The Rescues

[Rat The Unloved]

Well, it's been fourteen months. Gads! The "kids" have been in the tank for about half a year and I still haven't gotten any decent photos of it.

Unfortunately, aggression is rearing it's ugly head. The larger of the two frogs consistently bullies the smaller one away from food, which only heightens the size difference problem. I've really had enough of it, and have started removing the larger frog to a plastic bin while I feed the smaller in the tank. I'm unevenly distributing food in favor of the smaller frog, hoping to counter the size difference.

The larger frog consistently makes "Squeaky rubber noises" when it's picked up, so I'm hazarding a guess it's male.

I may add another frog or two to the mix this year seeing as the bait store -still- gets in tadpoles. Maybe having three or four will help alleviate aggression.

[Rat The Unloved]

As if on cue, my dear fiancee brought home a bag of tadpoles. Five more rescues are in a 10gl tank being fed on fish flakes.

What have I learned?
Hands off: Handle rarely. Don't make sudden movements or loud noises. They are terrified of swift movements and dive for cover just like their wild counterparts.
Rough-housing: They are aggressive with each-other, and establish a pecking order. Gotta have more than two, or else one gets beaten into submission too much.
"Wide Open Plains": They love to soak in the water AND hide on the land. Of course, in either case they seem to set perfectly still for days on end.
"Don't need Height": Lies and slander . They CLIMB. I find one of them at the top of the GS back wall routinely. If he didn't beat the snot out of the other frog, I'm sure it would be out and about as well.
Oh and also Styro Over GS: GS is not always watertight. And once it stops being water tight, it'll never be water tight again. Styrofoam may not seem like the ideal substitute, but I think for "dams" that'd be what I chose in the future.

These guys may be raised out and shuffled off to other keepers.

[Rat The Unloved]

Unfortunately, despite my separate-then-feed efforts, "Skinny frog" appears to have wolfed down a rock alongside a cricket at some point. I suppose having free and unfettered access to his crickets got him a little too excited about the process. "Fat frog" is still doing excellently.