African Clawed frog assistance

[Pippin]

So I have had a clawed frog since she was a little bitty thing. Now shes about 2 inches long and I am thinking of upgrading her tank. She has been in a 3 gallon so its been over due a bit. I'm thinking of just upgrading her to a 10 gallon tank giving her a lot of room to swim. There are 2 things that concern me about this.
1. She is an eyeless frog. The reason I got her in the first place was because the lfs gave her to me for free because she had no eyes. She seems to have been mutated that way in the egg, not lost them while she was a juvenile. Would it be difficult for her to find her food in such a large tank with no sense of sight (I realize they still have a strong sense of smell and "touch") but she has never had to swim far for food before.
2. This one is a little unrelated, but she seems to have lost some mobility in her left arm just recently. Its not paralyzed, nor does it hinder her swimming and feeding, but she doesn't stretch it as much as her right, and she doesn't flex her fingers as far. Is it possible she sprained it? Can that happen to frogs? Shes the picture of health, and always has been otherwise.

On a final note, if I do upgrade her to a 10 gallon is there any other species that can add some life to her tank? I know the feelings on frogs with other species of frogs. I would get her a mate/friend if I could find a healthy appropriately sized one. But is there any large peaceful fish that could go with them? I have her with a very large apple snail to keep the algae down that will accompany her to the 10 gallon if I do. I will also decorate it with a lot of live plants. Any suggestions are appreciated

[Pippin]

I just went to observe her now that shes calmed down and feeding (I noticed her arm while cleaning her tank so she was extra stressed) and it definitely looks as though her wrist is broken. So I am going to go ahead and move her to the 10 gallon tomorrow. (I am not going to add any tank mates until she is fully healed either) I feel terrible she broke her wrist, how should I go about mending it? Is there any food that promotes faster growth? I feed her a wide variety of foods including (but not limited to): shrimp pellets, frozen bloodworms, frozen plankton, reptomin floating turtle sticks, cichlid pellets, and the very occasional cube of frozen beef heart (I realize it is very fatty but I do not give it often)

Also what temperature are the frogs best kept at? I get conflicting answers from various care sheets. I keep her at tropical fish tank levels in the high 70s low 80s fluctuating in the day and night. (I keep her on the front porch during the summer time) shes never in direct light but I feel they benefit from the dappled sun and temperature fluctuation.

[mpmistr]

So I have had a clawed frog since she was a little bitty thing. Now shes about 2 inches long and I am thinking of upgrading her tank. She has been in a 3 gallon so its been over due a bit. I'm thinking of just upgrading her to a 10 gallon tank giving her a lot of room to swim. There are 2 things that concern me about this.
1. She is an eyeless frog. The reason I got her in the first place was because the lfs gave her to me for free because she had no eyes. She seems to have been mutated that way in the egg, not lost them while she was a juvenile. Would it be difficult for her to find her food in such a large tank with no sense of sight (I realize they still have a strong sense of smell and "touch") but she has never had to swim far for food before.
2. This one is a little unrelated, but she seems to have lost some mobility in her left arm just recently. Its not paralyzed, nor does it hinder her swimming and feeding, but she doesn't stretch it as much as her right, and she doesn't flex her fingers as far. Is it possible she sprained it? Can that happen to frogs? Shes the picture of health, and always has been otherwise.

On a final note, if I do upgrade her to a 10 gallon is there any other species that can add some life to her tank? I know the feelings on frogs with other species of frogs. I would get her a mate/friend if I could find a healthy appropriately sized one. But is there any large peaceful fish that could go with them? I have her with a very large apple snail to keep the algae down that will accompany her to the 10 gallon if I do. I will also decorate it with a lot of live plants. Any suggestions are appreciated

This an african clawed frog (xenopus) or an african dwarf frog (hymenochirus)?

[Pippin]

Oh I am sorry I should've specified species she is xenopus laevis; albino, captive bred, eyeless mutation

[mpmistr]

Okay if it's a Xenopus then yes get that little guy to a 10 gallon ASAP.

If the arm is broken just leave it alone, Xenopusare known for being quick healers, so it will heal on its own. Do you have any idea how it broke though? Remove any decoration from the aquarium that may have caused this. There's no magical food to mend a broken bone but you'll want to keep reptomin in the diet since that has calcium, may want to just skip the beef heart, frogs don't eat cows. I would recommend using reptomin as a staple that's mostly what I feed my frogs.

Temperature should be 68-72F, I personally keep my ACF at around 70F (cause that's what my AC is set at).

To answer your other questions, yes blind frogs can still find food, maybe a bit slower though -- no competition if kept alone means your frog will get his food just fine. They use smell and 'feel' things in the water more than they use their sight. Honestly I think they use their eyes for spotting predators more than anything.. when my Xenopus go on the hunt (I keep molly fry and ghost shrimp in my tank which they snack on -- albeit slowly) it's always in pitch black darkness at night.. so they don't seem to use vision as much as other senses to locate prey.

Since 10g is about the minimum for an adult xenopus I would't recommend any tank mates, could try some ghost shrimp though, I keep ghost shrimp with my frogs they eat excess food and they themselves provide a snack to the frogs now and then -- they're also only 30 cents or less usually to buy.

Oh by the way if you don't have a filter make sure you get one, for a 10g I would recommend a Tetra Whisper 20i (internal filter, very gentle). I use a Tetra Whisper 40i and a Marineland Penguin 150b for my froglets on a 20g tank (moving to a 40g breeder soon), so that is a lot of filtration and the frogs don't mind it at all.

[Pippin]

I actually use a filter in the 3 gallon, I am a big filter fan. The bigger tank with a bigger filter (I use the internal tetra whispers) should keep the water cooler too. I think she broke it just in a "freak out" as I call them. Since she can't see any loud bump that vibrates the water makes her go bonkers, and she jolts all over the tank. It also doesn't help that her favorite hide is crammed tight behind the filter. I will definitely get her some ghost shrimp to add some more variety to her diet. I'll use some large river stones for substrate, and provide hides in pots and live plants to try and discourage her from cramming behind the filter so her wrist heals faster. What kind of reptomin do you feed your frogs? I feed the turtle pellets cause they seem to contain all the things necessary (and I already buy it for the turtle) but is there something better?

[mpmistr]

I actually use a filter in the 3 gallon, I am a big filter fan. The bigger tank with a bigger filter (I use the internal tetra whispers) should keep the water cooler too. I think she broke it just in a "freak out" as I call them. Since she can't see any loud bump that vibrates the water makes her go bonkers, and she jolts all over the tank. It also doesn't help that her favorite hide is crammed tight behind the filter. I will definitely get her some ghost shrimp to add some more variety to her diet. I'll use some large river stones for substrate, and provide hides in pots and live plants to try and discourage her from cramming behind the filter so her wrist heals faster. What kind of reptomin do you feed your frogs? I feed the turtle pellets cause they seem to contain all the things necessary (and I already buy it for the turtle) but is there something better?

I feed mine reptomin for 'baby' turtles cause the sticks are smaller and I also have juvenile frogs around the same size as yours.

ACF are very strong swimmers and yes they can have panic attacks which is another good reason to give them a lot of space, so yeah it's possible your frog could have injured himself that way. Give him more space and let the arm heal on its own, also try to spook him less if possible, maybe move the tank to a more quiet area in your home.

[Pippin]

I'll pick up some baby sticks while I am at the store. And I will be moving her to her new tank tomorrow. I'll offer a lot more hides too to try and give more cover so she doesn't freak out as much. Thank you so much for your patience and good advice for me by the way