African Dwarf Frogs - Help!

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I started my tanks over two weeks ago, and made the mistake of not dong much researching before stocking my tank. Lesson learned. My 6 gallon tank is cycling right now with 3 glofish (I know these are a touchy topic, but I have them now), and two african dwarf frogs (one recently passed, or is almost gone).

So this morning I noticed one frog floating on the top, and knew he was about gone. So I took him out of the tank in his own container. His skin was shedding yesterday, probably because of the levels of ammonia. I took my water to the fish store (a privately own, not a chain). My ammonia levels are high, and he said I should see my nitrates & nitrites start rising in the next few days (or something to that effect). Then they should start falling. Of course not to add anything else to the tank. Then bring my water back up for another test in 7-8 days.

So my question is this. I have a healthy frog still in the tank. The guy at the fish store told me to keep the frog in the tank. Is this okay? Should I take him out and put him in dechlorinated water, or is he just going to die no matter what I do?

I feel bad for my frog, and made a big mistake....I hope I can save the one I have left!

Thanks for any help!
 
sorry about your frog! :(
defiantly either get rid of the goldfish or the frog, take em back to the store or something because these two are not compatible. By the way if they are the bigger fancy goldfish they are going to need 10gallons each, so I have head. hey maybe its an excuse to set up another tank?! :)
Also what have you been feeding your frogs, and have they been eating?
 
marinkafuschia said:
sorry about your frog! :(
defiantly either get rid of the goldfish or the frog, take em back to the store or something because these two are not compatible. By the way if they are the bigger fancy goldfish they are going to need 10gallons each, so I have head. hey maybe its an excuse to set up another tank?! :)
Also what have you been feeding your frogs, and have they been eating?
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Glofish not goldfish.
But there still may be a problem. How big are the glofish.
You need to get you a liquid test kit and start doing water changes to keep the ammonia and nitrites down.
 
I would do water changes to reduce your ammonia. Get a good test kit so you can monitor it yourself (api freshwater master kit is good). Anytime your ammonia is over .25, do a water change to reduce it. Same goes when you start seeing nitrites.
 
marinkafuschia said:
sorry about your frog! :(
defiantly either get rid of the goldfish or the frog, take em back to the store or something because these two are not compatible. By the way if they are the bigger fancy goldfish they are going to need 10gallons each, so I have head. hey maybe its an excuse to set up another tank?! :)
Also what have you been feeding your frogs, and have they been eating?
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Actually the OP said Glofish, as in genetically modified zebra danios, not goldfish. :)


I'd keep the frog in the tank and just do daily water changes.


edit: looks like I type too slow. lol
 
She said GLOfish not gold, lol. Well, if you can, take the frog back, if not, keep him in there, do very frequent water changes with dechlorinated water. You will probably want to change 50% of the water twice a day, but if that is too much, then at least do one 50% change a day. I know this seems like a lot but it will help.Another member recently had a very similar problem and now judging fom her recent posts everything worked out fine.
 
Veloth said:
Glofish not goldfish.
But there still may be a problem. How big are the glofish.
You need to get you a liquid test kit and start doing water changes to keep the ammonia and nitrites down.
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The glofish are about an inch long. They have not bothered the frogs at all, and the frogs have been swimming around with them. I did have an aggressive glofish that was nipping at the frogs and other glofish, and took him back.

So water changes were not mentioned to me by the guy at the fish store. He gave me something pink to put in the water (I had my kids with me, and just didn't pay enough attention), he said it might help.

So should I do a water change today, after I've already put that stuff in the water. I have test strips, but will get an ammonia test kit. And start water changes, today? tomorrow?

Thanks for all the quick responses!
 
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If he gave you ammolock and you added it, the ammonia test probably won't work for weeks (I've seen people saying it messes with the test quite a number of times), but I could be wrong. :P
 
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