Betta & African Dwarf Frog

[HeatherB]

I was thinking of getting some African Dwarf frogs for my 10 gallon divided crowntail betta tank. It has sand substrate, plants etc.

How many should I get, two for each side? Do they prefer to be in groups? I have done some research, but have found nothing about this.

Also, will they eat the betta pellets that fall to the bottom or should I buy them special froggy sinking pellets like I have read about?

I am feeding Ed's Food. Unfortunately he doesn't make frog food! (however i have had GREAT results with his stuff!)

Any info is appreciated!

[Marty]

We had an african dwarf frog with our betta and they got along fine, the frog would hide quite often. We also had glowlight tetra's in there and fed a mixture of tropical betta pellets and sinking pellets.

To be honest, i did not actually see the frog eat any of the food, and sadly, we had an infection in the tank (literally as we put the frog in the tank) and lost everyone.

This site has a list of food types for the frog:
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Live guppy fry : or any type of livebearer fry
Frozen or Freeze Dried Brineshrimp
Frozen or Freeze Dried Bloodworms or Glassworms
HBH Frog and Tadpole Bites
Reptomin
Gammarus
Frozen Beefheart
Frozen or Freeze dried krill or baby shrmp
Earthworms or nightcrawlers choped into small bite sized pieces

[terrapin24h]

I can't comment on betta compatibility, but here's my post on adf's from a thread last week. Please note that this was my personal experience with adf's, and others seem to have done much better than me:

Having actually had ADF myself, I can say that the shallower the tank, the easier their lives will be. A few things i learned during my brief tenure with the critters:
--they are dumb. In fact, mine appeared to have no survival instincts whatsoever, making them easy targets. Esp when they shed thier skin, fish will tend to pick at them
--They are near blind; they'll be prone to swimming into stuff
--they are scaleless, they have skin. This means you must be careful with meds and water quality
--contrary to popular belief, they can absorb *some* (but not much) oxygen through their skin, so keeping water quality high is very important(they can also absorb any ammonia or nitrite that may be in the water).
--Some frogs are naturally anorexic, and will not eat.
--they will have a hard time finding food, and will almost certainly be out competed by other fish for food
--during their mad dash for the surface of the water, they will attract the attention of the fish in the tank. Some fish will naturally be drawn to them and will chase them(my rosy barbs--who are super peaceful-- and my buenos aires tetras-not as peaceful, but not killers- did). Livebearers left them alone
--they are bad swimmers, so strong filter currents are bad
--no sharp decor, they can hit it and cut themselves
--cover your filter inlet; one of mine got a foot sucked into the intake, and could not get out. He got oxygen deprived and ended up having seizures before swimming to a piece of decor and cracking his head open

I ended up giving them their own tank, and still they had issues. There is a yahoo group dedicated to ADF, i suggest you join it and read up on them before getting any.

There are other board members here who have/had them as well, and their experiences are markedly more positive than the one i had so don't take my account as gospel. I will say this, they are high maintenance and you need to take them into account when designing your tank from the get go. Let us know how you make out

--chris

ps: Had i to do it again, i'd do a tank JUST for ADF. Sandy bottom, around 10 gal or so(would get you 6-10 frogs) some java moss or fern, some smooth river rock, and a small rock cave or two.

--chris