Quote Originally Posted by medises View Post
So I have 2 African clawed frogs, one of which I got a month ago, and one which I have had since the summer that my family has been caring for while I was at school.

the older frog is significantly larger than her new friend, but not as large as I thought she would be. When I left for school she was in a ten gallon, but my family had been very stressed and busy and rather than change her water they moved her into a 1 gallon critter keeper! <Oh Jesus Christ, why???> she also tends to ignore food that sinks to the bottom and so she relies on me to hand feed her, and do frequent water changes. Due to the circumstances I am quite worried her growth may have been stunted! over the past month that I have been home feeding her daily though she has grown noticeably larger. (she eats freeze dried krill chunks and frog pellets, and very rarely guppies as treats).
Unsuitable foods. Freeze dried food will cause constipation, bloat, and is nutritionally vapid. Wet/Frozen foods are much better. Frog pellets should be okay though you did not specify the brand and it would help if you could do that. Guppies are a real gamble, as are most feeder fish, especially to a frog which is more than likely already stressed they are a fantastic way to introduce parasites, bacteria, disease, ect..

Quote Originally Posted by medises View Post
So my question is this: I want to bring my frogs back to school with me to remove that burden from my already very busy family, and to make sure they get proper care. the problem is I am technically not supposed to have them at school, and the largest tank I can bring them in is a 5 1/2 gallon <NO NO NO>. Would keeping them in this size tank until May cause stunted growth? I love them dearly and wouldn't want to cause them any harm! I can move them into a 30 gallon tank when I am home for the summer.

Any help would be appreciated, and thank you if you got all the way through this haha!
5 1/2 gallons is unsuitable for Xenopus Laevis. These frogs require 10 gallons each. The issue here is not stunted growth...

The REAL issue is the fact X. Laevis is a an animal which requires very little basic care so long a FEW, SIMPLE NEEDS ARE MET.

Please do read on proper care for your frogs [link].

My best advise for you is to purchase a 20 gallon long aquarium which is perfectly suitable for two adult frogs. Get a right fitting lid on top so that the frogs cannot escape, basic lighting with a 12/12 hour day/night cycle, and place in the tank a filter capable of handling the frogs heavy bio load (ie: a filter rated up to 40gallons or 80GPH).

Feel free to leave the bottom of the tank bare for easy clean up, add some live floating plants so that the frogs may bask in them. For this water sprite/indian fern (or any other suitable floating plant) works well, it will soak up some extra nitrates from your frogs bio load and provide them a place to rest.

For feeding any suitable frog pellet will do, I use reptomin personally but there's a lot of options here. Earthworms (nightcrawlers) are a particular favorite for these frogs as well. Make sure excess food is REMOVED after feeding and only feed these frogs every other day or even every 2 days. These are subtropical frogs and their metabolism is much lower than most frogs, also note optimal water temperature would be 68F to 72F so a heater is not necessary so long as your houses temperature is within that range.

I ask that you please take my advise and read carefully, these frogs are most likely stressed from extremely unsuitable husbandry and the quicker you can rectify this, the better.