African Dwarf Frogs

I've read that they make a clicking noise when interested in mating. There is a good article here on AC about them if you click the "Articles" link at the very top of any page.

We have one and so far it's been good. I think I will add another for some interatction. I don't want it to be lonely, if such a thing can happen.

I am a bit confused about quantity of food to feed one. I have frozen bloodworms. Will one frog eat an entire cube? I've not wanted to have a lot of waste so I've been conservative but I am just not sure how much is enough verses too much.

I also have live black worms and it eats them right up!
 
I have a dwarf african frog in my 20g long tank. I like him a lot. Although...Soon he is going to get some friends and go into a 10g because i am getting rid of the 20g long ( actually just moving to guest bedroom and using for backup) I plan to get it planted with 4-6 dwarf frogs and 6-10 cherry shrimp.

They are quite interesting. Mine has been in my 20g long for about 2 months now and i don't hand feed him and you can see my fish below. He does quite well and is entertaining to watch him fly up to the surface and then fly back down in a jiffy.

I do overfeed a bit just because of that, also why i am taking him out and placing him into a 10g so there will be less over feeding. I do 25-50% water changes a week and vacum out every water change, but i like a crystal clear tank:)
 
-"I've read that they make a clicking noise when interested in mating. There is a good article here on AC about them if you click the "Articles" link at the very top of any page."-

They sing during Spring but mostly during Summer. It sounds like a combination of a cricket and a small pond frog. I've had one for over a year now. At first I kept him in a small tank, but he always hid and never sang. Then I moved him to my establishe 29 gallons and he's doing great! I lived in the Southwest US, and just the other day it got warm outside (about 85 degrees Fahrenheit) It was like he knew it because he started singing. Love it when he sings. I want to get a second one but I don't want any babies, and I have a hard time deciding if it is male or female.
 
Hey everybody
I was recently at a friends house and I noticed that he had 2 ADF in his basement (which is pretty cold and dark) and he had only about an inch and a half of water, as well as no shelter or planting in a 20 gallon tank. He said that he feed them and changed the water at least semi regularly, and that his sister had left them there when she moved out. I felt so bad that the little guys had no water or plants to swim in and asked if he would just give them to me. He agreed no problem.

So I got them home and gave the tank a military scrub down, (was very careful not to leave any cleaning material in the tank) And I gave them medium sized smooth river rock for bedding as well as some plants to hide in. While cleaning I quickly discovered that if the water had ever been changed it had not been in some time and I'm not sure if the rock bedding had EVER been changed. The condition of the tank was absolutely horrific!!!!! (I had to scrape contents of the tank out with a puddy knife)

Although my friend has no idea how old the ADF's are he said they had to be at least 6-8 years old. One of the frogs took very well to the new tank, he will swim around and regularly eat, and is an overall healthy looking frog. The second frog however is quite smaller than the other (and I'm almost positive that it is the female of the 2) It has been 2 days since the tank remodel and ever since the second frog spends the MAJORITY of the time laying in the bottom corner of the tank behind a plant. It moves so rarely that I have wondered if it was still living a couple times and had to poke it to get it to move at all.
(although the frog will often FREAK OUT!!! when I turn a light on in the morning, but will immediately return to the corner)

So basically I'm just wondering if this VERY lethargic behavior is common for ADF's. The frog seemed to swim significantly more when it was in the filthy water. I'm horrified that the frogs have lived to even see a good home I would hate for it not to make it now.

Oh I might mention that right before I changed the water the frogs where shedding A TON!! it was all over the tank - I had to change the water 2 out of the 3 days that I had them before the tank remodel. ??normal??

-Seemingly Healthy Frog -

1. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...

2. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...


- ?sick? frog -

1. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...

2. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...

3. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...

4. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...


- The New Tank Setup (is this okay) -

1. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/s...


I want to believe by the "healthy" frog that it is a male because he croaks alot - and the sicker looking one is a female because its always so silent. Could anybody tell me by looking at the photos? And if it is male and female the male is ALWAYS mounting the female ALL-THE-TIME!!! are they the same breed, because they look nothing alike - and to be honest they dont look much like any ADF photos ive seen on the web.

I hope the pictures help. Any opinions and suggestions will be GREATLY APPRECIATED. Thank you for taking the time to read and reply.
 
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