African Dwarf Frogs - feeding?

[sammydee]

Hi all.

I have a three gallon tank which has been cycled and is ok to put fish in now. I thought maybe a betta and two african dwarf frogs would be really nice in there, but there's a couple of issues.

First, I heard that the dwarf frogs need loads of hiding places, so I would need to put lots of plants and stuff in. Unfortunately the tank doesn't have its own light, and doesn't get much light from the little halogen bedside lamp that is next to it, so are there any plants which do well on reduced lighting levels in such a small tank?

Second, the frogs need either frozen or live foods. I don't live very near my LFS unluckily, so I would be lucky to get there once a month, if that. How quickly do ADFs get through frozen food? And is it at all possible to culture your own live food for them?

Thanks!

 

[gonefishin]

You could just get a few plastic or silk plants, this would be easy and more cost effective. I have gotten them to eat flake food. Although I'm not positive how much they will eat over a long period, I doubt it would take too much freezer space for a few months suply.

 

[Leopardess]

For one pack(the mid size one, i think, it has 2 sheets and may be 14 oz.) of hikari frozen bloodworms, it will last months,especially for just one frog. It costs me 14.99 and its very thin and easily stored.

I strongly suggest using Hikaris frozen bloodworms as the staple of the diet.

 

[FisheyLisa]

I have had my frogs for under a week, so I am still in the learning stages. I learned that you need to feed the worms to the frog with a baster and distract the betta with other food or something or else the frog won't eat. My betta practically sucks the worms from the baster before the frog gets them, hence the necessary distracting. I even tried to remove the betta from the tank, but I think he is on to me because as soon as he saw me hovering over the tank with container, he hid under the roots of a plant- which he has never done before. I tried on 2 different occasions to remove him, and both times he knew something was up and went for the roots. anyway I ramble...

bloodworms mentioned above are what i'd recommend. I shave/cut a bit off the cube, wrap unused in plastic, and return it to the freezer. 1/4 cube for 4 frogs fed every other day at this point. You'll have it forever!!

 

[Leopardess]

I suggest staying away from the cubed worms if possible, and using the flats instead. Also, tweezers work best, IME.