Introducing Peppermint

[toxxxickitten]

Bettas AKA Siamese Fighting Fish are NOT saltwater fish...

[GrifTheGreat]

Bettas AKA Siamese Fighting Fish are NOT saltwater fish...

Good, but I've never heard of them being used as a feeder. They may be safe, but with all fish should be Fed sparingly.

[frogsubrosa]

Oh. I thought fishes are a good source of protein for the frog, looks like I'm wrong. And I'm feeding farm raised froglets which are meant for my carnivorous fishes. They're well fed and quarantined. In fact, I bought Peppermint because I was quarantining the froglets and thought they make interesting pets. I'm feeding Peppermint with froglets because I've read that they're cannabalistic by nature and hence I'm trying to simulate that.

The pet shop seems to have no idea what type of earthworms he has, and I can't differentiate. I have only read that red wrigglers release a foul-tasting secretion. How can I tell the difference to avoid getting the red wrigglers?

What should the growth rate of Peppermint be like?

And lastly, is there a special type of dechlorinator? I'm currently using Seachem Prime water conditioner. Please do let me know if I need something special.

My apologies for the numerous questions. I want to make sure I'm doing everything possible right. It's my first frog (apart from the experience of quarantining bullfrogs), and I'm reading lots of horror stories about impaction, and frogs not eating, etc. Scares me a bit.

[GrifTheGreat]

Don't panic about the horror stories unless one actually happens to your frog. Do your best to prevent such occurrences.

Fish should be sparingly Fed. once a month as a treat. Froglets too. Since they're coming from a clean source that you know then they are probably fine.
Prime works well as a de-chlorinator. As a matter of fact one of the breeders here on the forum swears by it.

Growth rate will vary depending on the gender of the frog, climate, substrate conditions, vitamins, calcium, amount of food and nutrition provided. Babies and juveniles can be Fed daily to every other day where as young adults and adults can be Fed every other day to every couple days.

Night Crawlers are very large worms that can be almost as big around as a finger and anywhere from 4" to 13" in length. Red Wigglers are usually small no longer than 3" and not very big around. The containers they're in should say what type of worm they are. If you like post some pics of the worms and we will help determine what kind they are.

[Locascio]

prime...is the best ive been useing it for years on all my frogs and it dose the job

[frogsubrosa]

Thanks for the advise Grif!

I've got an ID on the worms. It's Perionyx excavatus. They actually use it as composting worm and not for feeding. It has a sort of blue sheen under the white light.
Although they are sold as composting worms, are they safe to use on amphibians?

Thanks Locascio, I've been using Prime for quite some time too. But mainly for my fish tanks. Since it can double its function to be used for my frog as well, that is just perfect!

[GrifTheGreat]

Thanks for the advise Grif!

I've got an ID on the worms. It's Perionyx excavatus. They actually use it as composting worm and not for feeding. It has a sort of blue sheen under the white light.
Although they are sold as composting worms, are they safe to use on amphibians?

Thanks Locascio, I've been using Prime for quite some time too. But mainly for my fish tanks. Since it can double its function to be used for my frog as well, that is just perfect!

I'm not sure. I would assume they were safe. I tried to find information about using them as a feeder, but couldn't to find any.