African Dwarf Frogs

Georgia Peach · 01-12-2006, 08:00 AM

Does anyone here know very much about these?? I have inherited some and I had some questions about them..

fishboy · 01-12-2006, 03:03 PM

They are lazy
Feed them meaty food like bloodworm everyother day
They do well i groups
They shed their skin i believe
They have bad vision
They are masters at escaping form what I've heard
Their limbs easily get stuck in filter strainers
They do fine at room temperature
The stay small

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADFs AND NOT ACFs, IT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

Georgia Peach · 01-12-2006, 03:45 PM

thanks. They came from Grow-A-Frog so they are supposed to be the dwarf species

garfieldnfish · 01-12-2006, 06:25 PM

Grow a frog are ACF = African Clawed frogs and they are a lot different. They get a lot larger to the point where they eat smaller fish. There is a great site for those frogs at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/froggyfriends/

They can really point you in the right direction.
ADF tadpoles are too tiny and complicated for most people to raise so the kit comes with ACFs. Those are much larger to start with and eat packaged frog food. ADF tadpoles only hunt live microorganisms and live baby brine shrimp and that would not sell well as a kit.
Once the ACF tadpoles morph into small frogs they are the size of adult ADFs and look almost the same, but then they keep growing. You can check their feet. ADFs have webbed feet, ACFs do not have the webbed feet only claws.
Both are cool frogs though.

Georgia Peach · 01-13-2006, 06:09 AM

thanks for the website Garfieldnfish! I will check their feet today - do I look at the back feet or front feet??

garfieldnfish · 01-13-2006, 01:28 PM

I would check the hind feet, they are larger and better to see.

micstarz · 01-19-2006, 05:43 AM

hmmm.. yea I think they are ACF too.

ACFs are illegal in alot of states because they are a preadator and if released into local waters they can rip hell open...

Georgia Peach · 01-19-2006, 11:41 AM

yes, I have discovered since this thread was started that my frogs are ACF and Im going to have to have a huge tank for them all!

garfieldnfish · 01-19-2006, 05:05 PM

I'm glad to see you will keep them. Neat frogs. BTW my ADF tadpole has now become a cannibal at 15 weeks of age. I added a few ADF larvaes to his tank (my daughter yelled "get them out of there, their parents will eat them". Well, true enough they would, but when I added them to their older sibling, they became a snack in a few minutes anyway).

Georgia Peach · 01-19-2006, 08:29 PM

oh yeah, I definately plan on keeping them.. Ive already named them, winky and tinky.. LOL - I had a couple of tads die but have decided not to cash in on my guarantee as I will be doing good to afford a 29 gal tank for the two that I have. Ive spent three days doing nothing but research on them. they are quite an interesting hobby!

01-12-2006, 08:00 AM	#1
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	African Dwarf Frogs Does anyone here know very much about these?? I have inherited some and I had some questions about them.. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !* Last edited by Georgia Peach; 01-12-2006 at 08:15 AM.

01-12-2006, 03:03 PM	#2
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	They are lazy Feed them meaty food like bloodworm everyother day They do well i groups They shed their skin i believe They have bad vision They are masters at escaping form what I've heard Their limbs easily get stuck in filter strainers They do fine at room temperature The stay small MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADFs AND NOT ACFs, IT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

01-12-2006, 03:45 PM	#3
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	thanks. They came from Grow-A-Frog so they are supposed to be the dwarf species __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

01-13-2006, 06:09 AM	#5
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	thanks for the website Garfieldnfish! I will check their feet today - do I look at the back feet or front feet?? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	hmmm.. yea I think they are ACF too. ACFs are illegal in alot of states because they are a preadator and if released into local waters they can rip hell open... __________________

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01-12-2006, 06:25 PM	#4
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 660	Grow a frog are ACF = African Clawed frogs and they are a lot different. They get a lot larger to the point where they eat smaller fish. There is a great site for those frogs at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/froggyfriends/ They can really point you in the right direction. ADF tadpoles are too tiny and complicated for most people to raise so the kit comes with ACFs. Those are much larger to start with and eat packaged frog food. ADF tadpoles only hunt live microorganisms and live baby brine shrimp and that would not sell well as a kit. Once the ACF tadpoles morph into small frogs they are the size of adult ADFs and look almost the same, but then they keep growing. You can check their feet. ADFs have webbed feet, ACFs do not have the webbed feet only claws. Both are cool frogs though.

01-13-2006, 01:28 PM	#6
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 660	I would check the hind feet, they are larger and better to see.

01-19-2006, 11:41 AM	#8
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	yes, I have discovered since this thread was started that my frogs are ACF and Im going to have to have a huge tank for them all! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

01-19-2006, 05:05 PM	#9
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 660	I'm glad to see you will keep them. Neat frogs. BTW my ADF tadpole has now become a cannibal at 15 weeks of age. I added a few ADF larvaes to his tank (my daughter yelled "get them out of there, their parents will eat them". Well, true enough they would, but when I added them to their older sibling, they became a snack in a few minutes anyway).

01-19-2006, 08:29 PM	#10
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	oh yeah, I definately plan on keeping them.. Ive already named them, winky and tinky.. LOL - I had a couple of tads die but have decided not to cash in on my guarantee as I will be doing good to afford a 29 gal tank for the two that I have. Ive spent three days doing nothing but research on them. they are quite an interesting hobby! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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