Here's a video of my old (got him in 1991) pacman having a swim in his freshly refurbished home. I just moved him from a 27-gallon to this 33-gallon. This is the same land/water configuration I've used since day one, the only variation being the substrate(s). In this revision there's an under-gravel filter plate with a drainage layer of river rocks. On top of that is a coir/sand mix to which I'll add another layer of worm castings (and plants) once he's settled in.
The pump creates a swirling current for him to swim against... I like to think of it as a hamster wheel for frogs!![]()
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You have a 23-year old pacman frog and he can swim!! That is amazing!
You have a 23 year old pacman!!!!????
You have a pacman that can swim???!!!
You have a 23 year old pacman that can swim???!!!
All three are extraordinary!! He must be well taken care of!!!
Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 (White's Tree Frog)
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis 0.1.0 (Anerythristic Honduran Milk Snake) Tliltocatl albopilosus 0.0.2 (Curly Hair Tarantula)
Aphonopelma hentzi 0.0.1 (Texas Brown Tarantula)
Avicularia avicularia 0.0.2 (Pinktoe Tarantula)
Brachypelma smithi ex. annitha 0.0.1 (Mexican Giant Red Knee Tarantula) Monocentropus balfouri 0.0.2 (Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula)
Harpactira pulchripes 0.0.1 (Golden Blue Leg Baboon Tarantula)
How deep is his swimming pool and how strong is the current?
I remember this guy.He looks great.
"A Righteous man cares for his animals" - Proverbs 12:10
1.0.0 Correlophus cilliatus
2.1.0 Bombina orientalis
0.1.0 Ambystoma mexicanum
0.0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
1.0.0 Litoria caerulea
1.1.0 Dendrobates auratus "Nicaraguan"
0.0.2 Dendrobates tinctorius "Azureus"
The water is about 5" deep right now, and can be varied by +/- 2" to simulate wet/dry seasons. The pump is a Hagen Powerhead 402, which has an adjustable flow rate (it's at maximum in this video). I had to make a custom mount for the pump to keep it as low to the bottom of the tank/ug filter plate as possible, otherwise the water would have needed to be a lot deeper.
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That is one old Pacman; congrats!
Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog!
Wow! That's one old pacman!
You should consider doing a detailed breakdown of exactly how you made his setup sometime. It's got a lot of features that we tend to tell people to avoid because they can cause serious problems if done wrong (rocks, deeper water, ect) but I think a lot of people would be interested in reading how to do them right since it's clearly working well for your frog!
3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
1.0 Litoria caerulea
0.1 Terrapene carolina
0.1 Python regius
0.1 Grammostola rosea
0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi
0.1 Hogna carolinensis
Am I right in thinking this frog passed away some years ago now?
Unlikely haha, this thread is only two weeks old and he did state that he just moved him from a 27gal to a new 33gal habitat.
I'm curious as with a few others are on what this guy's diet looked like over the last two decades.
23 years? Really? I think that's more "unlikely"
Well, the world average human lifespan is 50-70 years, but plenty of people live to be 100.
It might be a rarity but it does happen. I have no doubt that this fella is that old but the key to that is probably in his diet and maybe part of his personality. A pacman's average lifespan in captivity can go from 6-10 years, but this one in particular can even swim so I can only imagine that its physique is in peak shape for being so old.
There's one in the British National Zoo (I think that's where he is?) that's 25, and is/was the oldest officially recorded pacman frog, so they definitely can get that old![]()
3.0 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
1.0 Litoria caerulea
0.1 Terrapene carolina
0.1 Python regius
0.1 Grammostola rosea
0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi
0.1 Hogna carolinensis
Maybe swimming is good exercise for them. Whether just sitting around all day doing nothing.
Blimey! That's amazing....I wonder if it's the inactivity that prolongs their life.....like tortoises?
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