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has anyone had any experience with dwarf frogs I looked around on this site and havn't seen any info on them. I just need to know general maintenance. what to feed what tempature will they get along with others

I'm sure you want a African Dwarf forg:

This is a prety good site:
http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/Amphibiary/Hymenochirus.html

This one is great:
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/mypets/dwarfs.html

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
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Here is another good link:
http://aquaticfrogs.tripod.com/id8.html

It has info on the clawed frogs too...just make sure it says african dwarf frog...their info links are near the bottom.

The clawed frogs get much bigger and will eat fish.

*Kristin*

thanks guys this gave me everything I needed to know. linkin your two sites completely contradicted themselves but I think one of them was just being to paraniod lol do you guys personally have any experiance with them?

I have one in my 2.5 gal with a betta, he's pretty neat He hides and just kind of slinks around the tank most of the day, once in a while diving his head for a morsel of food. Now and again he comes to the surface for a gulp of air, but mostly just chills out and eats. They're a nice, interesting addition to a tank with smaller peaceful fish Bigger fish may take a leg home for dinner.

I've had 2 african dwarf frogs in my tank with some gourami's and a mystery snail for some time now. They really are a lot of fun to watch. I have a 5 year old son and when his friends come over they all huddle around the fish tank to see the frogs. I've never had any problems with them bothering or being bothered by their tankmates.

A couple of things I've learned:

They WILL NOT accept fish flakes as food no matter what the idiots at the pet store tell you. My froggies only seem to like frozen blood worms, which can be fun because they'll eat them right out of your hand.

These guys will keep eating and eating as long as there is food around - so you have to clean up whatever they don't eat after a few minutes. One of my frogs once swallowed most of an entire ball of bloodworms and was so fat I thought she was going to burst.

My frogs love to hide in my castle, so I would recommend having something like that or something similar to provide hiding places for them.

That's all I can think of for now, good luck! These frogs can be a lot of fun!

Dwarf frogs aren't the easiest aquatic critter to care for but not too difficult if you watch out for a few things. Temperature is one thing you don't really have to be concerned about. They survive a wide range of temps and usually do fine without a heater provided your house isn't too cold. I don't think they like really warm tanks though such as over 80F.

The most important thing to remember is dwarf frogs need air. They should not be kept in too large/deep of tank unless there are lots of decorations leading up to the surface of the water. I would suggest only keeping them in tanks under 1' in height unless you know what your doing and plan it out carefully. Do not keep them with stringy or thick plants they can get stuck in. I had one get stuck in a pile of moss and drown and another that almost drowned because he got stuck in a floating leaf stem from an aponogeton plant. Also avoid letting plants block the surface. Broadleaf leaf plants like crypts are best.

2nd major concern is food. Dwarf frogs will very rarely eat flakes and less than half will eat other dried foods like sinking pellets.The best food is frozen bloodworms which you will have to thaw and feed them at least every 2-3days. Most prefer to feed daily. Mine also like frozen squid chunks and other frozen fish foods.

They also aren't that great at finding food. They look for movement first but dead food doesn't really move. If you keep any fish with them the fish will usually get the food first. It can be quite difficult to feed frogs that are kept in community tanks with fish. Some will eat what they find on the bottom but that poses another problem. When frogs are near food they just start snapping randomly until they grab the food. Some have gotten bits of gravel or other substrate stuck in their mouths instead of food. They usually die because it's really hard to get it out without harming them.

To feed mine I thaw part of a frozen cube of food in a cup then suck it up into a dropper. I then have to squeeze the food to the end of the dropper and wiggle it around in front of each frog every day to get them to eat.


Last frogs are messy but they also can't deal with high current. That means you can't filter the tank heavily but you still need to get all the leftover food or waste out. I have trumpet snails helping to keep my tank clean and all my tanks are heavily planted so the plants use alot of the waste from the inhabitants. Otherwise it would need at least weekly gravel vacs. A cannister filter can be helpful because they are more efficient and can filter an equivalent amount of waste using a much lower flow than a power filter or hob but most frog tanks aren't big enough to really be worth adding a cannister.