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FAQs About African Dwarf Frogs, Compatibility
Related Articles:
Keeping
African Clawed Frogs and African Dwarf Frogs
by Neale Monks,
African Dwarf Frogs,
Amphibians,
Turtles,
Related FAQs:
Dwarf African Frogs 1,
Dwarf African Frogs 2, ADF Identification,
ADF Behavior, ADF
Selection, ADF Systems,
ADF Feeding, ADF
Disease, ADF Reproduction, & FAQs on:
Amphibians 1,
Amphibians 2,
Frogs Other Than African and Clawed,
African Clawed Frogs,
Turtles, Amphibian Identification,
Amphibian Behavior,
Amphibian Compatibility,
Amphibian Selection,
Amphibian Systems,
Amphibian Feeding,
Amphibian Disease,
Amphibian Reproduction, |
ADF's need to be kept with peaceful
animals that won't bite them or eat all their food. NOT puffers,
cichlids of any size...
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Frog and fish compatibility
7/10/09
Hi crew, I have been doing some research to see if African Dwarf Frogs
are OK in a tank with Corys and angels but get conflicting answers. I
think it would be neat to have 2 in my tank but certainly would not put
them with
fish if that would hurt them or the fish. Please let me know what you
think
Thanks,
James
<Wouldn't bother. Corydoras will compete for food with the frogs, since
both eat the same things, but Corydoras feed more quickly. Angels can,
will nip at these tiny amphibians. The majority of Dwarf Frogs kept with
fish either starve or get damaged. Cheers, Neale.>
Re: frog and fish
compatibility 7/10/09
Thanks Neale, good to know. I would never want one to get hurt because
of something I could have avoided.
James
<Happy to help. Do consider things like shrimps and dwarf crayfish
(Cambarellus spp.) when hunting for oddballs in community tanks;
generally work much better, assuming the fish aren't overtly aggressive
or predatory.
Cheers, Neale.>
Frogs in the Aquarium 4/11/2009
Hello Crew, hope all is well with you. I have a question, please. I was
in a L.F.S. a couple of days ago just looking and saw a small frog in
several of the freshwater tanks.
<Hymenochirus spp; these are small tropical frogs related to the much
larger Xenopus aquatic frogs you may have seen/used in labs. Basic care
is similar to Xenopus, except they're tropical rather than subtropical
animals, and being much smaller (barely an inch or so in body length)
they're easily damaged by fish, crayfish etc. Feeding is a hassle
because they feed slowly, and while they will consume a variety of
things including wet frozen bloodworms and special frog pellets, most
fish will eat those things ten times faster than the frogs!>
I wanted to ask about it but there was no one around in the fish
department so after a long wait with no service I left. I wanted to find
out what kinds of frogs are compatible with the aquarium and out of
those which are the best as far as easiness to keep and not aggressive.
<I'd recommend keeping them alone, or if you must mix them with fish,
choose very small, surface-dwelling species that won't cause problems
re: aggression, feeding. Hatchetfish, small Danio species, Endler
guppies and so on would make sense. Snails and cherry shrimps would also
work well, and perhaps very docile benthic fish species like Kuhli
loaches and pygmy Corydoras and Whiptail species, e.g. Corydoras
hastatus, Rineloricaria parva.>
Also wondering if the frogs would be bothered by any other type of fish
as well as what types of food the frogs eat and if they can get to eat
before other fish steal their food.
<Yes, they're easily bothered by fish, and if damaged, prone to
bacterial infections similar to Finrot. While some folks keep them in
community tanks, the reality is that a fair proportion of the frogs kept
this way
either starve or get damaged.>
Thank you so much for all you do and have a great Easter!
<You too!>
James
<Cheers, Neale.>
Newcomer in the aquatic world... Betta
and Hymenochirus comp. 8/26/08
I had a quick question about the community my girlfriend and I should
build in our fish tank. It's a 10 gal. tank and we've been doing a lot of
research on what kind of fish would get along with our African dwarf frog we've
had for about a week now. We already have an apple snail, and other than the
java moss we have for the frog, it's a pretty empty tank. We've been thinking
about a beta
<Betta...>
fish but most of the websites we've visited have mixed opinions with some saying
betas make great tank mates and other saying that the beta would eat or beat up
the frog. Would placing a beta in the community be a good idea? Thank you.
<Should be fine with an ADF. Bob Fenner>
African dwarf frog... comp.
4/19/08
Hi Crew:
I love your website and I am hoping you can help me make a crucial decision. I
have had Ferdinand, my beloved ADF for almost 4 years. He made a cross-country
trip with us when we moved from Michigan to Texas three years ago, and he's
doing great in his little 3-gallon tank. About a month ago, I purchased a lovely
46 gallon tank, and I have 3 small tiger barbs (I know...I know...aggressive
breed, but PetSmart didn't tell me when I bought them!), 5 male guppies, 4
rasboras, 5 black skirts and 4 platies (2 mickies and a twinbar). Everyone is
healthy and well, and the water has cycled completely (according to a local fish
specialty shop....NOT PetSmart). I had 8 Neons that of course died after a
week....boo. Part of the reason I got the tank was for my personal pleasure, and
part of it was for Ferdinand to have a larger, happier, more populated home. Now
that things are established in the "big house", I'm simply terrified to move
him! The water almost matches his water in the chemical sense. Is this a safe
move? Am I delusional? Should I take the risk and move him? He had a house mate
who died about a year ago, but he's been perfectly healthy all along. I just
want him to have a great life. Thoughts?
Anne in Texas
<Hello Ann. Hymenochirus frogs are simply too small and too vulnerable to be
kept with fish, especially fin-nippers like Black Skirt Tetras (Gymnocorymbus
ternetzi) and Tiger Barbs (Puntius tetrazona). Putting the poor little frog in
with those badly behaved fishes would be cruel! So leave the little guy where he
is. Hymenochirus do best kept in their own tanks or perhaps with dwarf shrimps
and novelty snails like Nerites. Do also remember that both Black Skirts and
Tiger Barbs nip not just frogs but also Gouramis, Angelfish, Bettas, male Fancy
Guppies, and really anything that is either slow or equipped with long fins.
They AREN'T community fish, and shouldn't be treated as such. Cheers, Neale.>
ADF comp. 7/10/07
I am just getting started at keeping fish. I was wondering if a ADF was good
for a ten gallon tank. The fish in the tank are 6 small catfish and a algae
eater. Also how do I know if it is a male or female. Alex Jackson
<What are the catfish? Corydoras? They should be fine with an African Dwarf
Frog, assuming the frog gets enough to eat. I personally wouldn't mix them
though. Frogs deserve their own aquarium and rarely, if ever, do as well kept in
fish tanks. No idea what an "algae eater" is. If you mean Gyrinocheilus
aymonieri, the "Chinese algae eater" that isn't from China and doesn't eat much
algae, then no, you can't mix that with anything. It is one of the
worst-tempered fish in the hobby, as well as being far too large (around 30 cm
long) for a 10 gallon tank. If on the other hand you mean some sort of Pleco,
likely Pterygoplichthys spp., then while it will probably ignore the frog, it is
FAR too big (40 cm long) for a 10 gallon tank. Hope this helps, Neale.>
Albino African frog question... Rationale for requiring proper English
– 05/07/07
all it says is to fix my english. my english is fine thank you. thanks for
all the help
<Hello Heather, as a former schoolteacher, I'm going to bite... The problem with
your message is the poor grammar (e.g., "cant" instead of "can't"); the absence
of capital letters (e.g., "i" instead of "i"); and the use of non-words (e.g.,
"wanna" instead of "want to"). Now, while you may not be bothered by this, in no
way is it proper English. Ergo, anyone who wants to answer your question will
have to read and re-read the thing to understand precisely what you mean.
Needless to say, since none of us here are paid to answer these questions, and
we get dozens every day, we're going to spend time answering questions that are
easy to read and easy to understand. Yours is neither. Hence it gets dumped on
the 'return to sender' pile. Now, for what it's worth, the leopard puffers are
killing off your fish and frogs, and they will continue to do so until there are
only the two puffers left, and then the biggest one will kill the smallest one.
Incidentally, your "leopard puffers" could be a number of different fish but
most probably Tetraodon fluviatilis or Tetraodon nigriventris if they are some
combination of green and yellow, or else Tetraodon palembangensis is more
red/brown. Tetraodon fluviatilis and Tetraodon nigriventris grow to about 15 cm
and need brackish water conditions (around 50% seawater) whereas Tetraodon
palembangensis is even bigger but is at least a true freshwater species.
Regardless, totally and utterly incompatible with the fishes/frogs you have, and
ultimately needing a very large (for two specimens, 50 gallons+), well
maintained aquarium. Cheers, Neale>
Re: albino African frog question... Rationale for requiring proper English
– 05/07/07
honestly if i knew i was going to graded i would've cared alittle more about my
punctuation and capitalization. i just wanted to know why my frogs died but
thanks for being an ass. sorry if the lack of capitals bother you i'm sure
you'll get over it.
<Hello again, Heather. Presentation is everything. If you haven't learned that
yet, then it's about time. Sloppy writing suggests a sloppy mind, and I'm sure
you don't want people to think about you in those terms. By the way, feel free
to say "thank you" to me for spending fifteen minutes of my time figuring out
the problems with your aquarium and offering advice to remedy the situation. Oh,
and I'm pretty sure I'm not the one here looking like some sort of diminutive
equine. <<Heeee! RMF>> Sincerely, Neale>
Re: African frog Q – 05/08/07
Hello Robert,
Surely that should be "Heeee HAAWWW"?
Cheers, Neale
<You're really cracking me up Neale! B!>
Mollies & Dwarf frogs compatible? 3/8/07
The African Dwarf frogs are cute. Before I consider a purchase, just a quick
question - I have about 20 mollies and noticed they enjoy chasing & playing with
each other. I am concerned wondering if mollies (and a few bottom feeders as
Corydoras in the tank) will be nice to the frogs, e.g.. will not nip their
little webbed feet when floating on the top?
I want to make sure I never mix any incompatible species and wondering what your
opinions are.
Thank you so very much for your time!
SK
<Generally these three groups/species do get along fine... though I would like
to state that neither Corydoras genus catfishes nor ADFs "like" salt/s in their
water... and many folks use such with Mollienesia species. Bob Fenner>
Re: Mollies & Dwarf frogs compatible? – 03/09/07
I may try a couple of the dwarf frogs. In my tank I have never added salts.
<Good>
All but two of the Mollienesia fish I have were born in that very tank.
<Ahh, the best means of acquisition>
No salts added, though the dip stick reads as me having very hard water - I use
the aqua safe dechlorinating products. Does hard water, aqua salts, and a
brackish environment correlate in any way?
<Yes... the harder the water, the more total dissolved solids... many of which
are salts (ionic combinations of metals and non-metals...)... so much
concentration of these solids in a given volume of water is what brackish is.
Bob Fenner>
African dwarf frogs 12/12/05
WWM Crew,
I wondering what you guys think about putting African dwarf frogs with dwarf
puffers.
<Definitely not... they will be harassed/nipped.>
or the frogs in a snail breeding aquarium.
<This sounds more suitable.>
thanks
<You're welcome.... John>
African Dwarf Frog, tetras, and
ghost shrimp gang: 1/19/07
In separate 5 gallon tank with 4 tetras and 5 ghost shrimp. I understood the
ghost shrimp wouldn't mess the biolevel too much, so put them in for clean up (I
wanted an algae eater but didn't want anyone messing with the frog - and I knew
the tank would be too small for a growing algae eater).
<Good choice>
First question, WHAT CAN I FEED THE FROG THAT THE OTHERS WON'T TAKE FIRST?!
<Mmm, nothing>
Ha, those ghost shrimp are so good at taking food even if it is right in front
of the frog (one even tried to take a piece of meat from the frog's mouth!).
Oh yeah, the frog is most likely male and is smaller than a quarter.
I've managed to feed him dried-bloodworms (by hand), frozen brine shrimp (by
hand), and ground turkey (by hand). I recently crafted a little feeder wand just
for this sucker (and the salamanders) and wanted to see if any other
alternatives exist. I know we aren't supposed to feed them but once a day (or
two) and I've seen some people's frogs online turn to little porkers.
<Yes... with shortened lifespans>
I understand that they are naturally supposed to be slim since they usually skip
meals so how much should I feed regularly. I wanted to try the sinking pellets
but didn't want to count on them since I know the ghost shrimp will eat anything
they can grab.
<Mmm, won't likely eat pellets, prepared dried foods period>
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