on breeding frogs. Google her TFF user name jenste and you'll soon find it.

 

[bmonki]

Cool thanks, will be having a call round the lfs tomorrow to see if they stock either of those... For tonight its more frozen blood worm.. Eew

 

[Cookielici0us]

I actually just give them the freeze dried blood worms, so its not as gross...but... I used to think they never ate...but i dont know if yours does this but mine tends to eat when im not looking and they always find food some how... especially if its sunken fish flakes... I don't really worry if mine eats or not... o_o;; but it's been healthy for two months and it's been growing... O_O;; So it has to be eating SOME how.

 

[Aquascaper]

They hunt for food during darkness mostly which is why the problems occur if there's fish around, the food never gets left long enough. If it's a species only tank then it's not a big problem to have food lying for them to find.

We normally feed every two days with a small water change the morning before each evening feeding to clear any uneaten debris from the previous feeding, stops any parameter spikes from occurring.

P.S A healthy frog will shed their skin every couple of weeks as they grow, often they will eat the shed skin but usually there's some trace floating around. If they're not shedding they're not healthy.

 

[bmonki]

How often should they she'd when fully grown? Apparently ours are practically done growing according to the lfs when we bought them. They are probably 3cm long on their body and supposedly should just get fatter. So should they still be shedding a lot?

Bought reptomin today... Although it says on there it's for water turtles so I hope I got the right one... Will it be enough to take care of their entire diet or do I need to supplement with other stuff too? Also bought some pellets for the cories so they may leave the frogs food alone now!

 

[Aquascaper]

They shed until adulthood every couple of weeks or so but I'm not sure once fully grown.

The Reptomin is the correct stuff but should be supplemented with frozen 'live' foods such as bloodworm, brine shrimp, cyclops, mysis shrimp, etc. to give a varied diet.

You'll need to watch that they actually eat and the food isn't stolen by the cories, they are very slow at finding food.

 

[Aquascaper]

Still haven't found an answer as to the adult shedding, all the info I can find points to continued shedding every 2 - 4 weeks but more for maintaining skin condition rather than growth therefore the shedding is thinner and comes apart easier (whilst still growing the sheddings tend to say in one piece as its thicker)

 

[bmonki]

Cool thanks

Is reptomin not supposed to sink? It just floated on the top and I had to squish it once it was soaked to get it to go down the bottom... Also the platy seem to think it's for them... Greedy monsters.

 

[Aquascaper]

It will sink on its own given time but we do the same to make it sink quicker.

Unfortunately you will always have the problem of the fish wanting to eat whatever's put in which is why keeping ADD's with fish is hard.

When we got our first 3 they were in with platys and I had to devise a cunning method to feed them without the fish getting at it. I cut the bottom off a 2 litre coke bottle and drilled small holes all round the bottom 4". This was then placed over the frog/s and their food dropped through the top. This allowed them to feed in peace whilst still allowing water to flow through and beat the wife's method of waving a plant prong at any fish that came near

 

[Essjay]

The lengths we go to to feed frogs. When mine were in the same tank as a betta, I cut some small holes in the rim of a small plant pot and put it in the tank rim downwards. The holes were small enough for the frogs to get through but not the betta. I put a small stone over the hole on the bottom of the pot (now on top as the pot was upside down) and lifted it off long enough to drop the food into the pot - this hole was big enough for the betta to get through. It looked very odd in a tank, but it worked

 

[bmonki]

Lmao genius ideas there thanks I think the next empty bottle I get will be getting mauled