African Dwarf frogs in planted tank?

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beeperz2134

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I've had my three little guys for about a year now and they are currently in a 65 gallon tank non planted tank -
i would like to try to combine all my fish into 1 planted tank but i'm not sure how they would do and what i need to be cautious of with them. I don't want them to get hurt.

please let me know what you think of adding these guys all together in a planted tank:

in the unplanted tank i have:

3- African dwarf frogs
1- pleco-(i know he'll probably dig stuff up)
6- cherry barbs
6 - platies (which i'd known how much they reproduce before i got the original 2 :))
5- kuhli

then in my planted tank i have
2- dwarf puffers
1- farowella
5- cardinals
1-otto
1- desert goby
2- sydthimunki loaches
1-Florida flagfish
lots of snails

any suggestions? Am I out of my mind for wanting to combine them together? What do I need to take precautions on to keep the African dwarf frogs safe?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
 

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I do not see a problem with combinding them in one tank.

Except the pleco may munch on some of the plants.
 

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the pleco probably won't so much eat the plants as dig them up for fun. probably depends on the species, but i have never succeeded in keeping rooted plants rooted with a pleco in town.

do you have salt in the planted tank? the puffers and flag fish would like that, but the frogs and all of the other fish and the plants certainly wouldn't
 

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dwarf frogs plus shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danios?

How would these interesting animals get along in a very large planted tank? Cherry shrimp, dwarf frogs and Celestial Pearl Danios?
 

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I'd be worried about the dwarf puffers mostly I think.
 

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I don't know, dwarf frogs are so small and slow. They could get outcompeted at mealtimes, or bullied by the goby, puffer, flagfish... maybe even the loaches. If it were me, I'd keep them with the more peaceful tankmates they already have. You could always add plants to their current tank. Being so helpless, the frogs would probably feel more secure having plants to hide in.

If you decide to do it, consider maintaining a good supply of live blackworms in your substrate for the frogs, so they can take their time finding food. I was able to keep a pair of dwarf frogs in a tank with praecox rainbowfish that way, and they remained very well fed.
 

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Those puffers are going to terrorize the farowella & cardinals.
 

beeperz2134

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Thank you for your responses.... Believe it or not -- my male african dwarf frog "picks on" my pleco - sits on his face gets in front of him during feeding time. it's pretty funny. unfortunately i've faced my first "ich" encounter and lost 1-cardinal tetra and my farlowella. I think that was ok for my first time treating for this. So I've changed my plans and keeping my 30g as basically a puffer tank - with the 3-puffers, 1 otto and 1- goby.
 

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I would not keep the dwarf frogs with community fish period. The may seem slow to you but they're fast when they want to be. I kept one in a 10gal tank and fed him feeder guppies and after 2-3 months it was big enough I moved up to small feeder goldfish.
Once the frog was almost the size of my hand I gave back to the pet shop I got him from.

Your Cardinals, Cherry Barbs and Platys will make a nice snack...
 

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That wasn't a dwarf frog, that was a CLAWED frog. Dwarf frogs stay small. Clawed frogs grow as large as your fist.
 
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