African Dwarf Frog question

[Sarahann31190]

Is there a possibility one of my ADF's is pregnant? And also how do they have babies? Eggs, live?

Here are pictures of the two- as you can see one if a LOT bigger. Now they usually get all fat like this after I give them bloodworms/brine shrimp, but I haven't given them any in a while which I why I'm curious.


The first is the fat one-

and the second-

 

[lateinningmagic]

Sorry, I have no idea, but I was FINALLY able to locate ADF today and bought two. I haven't tried feeding them, but I have frozen brine shrimp available. How often to you feed them, and how much. Do you use the turkey baster/ tweezers method?

Sorry to hijack, but I figure first hand experience is the best advice.

 

[DGalt]

it may be pregnant but it could also be suffering from bloat, although adfs with bloat are usually more balloon shaped. are you sure that one is female (i.e. have you checked? I can't tell from the picture. males are generally smaller and if you look behind their front legs you should see a small white dot, looks like a small pimple)

 

[Sarahann31190]

Oh it's no problem. Mine mostly eat frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp. I pop one of each cube in the tank and they find it once it settles to the bottom (as my other fish are small and don't eat a ton of it). I usually feed them once or twice a week. Since I put lots or veggie/algae wafers in, so I think they eat those also.

 

[Sarahann31190]

Ya her (it's) sides are just bulged.

 

[smartdog126]

yea what you could do is cut the blood worms cube in half and feed it like that so its not wasteful into the tank

 

[Sarahann31190]

Was that for me or lateiningmagic?

 

[Sarahann31190]

Dgalt where? On their back?

 

[lateinningmagic]

I was looking up how to feed Brine Shrimp (to guppy fry) and I saw a lot of people mentioning mallets and frozen cubes. I think I have something different. It's a Hikari brand frozen brine shrimp thing, and they are in cubes, but the cubes aren't frozen solid. I stuck a toothpick and I was able to pull out one shrimp at a time and then dip the toothpick in the tank and shook the shrimp off. Neons and Zebras went crazy over it yesterday.

How many individual shrimps do you think I should feed each frog? Twice a week is good? I thought it was every other day?

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Sarahann31190]

If you are just feeding them those I would do it every other day. Maybe 5 or so shrimp each. Mine will fill up then go and hide once they're full. So yours may let you know when they are full.