Feeding a frog

[fishouttawater]

Well, as if life wasn't interesting enough, my husband was sent to the store in Goodland to get some shrimp pellets, and well, since my son asked so nicely, I came home to an African Dwarf Frog in my tank. All I know about it is that if it somehow gets out of the tank, i am going to FREAK out. Can someone give me a hint about what I should feed him? Does he have to have a branch or something to sleep and get air? I fed the fish tonight, and he stuffed 3 shrimp pellets in his mouth and now his stomach is kinda distorted, cause they are hard pellets. I am thinking he shouldn't eat that, but what do i know. Thanks for your help.

[Fishfirst]

I would feed him smaller bits of shrimp pellets (chop them up). That is a pretty good food for ADFs

[fishouttawater]

oh okay, good deal. I was thinking I was going to have to go buy something, the pellets weren't intended for him, but i can do that. thanks

[garfieldnfish]

Mine eat frozen bloodworms, very small pieces of shrimp pellets, very small pieces of algae wafers and frog bites (sticks for aquatic frogs, also broken into tiny pieces). Bloodworms is the main food they should have but it's a little difficult to feed to them in a community tank since most fish will gobble them up before the frogs even realize bloodworms are in the tank. I would use some tongues or tweezers to get the bloodworms right next to the frog and feed him after turning off the fish tank lights so he has a better chance of getting his share. I have five ADFs and mine have been breeding before but it's a species tank and they only share the tank with 2 clown plecos (wood and algae eaters) and a Burmese Mountain shrimp and they have no problem competing with them over food.

[shev]

ADF's can be really dumb, I dont know how they make in in the wild. but they make up for it by being so cute. their eyes suck, but are probably mainly used to see motion. you may have to handfeed, or use some kind of tong/tweezer/pipette to get food to him, or the other fish will probably eat it. amphibians breathe through their skin. I like to feed mine frozen earthworms. I get a pack of nightcrawlers and freeze one, then rip it into chunks at a size my frog can handle. they can be a lot of work, but mine comes to the surface and lays on floating plants. you can also feed freeze dried foods, or frozen bloodworms, and other frozen foods. live is also great, i used to put mine in a cup full of mosquito larvae.

edit: garfieldnfish beat me to it. I also keep mine with a clown pleco. every time my adf comes too close to the driftwood the clown pleco quickly scoots him away.

[fishouttawater]

well, i do have to say, he is a dumb creature, as it was, the pellet hit him in the head and he still spent a good 3 minutes looking for it, as for bloodworms, i have no idea how in the heck he would ever find that. he feels around like he is blind. this kind of work to feed something wasn't in my schedule.....sigh.....KIDS

[shev]

when I had mine in a 10 gallon moments after putting a live earthworm int here he caught it. they seem movement and attack it, and use smell to find it. I put a bunch of chunks of earthworms in there, he literally sat on top of them and attacked the fish swimming around them. he then ate a snail that happened to be traveling by. I never saw him spit it up either.

[DJ]

mine just find a pile of shrimp pellet and eat

[fishouttawater]

well, it was pretty funny when he was trying to decide what to do with the shrimp pellet, he had it hanging out of his mouth and the fish where literally eating off of it and he was unfazed. just held it there while they munched on it...... like taking candy from a baby i guess.

[Julie]

They do seem a lot quicker at catching live foods. Maybe you can get some live blackworms or something? The use of eye droppers or a turkey baster would help a lot when feeding. A bowl, shallow, sturdy and safe for aquariums, may help too. Just place it and in the beginning you may have to put the ADF in there when feeding but soon it will realize that the bowl means food. Just leave it in there, no need to move it unless you want to. If not the bowl, try to put the food in the same spot, I sometimes do the corners of the glass, kind of stays there better...I used the turkey baster, worked great, until my dogs ate it, now I hand feed them, LOL.
They are good at escaping. Any openings you have should be completely covered.

[shev]

hahah, my dogs chewed up my turkey blaster too. my frog used to be in a 55 gallon, until he had a big 'ol worm in his mouth, couldnt swallow it, and my tt eel came up and ate the worm, almost swallowed up the frog too. stubborn lil guy won't let go of a worm no matter what. so i moved him to a 20 gallon.

[fishouttawater]

Yeah, I am a bit freaked out about the escape thing, I am not really sure how to cover the hole where my filter hangs on my tank without it looking tacky. I am serious, i will have to get a neighbor to get him if he gets away when my husband isn't home. I am going to have nightmares about a cold frog jumping on me. We are going to try the food in the corner thing, he has claimed the "stump" as his own. Well, he shares it with the pregnant platy who is totally not going to budge.

[Lydia]

my frog used to be in a 55 gallon, until he had a big 'ol worm in his mouth, couldnt swallow it, and my tt eel came up and ate the worm, almost swallowed up the frog too. stubborn lil guy won't let go of a worm no matter what. so i moved him to a 20 gallon.

lmao!!!!!

[shev]

I use to go catch frogs all the time at my grandmas house. I wouldnt worry too much of him getting out. mine has never came to close, ive taken him out of the water for a few seconds, and it seems the gravity is too much. he tried to jump a couple times. as long as the filter is going he cant swim up through the waterfall and hop out. even if the filter is off, I dont think the frog could pull himself up into it.

[fishouttawater]

[blur:f550045394]still gonna have a nightmare tonight i am afraid[/blur:f550045394]

[shev]

frogophobia?

[fishouttawater]

[blur:4b2f8867a3]cold creepy crawly things SCARE me[/blur:4b2f8867a3]

[Lexus]

Well I once kept a tad pole that grew into a large frog, I mean larger than an african clawed frog... he jumped out many a time and once after a trip he was all dried up on the floor.

Now that my tank is in my room, no frogs or crabs for me!

[Lydia]

just imagine waking up in the morning with a slimy cold wet frog on you nose......jk lol