Dwarf frog question

[UltraMagnus]

Bloodworms aren't really a good staple diet, especially if they are freeze dried! Freeze dried bloodworms can cause issues like impaction. Frozen bloodworms are great as a treat for sure but lacks proper nutrition. There are lots of things you can feed African Dwarf Frogs. Most pet stores sell frozen beef heart, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp and krill in cubes. I feed mine this things plus worms and fish from the store. I take catfish or talapia (both are usually pretty cheap) and cut them in to small strips then freeze the strips. Then when it's feeding time I thaw out a strip in a little cup of tank water, cut off a small bite sized chunk and target feed it to my ADF's with tongs. I also get earth worms sold as fish bait cut small chunks off and feed the little pieces to my ADF's, they like it a lot! I feed the left over earth worms to my big Cichlids so it works out good for me, might not for you since you've got a small tank.

With the frozen cubes, brine and mysis shrimp are the easiest to work with, at least in my experience. I take little bits of the cubes for the frogs, 1 cube lasts several feedings.

It's important to make sure everything is bite sized for them, they can choke if the food is too large and sometimes they have a hard time spitting food out.

Well fed, well taken care of African Dwarf Frogs can live up to 5 years and can be lots of fun! Mine even sing some times, in their own underwater way. Hopefully this helps some.

[Clover04]

Thanks, I didn't know that just frozen bloodworms weren't enough. I'll try the other cubes as well. Should I just feed one thing everyday and save bloodworms as treats? Hopefully I'll find a place for a new smaller tank just for the frogs soon. Do they require a filter?

[UltraMagnus]

other foods should be used as the staple, bloodworms are best as treats. Yes, they will require a filter and heater. Any aquatic animal requires some kind filtration. Waste = ammonia and ammonia is toxic. For just a couple frogs a 5 gallon tank works great, they are small and cheap and easy to clean. When African Dwarf Frogs are comfortable in their environment they are actually pretty active and fun little guys