White spots on ADF male.

[mpmistr]

Hmm if not heater could be physical damage, is there anything sharp decor in there? Your water chemistry sounds fine, though even slight traces of ammonia can be toxic to frogs of course. Any bullying going on from the cohabitants of the tank?

Could be fungal related, could be bacterial infection. Could be from the environment. Sounds like you answered your own question though, you need a larger system for these frogs, fishes. I do not keep ADF but from what I know, they are quite fragile.

[njnolan1]

I wont lie to you guys. When I first got them I had no idea what I was doing. They were over fed in a smaller 2 gallon non filtered container. They stayed like this for 5 months at least. I cleaned it once a week and not only did they grow, they remained healthy and seemingly happy this whole time. They mated, swam around and ate every chance they got. I tested the water right before I changed it over to the tank (I couldn't afford the extra 20 bucks for the 5 gallon) with a filter etc... The water quality obviously had no nitrites or nitrates because I cleaned it out once a week but there was definitely ammonia. Not too terrible though.

Then after I got this tank it still took around 10 weeks for it to cycle. Terrible readings until a couple of weeks after I added gravel and started using stress zyme. Then it was perfect for a few months up until this past two weeks. I know what I did wrong, I over fed the fish, a lot. I thought the frogs would eat the left over food. It became obvious they weren't when I gravel vacced. I also removed the prefilter because a lot of the stuff that was sticking to the filter was falling and rotting in the gravel below. But then I realized not only did I remove surface area for good bacteria but the same stuff would just rot in the filter, the same filter the water would have water flowing through! I'm not always the brightest bulb!

[njnolan1]

One of the spots has healed. The other looks a bit brighter. This is pretty strange.

[LunaDay]

I wish I had some info to offer here. I've never seen anything like that. Hope it heals up!

[njnolan1]

Quick update: The spot on the lip hasn't changed at all. Possibly a bit larger but it's hard to tell. He's eating well though. Just watched him chomp down on some blood worm goodness tonight.

Now for the weird stuff. The white spots are coming and going pretty quickly. I literally watched it changed in the matter of a few minutes. There was a pretty bright white spot on his side. I fed him. Minutes later the spot was completely gone. Is he a chameleon or a frog?!

[Hidr]

I would do daily water changes. Till you get a bigger tank. You could get a rubber maid. They make great temp homes for fish I am sure one would work fine for frogs. I would also do salt treatments to help him heal but only if you can get the ammonia down to 0 until then just daily water changes. Salt and ammonia are a bad thing for your fish.

I treat my ADF's the same as I do the fish in the tank. So far that has worked for me.

Good luck

[njnolan1]

I would do daily water changes. Till you get a bigger tank. You could get a rubber maid. They make great temp homes for fish I am sure one would work fine for frogs. I would also do salt treatments to help him heal but only if you can get the ammonia down to 0 until then just daily water changes. Salt and ammonia are a bad thing for your fish.

I treat my ADF's the same as I do the fish in the tank. So far that has worked for me.

Good luck

Thanks! I got a 5.5 gallon tank now! Only 20 dollars on sale! I was using salt in the other tank but I read it's bad for the plants so I don't use it anymore. I'm going to test the water in a few days and see where we're at. I moved the gravel from my old tank and prefilter plus decor over without rinsing or cleaning so there should be some good bacteria already in the tank. I just hate this loud filter...

As far as healing goes I don't know if there's anything to heal. The color changes happen in just a few minutes. They go and come. This morning he has two white spots. But they constantly change. Very weird. He's not acting lethargic or anything. He's eating etc... I need to get a food dish for them now that I have a larger tank.