New ACF not eating

[SwimminSteve]

As long as he is active and looks healthy he can go quite a while without food. He's so used to the fish that he doesn't recognize worms or pellets as food yet. He can fast for at least a couple of weeks before the situation becomes worrisome. Just keep offering reptomin and worms every other day or so. Most likely he will eventually get hungry enough to try some. You might have given up to easily on handfeeding the earth worm. Try again and keep following him around the tank with it. You can give up after 5 min or so, but let him get used to the smell. I don't recommend using forceps to hand feed. If he gets really excited and tries to lunge at them he could poke an eye out or worse.
So don't worry, you're doing everything right. The tank looks nice. Keep up the good work! and buy a filter

[RockyGurly]

The filter is coming soon, I promise :P I'm planning on a 40-50 gallon one, but I can't decide on internal or external. I'm making a big pet store run soon though to grab some hideys, order some live plants and nightcrawlers and I'll see what she has available for filters and silk plants.
I have these really long reptile tweezers with rubber ends, are those ok? Those are what I prefer anyways, so I don't have to stick my hand all the way in the water.
I tried what you said, I followed him around and poked him with the wormy until he had a taste. He spat it out, but then he put it back in his mouth and ate a second one I'll keep trying the pellets and hope he'll take to those too. Thanks!

[Geoff]

I got him three days ago, and I'm sure he's getting hungry. It isn't urgent yet since he's fairly big.........

Also, he's been making mating calls I can take that as a compliment, right?

In my opinion there was no problem here. You acquired a large, healthy adult frog in breeding condition, which was more interested in breeding than eating. The sudden change in his environment probably triggered the calling. If he's been well fed previously he'll have sufficient reserves to last him for many months without food. Also, these frogs do occasionally go through phases of not eating, which is nothing to be concerned about.

I've been doing daily water changes (1-2 gallons)

I don't understand what useful purpose the daily water changes serve if the frog isn't producing any waste. If you get a filter please bear in mind that these frogs, unlike many fish, do not inhabit, and have not evolved to exist in, fast flowing waters so it's important not to subject it to a constant whirlpool.

[mpmistr]

I don't understand what useful purpose the daily water changes serve if the frog isn't producing any waste. If you get a filter please bear in mind that these frogs, unlike many fish, do not inhabit, and have not evolved to exist in, fast flowing waters so it's important not to subject it to a constant whirlpool.

I try to avoid current with my frogs too but some times this is hard. I use a canister filter and spray bar. I've tried pointing the spray bar toward the glass and tried to remove it and let the water filter in via just the hose but without a current I never can keep the nitrates down to an acceptable level. Last time I took off the spray bar and went to test my water after 1 week the nitrates were 80ppm which is insanely high for my tank, I usually show 5-10ppm nitrate (I am wondering if I goofed the test or did not shake the bottle well enough).

I've not noticed any detrimental effect from using the spray bar, it's not a very strong current but it does cause the plants to sway a bit.

A tank without some circulation tends to have problems in my experience, especially with plants.

I am using an Eheim 2217 and a 40 gallon breeder 36"x18"x17".

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Michael, What filter model do you have.

I have an external fluval that has a lever on it to adjust the water flow.
I have it set so the current isn't so strong in my 46G bowfront so the food will
land in the feeding dish I have on top of the gravel.
and allow the fish to rest at night.

[mpmistr]

Michael, What filter model do you have.

I have an external fluval that has a lever on it to adjust the water flow.
I have it set so the current isn't so strong in my 46G bowfront so the food will
land in the feeding dish I have on top of the gravel.
and allow the fish to rest at night.

Eheim 2217

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I have looked at that model and there isn't a built in way of regulating the water flow.
in engineering if you are going to control a flow from a pump it is always better to restrict
the intake of a pump rather than the output.
you can use a simple c clamp to restrict the flow on the intake of the filter. Just be careful not to pinch the hose too much.

If you can't do that you can make a drip bar across the back of the tank with a pice of PVC pipe and drill some 1/8 holes along the length of the pipe.

you can use one 90 and a end cap and a hose nipple reducer.
and put that on the output to the tank.