New ACF owner

[SanderB]

Feeder fish, frozen blood worms, and worms you "find" are not really a great diet for your frog. You should really get him on a good pelleted/prepared diet. The majority of feeder fish on the market have enzimes that prevent creatures that eat them from processing the protein properly. Worms you "find" can carry a number of contaminants including pesticides and fertilizers. Earth worms are great if you use farm raised worms like the ones in a bait store. Some pet stores carry them as well. Make sure you cut them into a few peices. Bloodworms of any kind really don't contain substantial nutrition and should only be offered as a treat at best.
I agree with Terry that the 20 gallon will be a good upgrade for him. Lots more horizontal swimming room.
If you are interested in getting him a buddy, check your local classified adds. People are often trying to get rid of these frogs for free or cheap.

If feed my frogs frozen bloodworms and sometimes earthworms, never had any problems. It are clawed frogs, not some kind of diseased humans with digestion isues. In nature they will eat probably everything that fits in their mouth: fish, insects, snails, other frogs, mice... I keep and my fish and amfibians like they would live in the wild --> survival of the fittest. Just feed them bugs, spiders, worms, fish...
Pellets might be good to but it´s expensive compare to the earthworms in my backyard.

[rodsboys]

If feed my frogs frozen bloodworms and sometimes earthworms, never had any problems. It are clawed frogs, not some kind of diseased humans with digestion isues. In nature they will eat probably everything that fits in their mouth: fish, insects, snails, other frogs, mice... I keep and my fish and amfibians like they would live in the wild --> survival of the fittest. Just feed them bugs, spiders, worms, fish...
Pellets might be good to but it´s expensive compare to the earthworms in my backyard.

Not a whole lot of "wild" ACFs getting their mits on goldfish and rosey reds. In the wild they would be likely to eat a variety of small fish not doubt. Few of which will likely not contain Thiaminase. Kind of sad really that purchased food is too expensive for you and you rather chance killing/harming them. The whole idea of keeping these animals should at the very least contain some though of their health and well being.

[SanderB]

Not a whole lot of "wild" ACFs getting their mits on goldfish and rosey reds. In the wild they would be likely to eat a variety of small fish not doubt. Few of which will likely not contain Thiaminase. Kind of sad really that purchased food is too expensive for you and you rather chance killing/harming them. The whole idea of keeping these animals should at the very least contain some though of their health and well being.

As I sad, I never had a sick clawed frog before and I´ve been keeping them for about 5 years or so. They realy like big earthworms, I once had a clawed frog and she ate 5 worms that where 25 cm each in 1 time. I also gave her a big mouse: My african clawed frog eating a mouse part 1 - YouTube

I wonder if she was a real Xenopus laevis or not some other species, both male and female where very big, the female was about 30cm when she stretched her leggs.
I also had a male at that time and he was about 15 years old or so was only being fed earhtworms.

[rodsboys]

30 cm? Wow! That is monster. How big was just the body and what ever happened to her?

[SanderB]

30 cm? Wow! That is monster. How big was just the body and what ever happened to her?

I think the body was about 15 cm from head to cloaca. I sold or gave her away to someone with a bigger tank. Together with her male and the old male.