Help Diagnosing problem

[celticstarb]

You can use both the salt and the Primafix.

The 3 gallon tanks can suffice, but a 10 would be better. Remember that you will need to do daily water changes to remove ammonia.

[celticstarb]

How is your girl doing today?

[Woodenchef]

How is your girl doing today?

She has been doing good. I have not seen anything else come out of the wound in the last few days. I took her out of the 3g and put her back into the main tank. Shes seems to be way more active now that she has room to move around. She is swimming around and when you put your face over the tank shes swims right up to the surface and just stares at you lol.

Funny thing happened too. A day after I took her out, and put her in the hospital tank. My other frog which is a girl too layed a bunch of infertile eggs. So I just sucked them all up out of the tank.

[celticstarb]

I'm glad to hear she's doing better. Keep an eye on the wound, but it seems something you did is helping. The aquarium salt is a good preventative measure and won't harm the frogs. In fact, clawed frogs can take brackish water conditions, but I wouldn't recommend it. I use salt in both my clawed frog and dwarf frog setups.

It is not uncommon for well fed frogs, as yours obviously are, to spontaneously lay infertile eggs. I generally leave the eggs in the tank for about an hour to let the frog eat whatever she wants, then dispose of the rest with a partial water change. The reason I let them eat some of the eggs is to allow them to regain some of the energy lost during egg production and laying. But any more than an hour and the eggs will start to decay. It's not necessary, but eggs are a good source of protein. If I'm not sure when the eggs were laid, then I dispose of them immediately.

[Woodenchef]

Yeah, my frogs are pretty well fed. I feed them every other day with pellets/night crawlers. Would it be possible to have a third frog in a 25g long tank. I was thinking about ordering one online, but I would like to get a non-albino frog.

[celticstarb]

Another frog will be fine in a 25 gallon tank. Be sure to quarantine her/him for at least 4 weeks before introducing him/her to the display tank. Make sure the new frog is a similar size to your current frogs.

I highly recommend Xenopus Express for their quality and prices. They don't have an online order form, so you have to call, but he normally returns calls within 24 hours, maybe a little longer now due to the holidays. They carry several different species, and he is always happy to discuss them with customers. I currently have 3 species from Xenopus Express - laevis, borealis, and muelleri. Next week I am planning on setting the muelleri up to breed for the first time.

How is your girl doing now? Has the wound closed?

[Woodenchef]

The wound has not closed yet, but I noticed a very small amount come out today and last week when I did a water change. The tiniest little bit of red came out. Seems when I do a water change and and she gets scared sometimes, and moves away fast it opens it a little bit maybe. I have been making sure to keep my water quality a good as possible. She still eats fine, and is acting normal. So I am just keeping an eye on her.

In regards to getting another frog it will not be until. I have the money to get myself a 10g tank for a proper quarantine tank. I want to eventually do a natural looking tank, with silk plants and hiding places. Right now my 25g is bare bottom with nothing in it but the filter, and heater.