Oh wait I'm remember wrong, it wasn't tetras I had with my ADFs-- it was zebra danios.
Very tricky care for those guys. But thankfully they are a popular herp so there are lots of forums for or with sections dedicated to them (and dart frogs).Originally Posted by joyzerelly
I can't help with African frogs, but take a peek at red eyed tree frogs, they're the most beautiful little things I've ever seen!!
Oh, no worries!Originally Posted by Lindsey88
Goldfish need 10-20 gallons minimum or they will stunt and die a slow and painful death. The good news is 10-20 gallon kits are very cheap.
Oh he's darling!!!Originally Posted by joyzerelly
I can't help with African frogs, but take a peek at red eyed tree frogs, they're the most beautiful little things I've ever seen!!
What i would REALLY REALLY love would be a 100 or 200gal. saltwater tank. I'd love to get one set up and cycle it slowly over time and add some beautiful fish to it.Originally Posted by strange_wings
Very tricky care for those guys. But thankfully they are a popular herp so there are lots of forums for or with sections dedicated to them (and dart frogs).
About aquariums - Look in the local paper, sometimes people are selling them. Check craigslist and freecycle! Thrift stores and garage sales too - it's about that time of year again that people should be having garage sales.Just remember to sterilize everything very well. Working at a shelter/as a vet tech you should probably be able to have access to nolvasan (chlorhexidine), this as you probably already know, is great for cleaning out aquariums - with a thorough rinse after of course.
How many aquariums will you have now? Have you ever thought of anything a bit more exotic (but still freshwater) then the commonly kept fish? And for those little containers you may have sitting around still, you can use those to start aquatic plants in.
I strongly believe all herps need real food. They don't eat pelleted foods that come in a can in the wild, and food makers for herps don't have to follow as strict of guidelines when making foods. I see too many herp and fish foods that have ethoxyquin in them -many of us wouldn't feed this to our other pets, so why should herps get lower quality food.Originally Posted by Hypancistrus
In addition, I think it is mandatory to feed african dwarf frogs live or frozen worms as opposed to frog pellets. Of the 3-4 frogs I've kept, only one ever took a bite out of a sinking pellet, and I doubt sincerely he'd have gotten enough nutrition from those to thrive. I always fed mine live blackworms, guppy fry, frozen bloodworms and frozen mysis shrimp. They did well for several years on that diet.
I can understand that now, lol (though I've heard this before, that the Betta usually goes running, but Bettas do that with other fish too... They're such wimps when other fish call his bluff, lol). One of my froggies, Ichabod, gets offended when Sweeney (the Betta) keeps eating the brine shrimp that's laying about on the gravel/sand (it's a fine gravel, but too rough to be sand). Sweeney will be hoovering up shrimp, and Ichabod will be creeping closer and closer...and then he'll suddenly lunge at Sweeney. Then he wanders after Sweeney for a few seconds to make sure he's gone. But the first time I gave them bloodworms, he scared the snot out of me. Sweeney grabbed one of the bloodworms, which was long (after the first day, with all the fish having to take extra time to chew the spagetti worms, lol). Ichabod didn't like that, and when Sweeney swam by with his worm trailing out of his mouth, Ichabod lunged at him and he held on (I don't know if he was using his feet, or if he was biting down on fish flesh) and Sweeney darted to the other end of the tank before Ichabod let go (I think Sweeney was trying to bite him back, but frankly it all happened so fast that I can barely remember what happened). Ichabod, when he let go, went hiding and refused to eat any more bloodworms. He's okay now, but he must have been upset and/or tramautized. Sweeney seemed all right too. Ichabod still hates seeing Sweeney hoarding the food, though, and always creeps towards him when he gets near his food, lolOriginally Posted by Hypancistrus
I kept mine in with male bettas, and believe it or not, the betta was the one that kept getting attacked. They would grab his long fins and pull on them. I eventually had to move him to a seperate tank!