Hello!

[RayneBowfish]

Hi
I am pretty new to the world of keeping frogs, I have kept fish since I was 15, I have a 75gal tank for my polypterus, and a 20gal for fish I'm growing out for the 75gal.
Got my first two african clawed frogs in April of this year, some what of an impulse buy, a friend of mine had had them when I was younger, and he kept his two adults in a 2.5 gal critter keeper, so I had figured a 10gal would be perfect. I unfortunately was not very wise, and learned the hard way about how good they are at escaping, and had lost both of them. It was a real bummer, as my kids and I really liked them. They were a lot of fun to watch, and I missed them.
So a while later, armed with an escape proof aquarium top, and LOTS of new knowledge on proper care, I tried again. I picked up an albino, and she seemed lonely, so I ordered a borealis and a reticulated albino from Xenopus Express, and 10 tadpoles because I thought my kids would enjoy watching them turn into frogs, which they did. I'm not sure about all my friends and family on Facebook who were bombarded with tadpole pictures though LOL

I currently have the adult frogs are in a 40 breeder, and the babies are split up between two 5gal tanks, 50% daily water changes on those. I am excited for them to be able to go in the big tank. I also have a 10gal with a rescue frog I picked up a few days ago. Poor guy was in a tank with oscars and blood parrots, and someone had plucked out his eye. I'll be posting my millions of questions on him soon enough.
I have to say, I am extremely thankful for all the knowledge I have gained learning to be a better frog keeper from this forum, and look forward to learning more.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF !

[flybyferns]

Hello,
Welcome to Frog Forum.
Sorry to hear about your little rescue and it's troubles.
I have never kept this species of frog.
However, I am 100% certain this rescue needs to be in a QT/hospital setting to:
1) to treat it properly
2) to be certain over-time it will not be spreading any disease to your others

New, seeming healthy, additions to a collection need a minimum of 30 days of QT.
Some that are ill need to kept separate much longer.
The preparation of a QT enclosure /tank ( and all of it's furnishings) is a 1:10 bleach solution ( laundry bleach: water).
All should be rinsed thoroughly in water with LOTS of de-chlorinator.

Good luck
Keep us posted


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[RayneBowfish]

Thanks for the reply
I do have have him quarantined, not using anything I use to change his water for anyone else. I've learned many fish keeping lessons of the importance of quarantine after having an ich outbreak in my 60gal many, many years ago. Not a fun time.
I am hopeful he is going to be okay. His big issue is constant shedding skin, and these guys will eat their skin, this one just has it hanging off his body, and has been shedding since I got him home 4 days ago. I'm really hoping it's just stress, and in time he will mellow with good water quality and fish not trying to eat him.
I hadn't bleached the qt tank, my current frogs were in it, I moved them to the 40, and then put him into their old tank. They were all healthy, and had been in there for some time. I think that would be okay, if not, I can pick up bleach and clean it out.
Thanks again: )