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    JerryTheFrog
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    Exclamation Proud new owner of an African Dwarf Frog!

    A few days ago, I went to Petco & bought an African Dwarf Frog! It's my first pet frog, so I don't know much. For the first three days Jerry, which is what I've named the frog, didn't eat. Finally yesterday & today, he ate! The guy at Petco told me they just fed the frogs goldfish food, so I bought that. Jerry seems happy with it for now, but I'm sure there's better food to get for him. Does anyone know of any?? He is starting to move around his tank more, today & yesterday. I'm very excited about this! He is really friendly & seems to like me & my family. He gets excited when I come near the tank now, even. However, today my sister & I noticed his skin looks fuzzy. Should I be concerned?? I know he is suppose to shed his skin once a week or so, but is it suppose to look fuzzy?? Any suggestions for how to take better care of him are welcome!
    Below is a picture of Jerry that I took the morning after he came home with me.

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    Default Re: Proud new owner of an African Dwarf Frog!

    Welcome to the forum,

    I also keep ADF's
    I have 7 of them in a 46g bow front.

    I feed them mostly Frog and tadpole pellets and frozen blood worms and brine shrimp,
    They also eat the flake fish food that is left over from the fish in the tank 17 neon tetras and 3 Otto's 3 cherry barbs.

    Can you get a better picture of the frog. I am worried that the fuzzy is a fungal infection.
    how often do you do water changes and I hope you are treating the water with a water conditioner like sea-chem prime.
    also what size is the tank and do you have any kind of filtration for the water.
    and how long has the tank been running. because it might be cycling and the ammonia build up might be high.
    you really need to get a good water test kit that uses drops of reagent not test strips.

    also the uneaten food needs to be removed or it will rot and cause bad problems in the tank. (think about leaving a egg salad sandwich in a room for a couple of days)

    You can also feed black worms you can culture them or buy them frozen.
    do not feed freeze dried foods as this can cause gas bloat.

    Looking forward to seeing lots of pictures.
    Heres one of mine.
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    LiarDelilah
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    Default Re: Proud new owner of an African Dwarf Frog!

    Aw! I had a pair of these as a kid, they grew so old they got hunched backs and formed cataracts. I was young and they did well for me keeping them on frozen blood-worms. I really don't have anything as helpful as the above likely does, just got excited to see some cuties. Enjoy!

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