Quote Originally Posted by Lordpet View Post
Hello,

I have an ACF named stretchy currently living with a plant in a 20 gallon tank. I was recently given a 55 gallon tank that came with 3 tiger barbs, 3 danios, two gouramis, and a bristle nose pleco. I also have 2 angelfish, a bala shark, a pleco and a Mollie in a 29 tall. I also have a yellow bellied slider in a 40 gallon breeder.

So originally I was thinking of combining the fish tanks, but the tiger barbs and danios may be too aggressive for the fish in the 29 gallon (angelfish etc). I was going to trade in the aggressive fish and move the angelfish and friends to the 55 gallon. What if I moved the frog to the 55 gallon instead? Would he be able to coexist with the other fish? What about water temp and other variables? The more I think about it, the more I'd like Stretchy plus another frog or two in the 55 gallon with a good amount of plants and fish.

Anyway, I'm in early stages of plotting this out. My priorities are on maintaining the health of Stretchy and the Angelfish. I'm not liking the aggressiveness of the new fish, but maybe they would work with the frogs. I suppose I could throw them in with the turtle, but that seems mean. I definitely want to cut down on the number of tanks I have to maintain, so some sort of combination will happen.

any ideas welcome.

cheers
Let me give you some advice from my experience with mixing other aquatic life with african clawed frogs.

1. Freshwater shrimps such as ghost shrimp -- survived weeks/months but all eventually eaten by the frogs. (I liked having a cleaning crew, but the frogs also like shrimp so...)
2. Small fish such as guppies, mollies, danios -- all eaten within days by the frogs. (I used to breed these as feeders for my frogs but it's not really safe to do so I stopped)
3. Ramshorn and pond snails -- no matter how many I add, even a dozen or more they're all eaten within 24 hours. (Thought these would survive but the frogs hunt them down immediately)

You're right, it's cruel to throw these fish in with the turtle. By that same admission it's also cruel to keep these fish with the frogs or keeping any aggressive fish with frogs. If you enjoy both these animals why would you want to add possible stress or subject them to predators? Would you want to be locked in a room with a tiger?

Unless you want your frogs to eat the fish or you want your frogs to be maimed/stressed/killed by aggressive fish, why do any of these things? ACF are fine on their own and perfectly amusing pets on their own merit.