My ADFs: Zig & Zag

[1buscemi]

Hey everyone...So I have something I would like to ask...this may sound ridiculous but please bear with me...

How will I know if Zig and Zag are breeding?

For the past couple of weeks they have been all over each other...on top of one another...is this just how they play or is it a sign that they are breeding?

[1buscemi]

Hey everyone...

So I have been toying with the idea of getting a snail for the bottom of the tank....I have a friend who has the same frogs and she has a snail that cleans the tank floor and ornaments so she does not need to clean it as often...

is this a good idea?
what type of snail do I get? is it any type of aquatic snail?

Appreciate it

[rodsboys]

You should do a search on it. Jenna posted a compelling horror story a while back. Just not worth it.

[1buscemi]

thank you for your input....who is jenna??

why do you say it is a bad idea? I cant find the thread you were talking about.

anyways....thanks again

[Jenste]

I'm Jenna

here is the thread he is referring to - - I nearly lost an ACF from a snail - and not because the snail had tried to eat it as most would guess.

Pics included...heads up, they do bother some people with weaker stomachs

http://www.frogforum.net/aquatic-cla...r-my-frog.html

[1buscemi]

Oh my goodness!!!! that is awful...definitely not getting a snail now...especially since everyone in my house is out most of the day....I dont know what I would do if I came home and saw that.... I hope he is better now...

[Jenste]

He is completely healed now and my house is 100% snail free!

I am just glad I came right home that day...if I had stopped at the grocery store like I usually do after work to pick up meat for dinner he most likely would have drowned before I could have gotten to him. (we had originally had plans to go out to dinner that night - we ended up ordering in!)

Sometimes it is better to be safe than sorry! I don't mind putting in a little extra work to get rid of a teeny bit of algae anymore lol. And I find that having a fair amount of live plants in the tank diminish your algae colony - the plants feed off of the same thing the algae does, therefore not leaving any food behind for algae to grow off of