African clawed frog tank mates

[Spudsssy]

Hmmm I just did a little reading and i thought the clawed frogs grew bigger than 4-5", is a max size of 5" correct?..... I may have to rethink the bichir once it gets larger. I owned a 9" bichir few years back and he never ate a fish.... i had nothing smaller than 3-4", I find once they are properly fed and not brought up on live food they get on fine with anything that isnt too small.

I currently have small endlers+ fry in with the bichir and he hasnt eaten any.... His frozen food his much larger than a endler. Im sure the frog will have no problem eating a few.... I have 40+ in another tank so i dont mind if a few go missing (or all).

Senegalus can sometimes reach 12" and at that size the frog would be in danger alright.... at 9" he will be moved to a bigger tank so i dont think there should be a problem till then based on past experience with this fish. also by the time the bichir reaches that size the frog will be fully grown.

I wont be trying frog-cichlid combo. The more i read i realize they are better off on their own...

I will keep and eye on the bichir/frog and let you's know how it goes. right now my bichir and frog are both chilling under the bog wood beside each other.

[Spudsssy]

The frog has doubled in size

Iv read about people keeping barbs bigger than 3" with ACF's with no problem (Odessa barbs dont harrass and pick at other fish once kept properly)... I find it near impossible to get info about people keeing frogs with fish besides in small tanks where the fish is being constantly harrassed and youtube videos of people feeding them small minnows and goldfish. My ACF only bothers my bichir when i feed them as you can see in the video. outside of feeding he doesnt go after anything.

Im pretty sure iv seen some heavily planted tanks on this forum with larger fish in them... ?

[rodsboys]

I think it looks cool, but your playing with fire if you like them all equally.

[Spudsssy]

Well its been 6 months... Everything is going great. No problems with Bichir or other fish.

[carsona246]

That's fantastic, but I will say I've kept bichirs before, and I would not expect feeder fish to survive with one. While the bichir may not attempt to eat the frog due to it's size, I wouldn't be surprised if an arm got bit every now and then. I still think your taking a risk, but if the frog is fully grown it will most likely not fit in the Bichirs mouth. Bichirs are tropical, I'm not sure what temps ACF's like, but I doubt they overlap. I kept my bichirs at around 78-80.

[SanderB]

It looks to be going fine. I was also thinking on putting a Epalzeorhynchos bicolor in my tank.

[Mentat]

From the last pics, it's diet time !

[Spudsssy]

It looks to be going fine. I was also thinking on putting a Epalzeorhynchos bicolor in my tank.

I have one in there too! about 5" now.