Silver Ninja
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have 2 pair of African Dwarf Frogs & apparently they layed eggs which produced tadpoles! They are in a 10 gallon tank with a filter & heater. I usually do a 20-30% water change (I use spring water because that's what the pet shop recommended that I use.) every week & they don't seem to mind it.
I usually do a mild cleaning, very gently blowing a turkey baster over the rocks, to remove food & froggy "debris". The "debris" float up enough for me to catch it & squirt it into a net & start over. I had my grand-daughter over for several days & didn't do my mild cleaning. When I did, much to my surprise, there were living tadpoles in the tank, I guess they hatched & hid under or near the gravel and/or decorations & eat whatever food debris that the parents left behind.
I bought a breeder "basket" & feed them every day with a liquid solution of the parents food. They love it & know when it's feeding time because they come over to be fed! There are 5 of them & I look at them through a magnifying glass to make sure they stay healthy. I've also been finding more fertilized eggs & have been putting them in the basket.
Bits of food are filtering through the netting & I can't get underneath it to clean the gravel like I want to. I've been finding eggs & uneaten food with the dreaded fungus.
I've been doing some research & it says that the tadpoles should be in a 10 gallon aquarium, a heater, & a higher Ph than the parents. My question is, should the 10 gallon aquarium be filled with the full 10 gallons? Most frogs look for shallow water to lay eggs & it would make sense that the aquarium should have a shallow amount of water.
I usually do a mild cleaning, very gently blowing a turkey baster over the rocks, to remove food & froggy "debris". The "debris" float up enough for me to catch it & squirt it into a net & start over. I had my grand-daughter over for several days & didn't do my mild cleaning. When I did, much to my surprise, there were living tadpoles in the tank, I guess they hatched & hid under or near the gravel and/or decorations & eat whatever food debris that the parents left behind.
I bought a breeder "basket" & feed them every day with a liquid solution of the parents food. They love it & know when it's feeding time because they come over to be fed! There are 5 of them & I look at them through a magnifying glass to make sure they stay healthy. I've also been finding more fertilized eggs & have been putting them in the basket.
Bits of food are filtering through the netting & I can't get underneath it to clean the gravel like I want to. I've been finding eggs & uneaten food with the dreaded fungus.
I've been doing some research & it says that the tadpoles should be in a 10 gallon aquarium, a heater, & a higher Ph than the parents. My question is, should the 10 gallon aquarium be filled with the full 10 gallons? Most frogs look for shallow water to lay eggs & it would make sense that the aquarium should have a shallow amount of water.
