African clawed frog tank mates

[Spudsssy]

Hi all,

Just joined the forum. Iv been keeping fish for years however this is my first time getting a ACF... iv kept dwarf frogs before.

The frog is currently in a 35gal with a 5" bichir senegalus. These guys make great tank mates however id like a single active fish in the tank.....

From what i can gather they dont chase/constantly harrass fish only scoop up whatever passes in front of them. Now my Question is would a semi-aggressive south american cichlid be alright with a fully grown african dwarf frog. lets say around the 5-6" size.

here is his tank and a pic of him . (The honey gourami is temporary)

[mpmistr]

Hi all,

Just joined the forum. Iv been keeping fish for years however this is my first time getting a ACF... iv kept dwarf frogs before.

The frog is currently in a 35gal with a 5" bichir senegalus. These guys make great tank mates however id like a single active fish in the tank.....

From what i can gather they dont chase/constantly harrass fish only scoop up whatever passes in front of them. Now my Question is would a semi-aggressive south american cichlid be alright with a fully grown african dwarf frog. lets say around the 5-6" size.

here is his tank and a pic of him . (The honey gourami is temporary)

Hey there welcome to the forums.

Unfortunately a Bichir is a predatory fish and it may be able to co-exist with an african clawed frog as a juvenile but I would not trust this fish with a clawed frog much longer.

To answer your second question, I believe a south american cichlid is not quite as aggressive as an african cichlid but really these animals should not be kept together.

Frogs with fish generally don't mix. One tends to want to eat the other, in both of your scenarios the frogs are at the poopy end of the stick.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF ! Agree with Michael, frogs and fish do not mix well. Once Bichir grows, it will probably attack the frog. Most SA cichlids will attack the frog, even if it won't fit in their mouth.

[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.

[Octavia]

I've got two chubby frogs that are less pudgy than that little fella!
All joking aside, that's a stunning frog you've got there mate :-D

Edit : Corrected typo :-)

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[rodsboys]

The only tank mates my frogs ever get are eatable. Though there is a rosy barb with them right now that just refuses to be ate.