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    Kind of curious here. I just noticed my ACF shed twice in two days, it's kind of bothering me. Not sure what could be causing this, I always thought they only shed every week or two weeks but I seem to notice my frogs shed a bit more frequently.

    Anyone have idea what could be causing this? They eat skin, every time. My frogs are very active and healthy and have great appetites and color. Nothing physically seems wrong with them.

    I test my water weekly and I always have 10ppm Nitrate or less, no Ammonia or Nitrate. The pH in my tank is a pretty stable 7.. I do bi-weekly 25% water changes, the tank is heavily planted and it has a pretty beefy canister filter on it for three frogs in a 40 gallon breeder.

    The only thing I COULD think of are some rocks I added to the tank a while back I found in a creek in a state park. I don't know if they could be the cause but I've removed them to play it safe.

    Anyone have any ideas? Seeing my frog shed twice in less than 48 hours doesn't seem right to me.

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    I don't have experience with these frogs but maybe bumping this thread with get us a reply.
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    I've heard of them getting fungal infections and bacterial infections on their skin causing them to shed frequently. PM Terry(tgampper). You should get the help you need for sure.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    I've heard of them getting fungal infections and bacterial infections on their skin causing them to shed frequently. PM Terry(tgampper). You should get the help you need for sure.
    Hmm I hope that's not the case. They don't appear sick and their skin looks good at least. There's no sign of illness and they always eat the skin and it comes off all at once. Its just they seem to shed more often than what every resource I've read says they should. Usually twice a week that I notice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mpmistr View Post
    Hmm I hope that's not the case. They don't appear sick and their skin looks good at least. There's no sign of illness and they always eat the skin and it comes off all at once. Its just I seem to shed more often than what I've read online.
    I'm not sure. How old are they? Could possibly be a growth spurt if young, but I don't know if ACFs shed more often during this period. It could be nothing. Terry may know whats going on though.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    I'm not sure. How old are they? Could possibly be a growth spurt if young, but I don't know if ACFs shed more often during this period. It could be nothing. Terry may know whats going on though.
    Oldest frog was purchased as a tiny froglet last May, the other a small froglet in June, and the last one is the youngest I think I got him in September, so these are still relatively small frogs around 3" to 4" give or take.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mpmistr View Post
    Oldest frog was purchased as a tiny froglet last May, the other a small froglet in June, and the last one is the youngest I think I got him in September, so these are still relatively small frogs around 3" to 4" give or take.
    Could possibly be a growth spurt. I don't have experience with this species. Terry does and can definitely shed some light on this.


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    Could have been a two part shed. Are you sure you saw the entire thing removed the first time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rodsboys View Post
    Could have been a two part shed. Are you sure you saw the entire thing removed the first time?
    Hard to say, they eat their skin about half a second. They haven't been shedding so much lately. I removed some rocks which I guess may have not been overly aquarium friendly? They were collected from a state park in a creek, some water worn nice looking rocks. I could just be paranoid though, who knows. I did treat the rocks and left them out in the sun to dry all summer I assumed they were safe.

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    I am sure the rocks are fine.

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    Default Re: Excessive Skin Shedding?

    You're probably right. I am just a paranoid person when it comes to my tanks. Some of the rocks are huge, I'm hunting for a used 125 gallon to move my frogs into. Perhaps I will use them when I get that tank up and running (assuming I ever find a 125+ gallon tank).

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    Default Re: Excessive Skin Shedding?

    After going over my tank and noticing some shed skin laying on plants (bad sign since my ACF always eat their skin) I decided to remove a suspect driftwood piece from my tank. It was purchased from an aquarium on craigslist and was used in a piranha tank for years and I left it out for the summer to dry out before adding it to my tank but......

    It's soft and squishy, kind of smells like pond water and it was growing some rather blue/green looking algae (or cynobacteria..) on it. I believe it was rotting and irritating my frogs skin. They are very hungry and active frogs otherwise, but the shedding was bothering me a lot.

    It looked very nice in the tank but if it's going to cause water condition problems, it has to go -- so it's gone.

    Hopefully that was the cause and that resolves my problem.

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