African Clawed frogs, cannibals?

[mattman0182]

Hmmmm Thank you VERY much for the reply! Well I actually wanted to by the Albino from the same exact store in which I got my regular frog. I just really like how the albinos look and i have a 29 gal with just a frog lol. I had some fish but they all died in a suspected ammonia spike. :/

This brings me to my other problem, sexing the frogs. Is it harder to sex younger ones? Such as the ones I may find in the pet store. If I do end up getting one, Ill get the biggest one they have, which will still be smaller than my regular ACF. My gf has a small tank she i not using, so if my frog is mean to the albino, I can simply move him.

Also, my tank heater is broken, so the tank has been at room temperature all season, should i invest in a new heater? Winter is approaching so the temps in my room will probably drop a little.

BTW its good to know they probably wont eat each other. I actually believed the lady when she told me they are prone to swallow smaller of their own species.

[tgampper]

ACFs are hard to sex until they reach sexual maturity. Males take about one year and females about 9 months. Once they reach maturity, it will be easy to tell them apart. I have posted pictures and a brief gender checklist on my Tongueless Society Group at
http://www.frogforum.net/groups/tongueless-society.html

[mattman0182]

Thanks a lot for the link. I am thinking my frog is a guy since he is not really fat. Loves to hide under a piece of driftwood I have in the tank. He's not socialized with humans though. :/ I'll keep thinking about it. One thing is for sure, I do take care of the animals i get, unlike a lot of customers who randomly purchase animals without knowing how to properly care for them.

[tgampper]

Also, my tank heater is broken, so the tank has been at room temperature all season, should i invest in a new heater? Winter is approaching so the temps in my room will probably drop a little.

There isn't any reason to have a heater if the room temperature keeps above 65 degrees. It gets quite cold here in Nebraska and I never needed one.

BTW its good to know they probably wont eat each other. I actually believed the lady when she told me they are prone to swallow smaller of their own species.

As I mentioned in another post, there are always exceptions. My albinos males are very mellow and often they take turns amplexing each other (not sure of the reason). I have noticed some mild aggression with my "wild types", I think its a feeding frenzy more than anything else. Most of the time, my frogs chill out with their head poking out of the water.

[rodsboys]

Just to be safe I would grow out the new guy first. Years ago when I didn't know any better I had small frogs and adult frogs in together. The small frogs disappeared. If it fits in a ACF's mouth, it will be eaten. Again this was years ago and I didn't know any better.

[Jenste]

ditto to Tony

Adults will eat young frogs. If it can fit in their mouth, it is dinner.

I have a few adult females, including 2 adult albino females I am selling if you are looking for adults. I have them posted in the for sale section

[mattman0182]

Wow, guys thanks for all the help.

It would be cool to buy one of your albinos but I am all the way down in MD :/

My GF has a smaller tank 10-20 gal? I may set that one up to put a young albino in until its big enough to hold its own against my adult ACF. Also was thinking about putting a bristlenose pleco in the tank, but that would require me to use the heater and tank filter, which could irritate the ACF. Although he has bunked with fish before (even a small pike cichlid, they actually got along). But my fish all died in a suspected ammonia spike :/, im thinking from a goldfish my bro had in my tank.

[Jenste]

Just wanted to let you know, shipping to MD is no problem at all. I ship Mondays, arrival by Wednesday/Thursday for $23.50.

As for a BN pleco...their minimum tank requirement is about 25 gallons for one pleco.

Also, filters do not bother ACF and are extremely beneficial to their health by giving them a healthier living environment. Otherwise all the waste between waterchanges produces ammonia which irritates and burns the ACF skin. A cycled filter turns ammonia into nitrite (also bad) and nitrite into nitrate (not bad!!!) leaving your frog in a safer environment.

[mattman0182]

Just wanted to let you know, shipping to MD is no problem at all. I ship Mondays, arrival by Wednesday/Thursday for $23.50.

As for a BN pleco...their minimum tank requirement is about 25 gallons for one pleco.

Also, filters do not bother ACF and are extremely beneficial to their health by giving them a healthier living environment. Otherwise all the waste between waterchanges produces ammonia which irritates and burns the ACF skin. A cycled filter turns ammonia into nitrite (also bad) and nitrite into nitrate (not bad!!!) leaving your frog in a safer environment.

Well, the gf really really wants me to just get a baby and keep it in the other tank lol. My current frog is in a 29 gal. So I think im gonna re-do the interior of the tank and put a BN Pleco in with him. Maybe also some wisteria. Ill also try to put him in a small container to get some pics.

I have an aquaclear filter. just need to clean it up and change the sponge part. Hope he stays off the top of it.