new paranoid frog mommy question

[musiclvr272]

So I'm sure I'm being paranoid but I want to make sure this is normal ADF behavior. When I first put them in the tank they did hide, I read they need a good places to hide so they have a lava rock and a terra cotta pot, although one still tried to hide between the pot and the side of the tank lol. Now they are swimming around like maniacs and they keep bobbing up out of the water. I know they breathe for air but it looks like they are trying to desperately escape. I just want to make sure it's not something wrong with my set up and that this is normal. Do they need plants that go high enought that they can perch near the top of the tank?

I'm going to get a little plate for feeding. What's the best way to get the pellets onto the plate? Can I feed them freeze dried bloodworms? I bought some for my betta, but I'm not sure how to get them to sink, if I soak them will they stay on the plate?

Any tips for a newbie? I had one in a community tank a few years ago...sadly McFroggy developed a white fungal growth that I couldn't cure I'm doing more research this time and want my little guys to be happy.

[mpmistr]

So I'm sure I'm being paranoid but I want to make sure this is normal ADF behavior. When I first put them in the tank they did hide, I read they need a good places to hide so they have a lava rock and a terra cotta pot, although one still tried to hide between the pot and the side of the tank lol. Now they are swimming around like maniacs and they keep bobbing up out of the water. I know they breathe for air but it looks like they are trying to desperately escape. I just want to make sure it's not something wrong with my set up and that this is normal. Do they need plants that go high enought that they can perch near the top of the tank?

I'm going to get a little plate for feeding. What's the best way to get the pellets onto the plate? Can I feed them freeze dried bloodworms? I bought some for my betta, but I'm not sure how to get them to sink, if I soak them will they stay on the plate?

Any tips for a newbie? I had one in a community tank a few years ago...sadly McFroggy developed a white fungal growth that I couldn't cure I'm doing more research this time and want my little guys to be happy.

Did you cycle your tank? Frogs just like fish need zero ammonia zero nitrites and 20ppm nitrate or less.. if they are frantically trying to escape it could be because the water parameters are toxic to them and they want out.. plants are good for them to perch but I am thinking you need to check your water.. get an API Master Kit.

[musiclvr272]

Thanks. I did test the water before adding them and it seemed good but I wasn't checking frog specific params, just the chart that came with the test strips. They seem better today. Maybe they were just acclimating to the new environment.

[mpmistr]

Thanks. I did test the water before adding them and it seemed good but I wasn't checking frog specific params, just the chart that came with the test strips. They seem better today. Maybe they were just acclimating to the new environment.

You'll want a liquid test kit, strips are pretty inaccurate. The parameters for frogs are basically the same for fish, ammonia and nitrite are toxic so you want them at 0ppm always and nitrate 20ppm or less but I'd worry more about the ammonia/nitrite as those are killers.

75 to 82 F and zero ammonia and nitrite and you should have happy frogs.

[kmichael55]

Hi, yes you can use bloodworms. They'll sink when th ice melts, although they shouldn't need to. Not sure about the plate method, never heard of using one, I guess it would make it less messy? My ACFs thoroughly eradicate all possible foodstuffs in every crevice of the tank once they start eating. Seriously, they'll move rocks half the size of themselves to get at the last bloodworm.