My frog doesn't eat!

[Tomas Leiva]

Ok, This is a somewhat long story, My bf's mother has an aquatic frog ( I don't know the species) since aprox 6 years. It was in a small tank with nothing else. no plants, no stones, nothing. Just the frog. The point is she (my bf's mother) got sick and can't take care of the frog anymore, so she gave it to us to take care for it. I've had it fro around 1-2 months already. It usually eats everyday some pellets we give it, and the occasional moth, wich it just loves.
Here's how I received it.

But I was feeling a bit sad to see it all day in that small tank with nothing to do, it just sat in the bottom for hours staring at the wall. So I decided to get it a bigger tank, with plants and stones.
Here's the new house:

The problem is that when I changed it to the new tank, it stopped eating. The girl from the store told me that she could take a few days to get used to it, but it has already been a week since I changed it, and still nothing, it doesn't look too stressed, it's not always staring at the wall as before, now it swims a lot, and then rests for a while. When I get close to the tank, it always comes to the surface (it's used to being fed directly in its mouth) but I give it the food and nothing, eit doesn't seem interested. Even the few times it actually puts the food in its mouth, it just chews it for a while and then spits it out. I haven't changed its food or anything. I even tried to give it some moths, and still nothing, it just left them floating around. I've left some food floating to see if it's eating but it doesn't seem to be doing it either.
I don't know if it's still stressed or ill, but it doesn't seem to be ill, it moves a lot, and even seems to like to play with the filter bubbles.
Also, it was used to regular water, I changed it ever week or so, but with no special treatment, now I bought some drops to de-chlorine it (is that how you say it in english?) maybe it has something to do with that too?
I really don't know what to do, I've called some pet stores, but none of them have frogs so they don't know how to take care of them.
I'm felling really bad now, I just bought its new tank because I wanted it to be happier but it seems I messed up big time and I'm very worried about it.
I hope you guys can help me with this.

[Jenste]

Welcome!
From the picture you have an African Clawed frog. They are a great frog to have!

Lots of changes it sounds like and these frogs can be great sulkers when changes happen.

Luckily, they can go weeks with out eating and suffer no ill effects.

You are definitely on the right path - you bought a larger tank, you are filtering it, you are adding decholorinator to the water...

How large is the tank? Please make sure you have a secure lid, they are known jumpers.
What type of pellet are you feeding?
What type of dechlorinator are you using when you change the water?

[Jenste]

I moved your thread to the forum section that is specifically dedicated to your species of frog! This will help get more responses from those who keep African Clawed Frogs.

[Tomas Leiva]

Thanks a lot for your reply Jen!
You can't imagine how better I feel to know they can go weeks without eating, it's probably just adapting to all the changes I made then.
About the tank we don't use gallons in here, but lts, the girl from the store told me the tank made around 24 lts wich seems to be around 6-7 gallons. (which is roughly the double of its old tank.)
About the dechlorinator and the pellets, here's a picture (it's in spanish though) the pellets are basically fish food.

Thanks for moving it to the correct forum too, I had no idea what species it was so I just posted it in general.

[mpmistr]

The frog appears to be of good weight, it will recoup eventually. Xenopus Laevis (Common Name: African Clawed Frog) really do best in at least 10 US Gallons of water with a filter but it sounds like you've definitely improved this frogs life for the better. The old tank appears to be more of a critter carrier than a fish tank. :\

I would try to secure an aquatic turtle/amphibian food if you can. Earthworms are a good feeder for your frogs too, they have a hard time resisting them and could perk up his appetite.

[Tomas Leiva]

Thanks, I would have liked to get something bigger, but I dind't had the money, maybe in a few months I'll do it. I would have to put it on the floor though because I don't have any bigger furniture to hold a bigger tank.
I'll try to see if I can get some turtle/anphibian food. I think they once gave it earthworms and it got stomach sick so I don't know if it's a good idea.
Thanks for the reply

[froglover9]

African clawed frogs are fairly intelligent, and if it can escape, it will. You should secure all openings immediatly. Also, I reccommend covering the filter with some pvc piping so your frog doesn't damage it. Also, what is the water temp? Atfs need temps around 75.

[LunaDay]

Ok, This is a somewhat long story, My bf's mother has an aquatic frog ( I don't know the species) since aprox 6 years. It was in a small tank with nothing else. no plants, no stones, nothing. Just the frog. The point is she (my bf's mother) got sick and can't take care of the frog anymore, so she gave it to us to take care for it. I've had it fro around 1-2 months already. It usually eats everyday some pellets we give it, and the occasional moth, wich it just loves.
Here's how I received it.

But I was feeling a bit sad to see it all day in that small tank with nothing to do, it just sat in the bottom for hours staring at the wall. So I decided to get it a bigger tank, with plants and stones.
Here's the new house:

The problem is that when I changed it to the new tank, it stopped eating. The girl from the store told me that she could take a few days to get used to it, but it has already been a week since I changed it, and still nothing, it doesn't look too stressed, it's not always staring at the wall as before, now it swims a lot, and then rests for a while. When I get close to the tank, it always comes to the surface (it's used to being fed directly in its mouth) but I give it the food and nothing, eit doesn't seem interested. Even the few times it actually puts the food in its mouth, it just chews it for a while and then spits it out. I haven't changed its food or anything. I even tried to give it some moths, and still nothing, it just left them floating around. I've left some food floating to see if it's eating but it doesn't seem to be doing it either.
I don't know if it's still stressed or ill, but it doesn't seem to be ill, it moves a lot, and even seems to like to play with the filter bubbles.
Also, it was used to regular water, I changed it ever week or so, but with no special treatment, now I bought some drops to de-chlorine it (is that how you say it in english?) maybe it has something to do with that too?
I really don't know what to do, I've called some pet stores, but none of them have frogs so they don't know how to take care of them.
I'm felling really bad now, I just bought its new tank because I wanted it to be happier but it seems I messed up big time and I'm very worried about it.
I hope you guys can help me with this.

I think this frog is very lucky to have you!

[froghugger]

Over the years, some of my ACF's have jumped out of their tanks. It's quite scary, but easily preventable, like the previous people said before, you should make sure the WHOLE top of your tank is sealed, also I leave the water level lower than a normal fish tank so that it would be very difficult for the frog to jump out even if there tank was wide open at the top!