They'llNeverKnow
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- Feb 11, 2011
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...Clawed Frog? Okay, so PetCo (a LPS) is apparently clueless and doesn't know what frogs are what. So instead of buying 3 African DWARF Frogs like I thought I had...one ended up being an African CLAWED Frog.
The Dwarfs are in my 3 gallon male Betta tank along with one Ghost Shrimp. (I do water changes 2-3 times a week, don't tell me to upgrade my tank)
The Clawed was moved from the 3 gallon tank into my 10 gallon female Betta sorority. (currently houses 8 female Betta's, water change done 2-3 times a week or more) The Clawed is only an inch long so I'm not worried about him hurting my female Betta's yet. Right now I'm worried about the frog, one of my female Betta's bit one of his 'arms' yesterday.
I know this frog needs to be moved into his own tank soon. What is the SMALLEST tank possible to house ONE Clawed frog with NOTHING else (no fish, no mollusks, no crustaceans)? Would I 5 gallon be okay? Because I know for a FACT that I will NOT be able to get a 10 gallon tank for ONE frog. If I had the frog in a 5 gallon I would use small pea-sized gravel so if ingested the frog would be able to pass it. I would also do 2-3 water changes a week like I do for my Betta's. I know these frogs create a lot of waste.
I would love to have this frog in a 10 gallon but I can't afford another 10 gallon tank. I also can't take him back to PetCo to get my money back as that store is horrid (I only go there to 'rescue' fish. I've gotten all of my 'oddball' fish from there). I also don't want to give him away to a good fish store or anything because he's quite adorable. Whenever I feed him he'll put his bloodworms in a nice pile and then eat one (which scatters the worms again). So he'll pile them up again and repeat the process over and over.
So will a 5 gallon suffice if I do all that I've listed above?
The Dwarfs are in my 3 gallon male Betta tank along with one Ghost Shrimp. (I do water changes 2-3 times a week, don't tell me to upgrade my tank)
The Clawed was moved from the 3 gallon tank into my 10 gallon female Betta sorority. (currently houses 8 female Betta's, water change done 2-3 times a week or more) The Clawed is only an inch long so I'm not worried about him hurting my female Betta's yet. Right now I'm worried about the frog, one of my female Betta's bit one of his 'arms' yesterday.
I know this frog needs to be moved into his own tank soon. What is the SMALLEST tank possible to house ONE Clawed frog with NOTHING else (no fish, no mollusks, no crustaceans)? Would I 5 gallon be okay? Because I know for a FACT that I will NOT be able to get a 10 gallon tank for ONE frog. If I had the frog in a 5 gallon I would use small pea-sized gravel so if ingested the frog would be able to pass it. I would also do 2-3 water changes a week like I do for my Betta's. I know these frogs create a lot of waste.
I would love to have this frog in a 10 gallon but I can't afford another 10 gallon tank. I also can't take him back to PetCo to get my money back as that store is horrid (I only go there to 'rescue' fish. I've gotten all of my 'oddball' fish from there). I also don't want to give him away to a good fish store or anything because he's quite adorable. Whenever I feed him he'll put his bloodworms in a nice pile and then eat one (which scatters the worms again). So he'll pile them up again and repeat the process over and over.
So will a 5 gallon suffice if I do all that I've listed above?