M y A quarium C lub. How many bloodworms should I give to my ADF? Before my frog passed I would feed like three bloodworms twice a day and a day of fasting I dunno about the guppy fry thing.
Can I add 3 ghost shrimp and an African Dwarf Frog to my ten gallon? Tips and tricks for taking care of African Dwarf frogs. African Dwarf Frogs and frozen bloodworms. African dwarf frogs and misguided information on the internet. While adult frogs may co-exist with docile fish easily, most fish will attempt to eat the frog eggs. African Dwarf Frogs can be a great addition to your tank.
If you are sure to feed them correctly, in no time you could have thriving and happy frogs living in your aquarium. Shop Menu. Caring for African Dwarf Frogs. Feeding Dwarf Frogs As mentioned above, African Dwarf Frogs are difficult to feed because they are finicky eaters but on top of that, they are slow eaters and cannot compete with fish.
Subscribe Get weekly aquarium blog articles right in your inbox. Email address Subscribe. Hikari Freeze Dried Bloodworms. Sale price Regular price. Error Quantity must be 1 or more. Back to Freshwater Aquarium Blog. If you wanted to simulate their wild environment as closely as possible, then feeding them at night that is, as soon as the day light in their tank is turned off would be part of that.
The problem is that it's more difficult to gauge the amount of food your frogs eat and to remove uneaten food when the tank is darkened. Also, frogs are just barely nocturnal, so it really doesn't make that big a difference when they eat. They adapt to day feeding just fine. I suggest that new keepers feed their frogs during the day. Once you get familiar enough with their eating habits that you can measure out the amount of food they're going to eat without there being leftovers, then you can feed them at night if you like.
Personally, I feed my frogs in the morning. In nature, ADFs are bottom feeders, so many people suggest feeding them by placing their food on the bottom of the tank using a turkey baster. Many keepers also suggest using a small terra cotta plate like the ones that go under flowerpots, and placing the food in the plate on the bottom of the tank so the frogs know where to find it. They don't see very well, so putting the food in the same place all the time helps them find it more easily.
This is an excellent way to feed your frogs if your tank doesn't have much water movement. Personally, however, I don't use either of those methods anymore.
The reason is that all of my aquatic tanks do have filtration and aeration, which means that there's always a bit of movement in the water. The movement isn't very strong, but it's strong enough that the food doesn't stay where I put it. Here's what I do instead. First of all, I no longer keep any other animals except ghost shrimps in my frog tanks. When frogs are kept in tanks with fish, the fish usually eat most of the food while it's still at the top of the tank.
Very little of it makes it to the bottom, so the poor frogs go hungry. This doesn't happen with ghost shrimps because they're also bottom feeders. Secondly, I let the frogs know that it's time for dinner by gently tapping on the glass three times with my fingernail right before I feed them. Believe it or not, they learn very quickly that the tapping means to get ready because food is on the way. That's important because, as mentioned earlier, ADFs don't have very good vision. If you just drop the food in the tank, they may not find it before it starts to spoil.
But when they know it's coming, they get excited and start looking for it right away. It only takes about two to four feedings before they figure it out.
Here's a video of a feeding using this method. The above video was taken from inside the tank using an underwater camera. The product should specifically mention frogs. Fish pellets, reptile pellets or anything that does not mention frogs is not appropriate or healthy for your little guys. Note that if you feed fresh or frozen food almost exclusively to your dwarf frogs, they may refuse to eat pellets.
African dwarf frogs, like most fish, have no idea when to stop eating. One frog would eat an entire cube of bloodworms if he could. To keep your frogs fit and in good health, feed them about four days out of the week—roughly every other day—and only until their stomachs become very slightly rounded and full-looking.
It doesn't take very much to fill their little bellies. Five to seven blood worms or pellets, for instance, will do the trick. It's better to feed them too little and realize you need to give them a bit more than to feed them until they look like they're ready to explode. Drop a few pellets or bloodworms in your tank and chances are your African dwarf frogs won't eat anything.
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