Experience with different frozen foods for ADFs?

[njnolan1]

Right now I use Hikari blood worms. They're great. Large enough to not make a mess and the frogs love them. I'm trying to mix up their food a bit to give them some variety. I hate the pellets and never tried the granules.

I've tried krill. Love the size. Easy to find and remove if uneaten. But that's the problem. They didn't eat it AT ALL. Not interested in the least. I've tried tubifex worms. Very nasty and very tiny. Not a fan. Brine shrimp is better than the T-worms but they're still pretty nasty and I would only use those the night before a water change.

The only others I'm interested in are frozen beef heart, glass worms and plankton.

Can anyone tell me about the size and consistency of these other foods? I have a feeling the beef heart is going to be messy. I could be wrong though. It may be nice chunks which would be pretty good. The glass worms are clearly solid and not messy and mushy but they look tiny and I don't know if most of them would end up in the gravel uneaten. The plankton looks nice and large but I have know idea if the frogs will go after them because aren't they similar to krill?

Thanks for any help!

[Bombina Bob]

Hi there
I would say that the Bloodworms are the best food so far, when i feed my ADFs, i thaw out the worms
and then dump them in a net to filter out all the water then put them into a spoon or leave them in the
net and feed only about two to four worms per frog, otherwords, the water quality goes downhill if i use
too many, ive tried all sorts of food like the T worms and brine shrimp, i think those are more for saltwater
use i think. and ive used the Frogosphere Frogbites, they really liked them at first but then lost interest
quickly.

[njnolan1]

Thanks! Maybe I'll try to cut down on the worms a bit because I am having an ammonia issue right now. They eat them all though and then poop around 24-48 hours later. I'm never able to find more worms afterwards. The female well spend hours looking for more. So cute!

I ended up getting some plankton. We'll see how this works. Hope they eat it! I want them to have some variety!

Thanks again!

[rodsboys]

I've found the best frozen food to be mysis shrimp, glass worms, spirlina enriched brine, and daphnia. NLS is also a superb choice as far as pellets are concerned. Bloodworms can lead to bloat in my experience and research.

[njnolan1]

I've found the best frozen food to be mysis shrimp, glass worms, spirlina enriched brine, and daphnia. NLS is also a superb choice as far as pellets are concerned. Bloodworms can lead to bloat in my experience and research.

Ahh, all that's so messy. I'm thinking of moving over to sand though. Then the food wont fall into the gravel.

The only thing I've read about bloat and blood worms are with dried worms. Crazy!

[rodsboys]

One way to keep the mess down is to have a designated feeding area, like a saucer or clay pot bottom. Frogs will eventually learn to go there. I treid the plankton and krill by the way, way back when. They never seemed too into the plankton, which was just some kind of shrimp. Krill is too big for them and is better reserved for full sized clawed frogs.

[LunaDay]

Mine LOVE tilapia. I slice it off in very small pieces and hold it in the water and they take it right out of my hand. I also feed frog/newt bites and bloodworms. I freeze the tilapia after I slice it on a little tray in a single layer so they don't stick together and then put it in a ziplock bag, thaw it in tank water and hand feed them. It is used as a treat and I mostly feed the frog/newt bites. They have never refused food yet. I was feeding tuna until I was advised against it...so if anyone knows bad stuff about tilapia please let me know!

[LunaDay]

I just saw the post about sand....Jenste suggested I move over to sand (THANK YOU! JEN) and feeding/cleaning became MUCH easier!

[njnolan1]

One way to keep the mess down is to have a designated feeding area, like a saucer or clay pot bottom. Frogs will eventually learn to go there. I treid the plankton and krill by the way, way back when. They never seemed too into the plankton, which was just some kind of shrimp. Krill is too big for them and is better reserved for full sized clawed frogs.

They love cherry shrimp! They ate all of mine!