Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
Hi,

that doesn´t look fungal to me. How do you keep the frogs (tank size, filtration, water quality, temp, feeding regime etc.)? Are there any changes in behaviour? Could be normal pigmentation.
Seeing how it hasn't progressed at all in the past few days I'm thinking it has to do with rubbing its face on the plastic. They were going nuts for a week and I couldn't figure it out. Until I realized they calm right down when I turn the over head lights off.

I was using salt too but I've read that will kill plants so I stopped with salt. I've added melafix because it's supposed to help with injuries, which is what I've concluded this to be (for now, unless it regresses to something worse) but who knows if it actually does anything.

The tank is small, I got them as a gift about a year ago in a medium KK. They did totally fine in there. I cleaned the water once a week. In my ignorance I decided to add fish too. Well, the fish don't do as well with fluctuating water conditions so I bought a 2.5 gallon betta bow. It has live plants (3 anubias nana, one moss ball) and a prefilter. No heater as of right now. I live in NC and the temperature in the water hasn't dropped below 72, it's usually around 74. In the warmer months (which are quickly approaching) the temperature is close to 78-80 F. I will get a heater for next winter but I've had trouble finding one with a thermostat for such a small tank. I do want to try Marina's small heater though. It's preset to 78.

I feed them usually every third day unless they look skinny then I'll do it every other day. I feed them Hikari brine shrimp and blood worms. I don't use pellets because they fall apart, the frogs barely eat any of it and then the water gets disgusting. With the exception of the last water test the water has been testing wonderfully. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and <10 nitrates. I use a combination of prime and stress zyme for weekly 20% water changes. The last test showed a small amount of ammonia but I figured out what I was doing wrong. Over feeding the little fish I have in there. I assumed the frogs were eating the leftover food but when I did a gravel vac (which I do every water change) there was a ton of debri in the gravel. Yes, I have fish in there too. Three Endler guppies. Three frogs and three endler guppies in a 2.5 gallon tank. May God strike me down for animal cruelty... (that's for you pet care hero's out there :P ).

I do plan on upgrading eventually but I don't have the money or room right now for a larger tank. Plus I'm afraid the move may end up killing my fish do to the stress. They're happy as clams. I didn't know livebearers school but these guys are almost always together!

Thanks!