ACFs big enough to handle worms?

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Yeah, I had a frog that I am pretty sure I lost to high fat content. I had thought he had bloat, but he just looked full. However he was floating and could only move one side. It was a matter of hours before he passed.
I'm pretty sure I accidentally gave him a stroke by giving him too many bloodworms. Even though it could have been bloat due to the fact bloodworms are notorious for causing it.
I suppose it's just a sad mystery.

When they get older I might vary their diet so they get adequate nutrition. So far I just give reptomin and shrimp pellet treats because apparently reptomin is great for quickly growing little frogs(froglet? juvenile? I'm not sure what to call them until they are adults) because they are a kick *** source of vitamins that promote bone and body growth/strength.

Don't bother with midge larvae (bloodworms), I think clawed frogs outgrow these foods as adults anyways. Live fish should be avoided entirely because of the risk of introducing disease or parasites. In the wild clawed frogs do not eat fish very often, in fact they would seek out waters without fish entirely because if there are small fish.. there are probably large fish -- predators of clawed frogs. They like shallow waters and will avoid moving to larger bodies of water if they can because of this!

Here's what I feed my frogs if it helps. They get nightcrawlers (one each) once or twice a week. When they don't get earthworms they eat Reptomin. Reptomin is not the best pellet on the market by any stretch but clawed frogs universally will eat them and they're not terrible, the protein content is quite high and that is good. The Calcium to Phosphorus ratio on Reptomin is not GREAT but many many many experienced keepers feed their clawed frogs Reptomin alone and they are very healthy and long lived. Keeping that in mind, nightcrawlers have a very good Cal:Phos ratio so that will make up any deficiency in Reptomin, in my mind. Above all, Reptomin is fairly inexpensive and EASY to find unlike many other pellets which must be purchased online for a lot of us.

The one treat I give my frogs are crickets. Now yes crickets are not aquatic but in the wild clawed frogs absolutely will hang out near land and snatch terrestrial insects or eat ones that fall into the water. I treat my frogs crickets once a month and I literally buy 12 large crickets and dump them into the tank and let them have at it.. I like to feed them in this way because it allows them to hunt rather than be fed. it is good stimulation for them. They will continue to 'hunt' the crickets long after they've eaten them all too. It seems to really bring out their instincts to locate food.

Now the last thing I do for my frogs diet which is a bit unorthodox is I make fortified 'reptomin-balls'. What that means in essence is I will take frozen foods, like Hikari Vitamin-Fortified Daphnia or PE Mysis Shrimp and allow the cubes to thaw in a small bowl. I will then add Reptomin to the thawed cube and then allow it to soak in the Daphnia/Shrimp and then roll it up into a ball or something close to that and just hand feed it to my frogs. I mostly do this because I have a lot of frozen aquatic food because I feed a lot of frozen food to my fish and since clawed frogs in the wild do eat a LOT of aquatic arthropods, it's again a natural food for them (though in nature they'd be eating small crustaceans larger than Daphnia).

I think what I do gives my frogs a very well rounded diet. Obviously it is impossible to recreate their wild diet in an aquarium but variety is best. Also in the wild clawed frogs eat a lot of tadpoles and other (smaller) clawed frogs, but I do not suggest you recreate that at home. : )