need clawed frog advice asap

[tarralb]

Hi,

I work at a school, and for science they got a shipment of dwarf frogs in. I took one home...then started realizing it looked nothing like a dwarf frog. He is a smooth graphite gray color and def. does not have webed front feet. He is about the size of a dwarf frog at the moment. He is in a 5 gallon tank with a betta and a real dwarf frog. Now I am in a situation because I don't know what to do with him. I know he will outgrow this tank.

My question at the moment is, will he be ok with the dwarf frog and betta for now? When do I need to start to worry? Also, any ideas on places that might take him? Thanks!

[mpmistr]

Hi,

I work at a school, and for science they got a shipment of dwarf frogs in. I took one home...then started realizing it looked nothing like a dwarf frog. He is a smooth graphite gray color and def. does not have webed front feet. He is about the size of a dwarf frog at the moment. He is in a 5 gallon tank with a betta and a real dwarf frog. Now I am in a situation because I don't know what to do with him. I know he will outgrow this tank.

My question at the moment is, will he be ok with the dwarf frog and betta for now? When do I need to start to worry? Also, any ideas on places that might take him? Thanks!

They grow pretty fast. He'd probably eat the ADF first, I guess when he's gone you know.. lol.

5 gallon is way too small regardless for any of those creatures especially all 3.. but yeah I'd separate as soon as possible.

If I lived close by I'd take him off your hands!

[emberlisa]

Since he's probably an african claw frog, I would remove him right away. He could have a growth spirt at any time, even like over night, and he'll eat the others.

[KINGblackPHINEX]

You could if you want get him his own tank and keep him and take care of him or try to sell him to a pet store or... give him to a friend or smoething if you do not want him...

[SailAwayAK]

I actually keep a tank in my classroom when we are in session. Sadly, this is actually how I have gotten all of my ACF's. Mistakes and then teachers ending up with frogs that they don't want to keep. I understand the situation. I have an in with a local aquarium store that calls when they get them in. If I can't keep them I try to add them to classrooms. Frogs are part of our first grade cirriculum but teachers here can keep aquariums but not other frog tanks. Weird.

Good luck finding a home. It could be fun for you all to watch it grow. I would get a 20 gallon tank and take it to a classroom and home.

[PHYSCODELIC63]

I was really torked my pre school I worked in got the african albino clawed as a donation, they kept the poor thing in a very small tank, looked like a globe with a huge gold fish for a while. someone took the fish, thankgod! I got stuck cleaning his tank every week. the orginal owners said I'm so sick of cleaning his tank and taking care of this thing, I tried to kill it off several times..so when it came time that it was going to be left in the school for 2 wks with no food and heat, I said it's mine here is 10$ I took him home! I figured hey, I cleaned his tank, they didn't care about him they were even going to take him and turn him loose in a pond!
I would love to have another frog maybe? I don't know.. I would really have to think on it.