Can't find frog!

[Lindsey]

My African dwarf frog is seriously gone. Been MIA for a couple days and I can't locate it anywhere. Small 10 gal tank with 2 Molly's, 1 Platy, and 1 Glofish Danio. New to this hobby and wondering if the other fish could have possibly eaten it??

 

[Samzter]

If it died then yes, they would have eaten it. Have you checked the floor around the tank?

 

[Lindsey]

Yes, short of actually taking the tank apart we've moved plants around and everything looking for it. Do I need to keep looking until I find the skeleton (or whatever is left of it) to get it out of there?

 

[jlk]

Does the tank have a tight lid? My guess is it jumped if its not in the filter. One of mine jumped out of a 55g and I found my cat eating it....

 

[Lindsey]

Oh dear. Hadn't thought of that. Has a lid but there IS a small square hole that I guess it could've jumped out of - and we have an indoor cat / Haven't seen her eating anything but I guess anything is possible. Grrr.

 

[owen0992]

If he was dead you would see bits of it in the tank. I often feared mine got out but it turned out they were better at hiding than I was looking. Though one time one of mine did get out. Thankfully I saw it as it made a leap towards the gap under my closet door and was able to return it to the tank. My bet is it's just skillfully hiding but I would search around your floor, and not just around the tank.