So I picked up a pretty nice (pre-owned) ACF tonight. I had a 55 gallon setup and completely cycled with some goldfish in it. So I figured this would be a great addition and give her plenty of room to play around.
I know basic care but was warned that they can be escape artists. I have a full hood but there is space on back were the filters are that she could easily escape from. Should I craft a nice screen block to stop her from wandering the house and harming herself.
Also where can I find some cool morphs. I want to get a nice marbled or something in there with her.
they are definite escape artists- - I had a 4 inch frog wiggle out of a 1 inch or less opening....cover it up!
as for different color morphs - a few of us on here breed or you could try Xenopus.com but they can be much much more expensive...
:lol: Most aquatic frogs are insistant on escaping to their own doom for some reason.
Silly buggers!
Makes me & Thomas wonder if we gave them land in their tank, would they start using it? Something to think about. Hahaha
As for what Jenste said, I agree.
As for color morphs, again from what I know, Jenste is probably your best bet.
There have been many accounts of African clawed frogs migrating over land to seek out new breeding territory or find a pond that has water. Xenopus tropicalis will leave the water to bask. These frogs are quite amazing!
Jen has successfully bred a couple of species of clawed frog. If you want other species, try borealis or tropicalis. They are commonly available, but expensive.
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
Wow that is so interesting!
I want to give them land or a floating island now!
You just gave me a project, tgampper!
Frog farm do you have x.tropicalis? I thought you just had Hymenochirus (dwarf frog) ?
dwarfs and most clawed species do not seek out a land area - - x.tropicalis (ex. my Amelia on my site) are a smaller species of clawed (still much larger that dwarfs) that is a silverish-grayish-black with tiny silver eyes, a very flat small head, and an extra inner claw.
drewhop - - here is a page from my site that shows a bunch of different color morphs - - with my latest batch of tadpoles - two completed morphing today and the others are not far behind, looks like I have a few reticulated albinos already. If you are interested, they may be available hopefully by Valentines day.
http://africanfrogs.weebly.com/my-frogs.html
http://africanfrogs.weebly.com/color-morphs.html
No, Jenste, sadly I still have no ACF.
Eventually I will!
I just want to try it for my dwarfs, at the least the could use it for holding onto when they float with their heads out like they do with the plants.
Thanks all for the great information. Still working on getting the tank secured but with my lighting and filter setup it is going to be hard to do.
I did add some submersible silk plants and she seems to be less interested in staying near the surface. Which is what I was shooting for.
I should post some pictures. Gotta charge my camera batteries.
Jenste I will be in contact in the future. Wife is starting college classes again so next few weeks for me will be very busy.
Thanks again all this is a great forum.
You definitely should post photos!
An easy thing to use would be coroplast, it's cheap and water-safe.
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