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    It bothers me how much these frogs seem to eat. I have seven and they easily manage to finish the three cubes worth of frozen bloodworms I give them every three days.

    Am I feeding too much? Or perhaps too infrequently? The widest frogs have their largest cross sections at twice the width of their heads.

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Feeding quantity/amount for African dwarf frogs

    Seven frogs chomping down 3 cubes of worms sounds fine or even a light meal to me. Can you post pics of frogs to see how "fat" they are? Thank you !
    Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !​

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    Here's a bad quality shot in the dead of the night but you get the idea. One of the slimmer ones with the chubbier one scooting off. I'll do a planted set up with these guys soon.

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    Hi,

    they look just fine to me, especially females tend to be quite chubby if fed sufficiently. So the amount of food seems to be adequate, but I wouldnīt feed them exclusively on bloodworms. Itīs much better to alternate their diet with other live or wet-frozen foods such as glasworms, black mosquito larvae, artemia, tubifex, daphnia, chopped earthworms etc.
    Iīm sure your frogs will appreciate the new setup
    Amphibians kept:
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    0.1.0 Hypselotriton orientalis
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    I did mysis for a short while but they didn't take to it quite well. Woke up this morning to realize that half the bloodworms were not eaten so I did a water change anyway.

    I'll pick up a few variations of frozen foods and the occasional live tubifex. So this amount is adequate I guess?

    The reason I asked is because I've seen people on YouTube somehow satisfying their frogs with several worms. Mine are eating much more than just several.

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    Frog in photo looks fine. Do not overfeed, leftover food can easily foul your tank's water.
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    I made the switch to hikari recently. It seems like they're only able to take 1.5 cubes worth nowadays. No obvious weight loss though.

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