How can you tell if your ADF is happy?

[Squiffy]

I have 4 in my 20gal long, and th ey seem happy, and are eating. They don't super dart to the top to get air, it's more of a lazy swim to the top. I'm assuming it's because they are comfortable and finally feel safe, but since they are my first ADF I'm never sure.

What are your experiences with your ADF?

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[Dragon.goby]

How tall is the tank?


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[Squiffy]

Its a 20 long so 12 inches.

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[Dragon.goby]

Great! It's not too tall for them. Are they fat?


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[Squiffy]

I've only had them since Friday, and they were a little skinny from the store, but they are eating well. I'll try to post a picture

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[Squiffy]

Pardon the snail poo. I just cleaned the sand yesterday, but with 5 snails it's not easy to keep up lol.

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[Dragon.goby]

Hmnm they seem a little skinny. What are you feeding them?


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[Squiffy]

I've only had them for 6 days. They eat blood worms and aquatic frog pellets. I've been feeding them every day and they eat like little piggies.

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[Squiffy]

They've gotten a little bigger since i got them from petco.

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[Dragon.goby]

Frozen blood worms or freeze dried? And I would suggest staying away from pellets. They can cause dropsy and that's the last thing you want with ADF.


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[Squiffy]

Frozen blood worms

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[Dragon.goby]

Awesome. When you feed them pellets I would only do that once a week and soak them in some water before feeding them.


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[Squiffy]

Cool, thanks. The blood worms I can barely get in the tank before they jump up to eat them from my hands. I have to hand feed them otherwise mr betta eats them all.

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[Squiffy]

This is the little dude that jumps up and greets me.

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[54seaweed]

feeder guppy s or feeder shrimp are a nice snack for them once they get bigger you can go to small feeder goldfish they love bugs
be sure you have a good cover on tank as they are good escape artists
they also like little floats they can hang out on

 

[Squiffy]

They hang out on the snails and the betta hammock. I have ghost shrimp in there. The frogs tend to leave them alone though.

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[Squiffy]

I also have a few platy fry in there that they tend to leave alone.

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[abbyn]

I had frogs and I ended up using a turkey baster because you are able to squirt the worms straight to the frogs so that the fish don't eat them all before the frogs can get to them


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