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My issue is the nearest college I applied to (I go to Community College right now) is 6 hours away Upstate. I cannot imagine the stress of transporting him, on him and on me. Plus it's probably a little harder with a ten gallon. I don't think they'd care about him that much being there, since he's aquatic, but it's just the stress of the move, even for little things like Thanksgiving Break. Not to mention I couldn't just take the train, I'd have to drive with him home every single break. If I wound up at the school 1,800 miles away, I couldn't take him on an airplane.

I cycled my first tank with Biospira (?), as well as my second one. I've always done fish tanks that way but to be honest I am not sure it is the best method. My frog is a froglet, he's maybe about an inch? He's not very big and he was really skinny when I got him from the store. I think he's still pretty skinny to be honest, despite him eating. He eats Bloodworms. I would like to start live feeding very soon, but I think he's still to tiny. Is feeding them guppies/live fish okay? I wouldn't feed him feeder goldfish, but he apparently ate a few feeder guppies at the store. I don't know how that's even possible he's so little. I would make my Dad take care of it, my mom wants nothing to do with it, but I did find her watching him the other day LOL. My Dad used to be heavily into arthropods and even bearded dragons so he has some sort of experience. He even had some "hot" scorpion breeds. He also had a saltwater tank. My mom kind of got him out of his hobby but he still likes animals and he likes my little guy.

Thanks for the advice on sinking pellets. They sound like more of a pain than they're worth! Does anyone know the exact name of the Reptomin that would be good for him? I got a 10 gallon tank kit at Wal-mart, and while the current on the filter was stronger than necessary (I fixed it with the water bottle trick), it seems to work just fine. I don't know the exact name of it.
I think the name is just Reptomin plus calcium and vitamin c? It's got a turtle on it, but don't worry, they are fine for your little guy. Just get them a little wet and break them into smaller parts.
The sinking pellets could be shrimp ones or something like that as an occasional treat but they are not super nutritious. Also be careful of the bloodworms. I had a froglet pass from bloat doing exactly what you were, and thought it was the best solution. My advice is to get reptomin ASAP. They aren't very expensive :P

And I think what Jamie was saying was to disassemble your tank and get one of the frog storage units. That would be fine in a car/train, but I don't know so much about an airplane. But if your mom is willing to take care of him and understands aquariums/ACFs pretty well then you probably shouldn't worry.

For it's size, you'll want to try to feed him every day, but don't be too freaked out if he doesn't eat much more than a stick, but it could be a total pig! Just suck up the waste, do a weekly water change, and you're good.

You'll want to kind of have a quarantine tank for the guppies/ghost shrimp and keep them for about a month to make sure there is no disease. They can be feed these, but it's not too natural for them. I was informed that in nature if there are small fish, big fish are present and big fish are their predators. However, the ghost shrimp may be more natural. They do eat small crustaceans. If you're using the worms can be pulled into smaller parts if you're not too squeamish, but maybe wait until it's a little bigger. For now reptomin may be the way to go