Quote Originally Posted by t22 View Post
Greetings,

I have two African Clawed Frogs in an 18 gal aquarium. I had one for a few months before getting another as a companion. When the second one got fairly close in size to the first, I put them together. Turns out, I have a male and a female, which I have had now for about 5 years. Now the problem.

The female has grown about 50% larger than the male. For a few years I fed them every day using repto-min. For the last 6 months or so, I have been feeding freeze dried grub worms and repto-min every other day. Even though I place equal amounts of food on each side of the tank. The female always eats voraciously and the male never seems to get much food. The female seems to intimidate the male.

Due to the female's size, I thought I might have been overfeeding, so I cut back on the food a bit.

The other day, I noticed the male coming out of one of the shelters, jerking as if his foot was caught in something. He exited the shelter, and the female was right behind, attempting to eat his foot (or so it appeared).

Needless to say, I'm feeding them more now, worried that the female will eat the male if I don't keep her appetite in check.

Should I think about separating these two? It seems that the female dominates the food consumption due to her size, which makes the size difference worse. Can anyone offer advice as to what I should be doing differently?

Thanks.
I have a 5 year old Male (Mr Croaker), I feed Him frozen blood worm pellets 2 times a day by hand they seem to have bad eye site at times. i Used to have him and 2 Dwarf's in the same tank. had one issue when i first got all of them Mr Croaker grabed one of the darwfs feet but let go, that was when i started feeding 2 times a day.They or she may not be eating enough you need to make sure she eats. I would not keep feeding them the food you have been i would change to a frozen Pellet of some kind Mr Croaker will only eat the Blood worm pellets. i place one in the tank and wait until is starts to sink then grab it and place it by his face until he takes it. i think you are not feeding both of them enough. they are hungry. i have heard of male and females getting along just fine , but if they are hungry Very Hungry they will try to eat one another.