New addition plus near heart attack

[reptileszz]

He is dead. I am leaving him alone propped up on wisteria but he is dead. I am only going thru the motions of making sure he is dead so that later on I don't think I disposed of him alive. I will dispose of him in the morning when he has proven that he is dead.

Thank you.

[mpmistr]

Looks like his hind legs were damaged somehow during the escape. Really sad, have you found out how he managed to get out? May want to lower the water a bit more as well.

[reptileszz]

I had the tank wide open to rearrange stuff. He apparently got out while I was right there. I am terrified to ever open the top again. Ugh

[Gnag the nameless]

I'm sorry you had to experience that

Even so, don't be discouraged from keeping these guys. Everyone makes mistakes at the start, I certainly did.

I think Michael is right about lowering the water, it should prevent your other little guy from getting out. As for how he got out, check the corners of the lids. If you don't press them down enough sometimes, there's large holes that a frog could get out of. I know, because I've seen my Chorus frog, Chrome, squeeze through one with ease.

And I know exactly how you feel about being terrified of taking the lid off of a tank and putting it back on. I'm always terrified when that I put the crickets in my Chorus frogs' tank that my little rascals are going to leap out and hop away too fast to catch them!

[Felis]

So sorry for your loss
But I feel you are trying hard and your tank is really good for ACFs, so I think you shouldn´t give up as well.

As for the Corydoras: Like Jenna said, this is a dangerous combination. In January, I wanted to adopt a new frog, but a few days before I could pick it up, this happened:

The frog tried to eat a catfish at night, but it got stuck in the frog´s throat with its spines- both were found dead the following morning.

[Mentat]

Very sorry about Calvin's death !

[Miss Blue]

read this post and it is absolutely heart breaking. so easy to get discouraged when you feel you are a bad "parent" but like everyone on here has said, we all learn the hard way! morale of the story is you have a good heart, good intentions, obviously lots of love to give so i say keep at it and learn from this. look after your other guy and over time you may feel ready for more, and if not thats ok too. just focus on getting past this and pampering the other frog and making some awesome memories with your new little guy, you will get through this!