psycho ADF!

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sillyputty

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My daughter has been keeping a betta and an ADF together in a 2 gallon. I know thats a little tight but they have both thrived. The problem is the ADF attacks the bettas fins. He stalks the betta then pounces on the fins. I have even seen him get such a good hold that he goes for a little ride around the tank! This ADF will also hang on to the hornwart and yank it around.

The bettas fins were getting a bit ragged after awhile and I figured more space would do them good so we got daughter a 10 gallon. She put in 2 platies, one a high fin platie, and the ADF. The ADF immediately started stalking the two platies and jumping at them! New Victims! So the ADF is back in the 2G and the betta is very happy in the 10.

Anyone else have psyco ADFs? My son has one also and he is very mild.

I also considered he may be a clawed frog but after searching dozens of pictures I am convinced he is just an ADF. He has flat eyes on the sides of his head and webbed front feet.

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That is what I thought, he just needed more space, but when we put him in the 10, I mean he instantly went after the platies.
 
I never had an agressive ADF, but temperament differ from each individual animal. When I had an adf, it was very passive and peaceful. If he continues to nip at the fishes', I would recommend keeping him in a seperate tank.
 
He is behaving like his bigger cousins the african clawed frogs. Usually ADF's are amazingly docile for amphibians. You def just have a spirited one. Most likely the platies are too large for him to eat right? In a tank with fish that swim faster than a betta without flowing finnage (like platies) he should do better. He might even get sick of jumping on them. Maybe if you tried putting pieces of earth worm in with him sometimes... so he can "hunt". Sometimes hyper active children just need to be entertained. :-)
 
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