African Clawed Frog Illness

[craig121]

Another typical post with problems yet no responce to the answers or health of the frog from original poster* not long back from the local pet shop and some woman was about to buy 6 baby ACF as they were tiny and cute swimming around" after 5 mins telling her how much time required to keep 1 and the size of tank required she thanked me and looked at some fish

[ACFGertrude]

Thank you for your kind patience and understanding in my delayed response considering that no one initially responded for more than 24 hours to this post and notifications were not working correctly. Polite support is always well received.

I do weekly water changes with suction to remove solid waste.

Unfortunately the snails were housed with fish fry so certainly could have been carriers of disease, although the delay in symptoms is strange.

The snacks provided from other family members were just more ReptoMin.


I have repeated the salt salt bath once since my original post and completed a 5 day course of Maracyn per the package instructions.

Gertie's skin has cleared up but she is still listless and has intermittent apppetite. She has no further puffiness and no redness in her extremities.

I am not clear on what the statement above about improper living space and involved care is in reference to. The Grow a Frog instructions never indicate larger housing and yet this frog has been housed in 8-10 gallon aquariums all her life, cleaned regularly, had water parameters tested with proper testing kits between water changes and her diet considered with as much knowledge as we have.

[daybr4ke]

I'm glad her skin has cleared up, but the listlessness+appetite loss is still concerning. I wish I knew more about this species. Salt will make swelling go down, but doesn't treat the infection, so that is/was up to the Maracyn. At this point all I can recommend is to switch out the water more often than usual to make sure the environment is very very clean. I read that this on of the best things to do when an aquatic frog is sick. I really hope your frog continues to improve, and I hope another user has more advice.

[craig121]

You mentioned the tanks( SUBTRATE) within the orb is large stone(and you say I siphon ) thats noy easy LOL::: grow a frog instructions are fine until bacteria issues arrive then we have posters : not your fault am so glad asked:: over 1000 previous post worth reading if you care to take time

Make it simple: remove gravel then add external filter which will balance your tank for you:: froggy will be so happy and i guarantee you will never ever post here with issues again: so long as you follow feed clean regime

[ACFGertrude]

Sorry for the long silence. I'm caring for my Mother who has stage 4 cancer. Gertie is doing well and back to her normal frog self. I do have secondary filtration in the tank. I took the scorched earth approach since the last post and removed and re-homed the snails, replaced the carbon filter in the filtration a little early and did a 90% water change. As previously suggested, I have also bumped up by 25% water changes and cleaning to 5 day intervals. I am unsure which action resulted in clearing up the problem but we are doing fine. Gertie never did exibit true bloat signs or any indication of red leg. Thank you for all the knowledge and support.

[craig121]

So glad its sorted Gertrude sorry about yer mother very similar situ here* but to recap ne need for bottle spring water especially since your going to be changing more frequently but you will require a very good water conditioner and several large buckets which will hold the clean conditioned water several hours before you add to tank, add correct dosage conditioner such as PRIME to buckets::: then about 30 mins before you add new water to tank bring buckets close to tank temp using boiling water and temp gauge; dirty water siphon out using the proper aquaruim siphon which has large neck especially designed to pick poo grom with the gravel use a slight twist stab

The sponge filtrate with filter cannistor never re-new this unless its falling apart lol it contains millions of beneficial bacteria that take ages to colonise but to keep them in tiptop condition every 3/4 weeks remove and rinse out in some of the old water removed from tank but never tap water, if you have actual carbon subtrate(not sponge)this can be replaced regular

Am sure your already aware of most above but a good recap might help new readers