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[woodsplace1]

do you think it will matter, my husband just bought a dwarf albino frog today, without me knowing, I am afraid it is going to freak out my molly about to deliver her fry? Any suggestions?

[lovemybarbs]

I'm not sure there is any such thing as a dwarf albino frog from what I've read. It's a clawed frog right?

http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/specie...edordwarf.html

[woodsplace1]

sorry, he says it is a dwarf african? I was not there, very upset at him right now because I like to be able to research something before I get it...now I feel like I am scrambling to get info...

[lovemybarbs]

well he is a popular frog, but my guess is that he will get huge. The little albino frogs I see at the store are bigger than my dwarf frog that I've had about a year. From all I've read, albino dwarf frogs don't probably exist. I only wanted you to be prepared for something that could possibly, gulp, eat your fish when it gets older.

Anyone one else have any input???

[Zagz]

I have 2 albino clawed frogs and they are quite large. I have them in their own tank as their claws are very sharp! They are adorable and I love them to death but wouldn't risk them with other fish.

[lovemybarbs]

I was told that if they have web feet, they are dwarf. Mine is teeny tiny.

[RoK]

The fingers on the clawed frogs "arms" are not webbed, the "legs" are. Both are webbed with the dwarf frogs.

[woodsplace1]

ok, both are webbed, so it must be some sort of dwarf. this thing is teeny, about an inch and 1/2 long, attached is a pic, according to the receipt my husband gave me it is a dwarf african frog. I also am adding a pic of my molly, would any of you know if she looks like she is getting ready to deliver her fry? This will be the first time for me.

[lovemybarbs]

It is probably a dwarf, but it isn't albino. The albino ones are white. That's good, he'll stay small I think. Mine looks the same with more black spots.

Nice marble molly. She's pretty big. My albino tiger barb is pregnant and I'm looking for eyes constantly.

There's another thread about a pregnant molly on here somewhere I think.

[tracygh]

I have ADFs in a couple of my mixed tanks, they pretty much leave the fish alone.
In my experience, my fish have always become incredibly square before delivering. Like a lego block with fins.
HTH
TRacy

[woodsplace1]

thanks mate...appreciate it greatly...as for the african dwarf, anyone know if I need to feed it dried or frozen blood worms and how much, some say every other day, others say every 3-4 days, just a mix of advice...thanks all.

[lovemybarbs]

I have mine in with a ton of fish (see my sig), but I don't think that is recommended because they are lazy eaters and they tend to starve. I've been experimenting with mine a bit. Today I dropped two shrimp pellets right by its head and he picked at those. Mine also likes freeze dried krill and frozen blood worms. The freeze dried blood worms don't sink and he rarely goes to the top for those, and my fish don't care for them much.

I would see if he goes to the top for food much. If he does, the krill is a good idea. If you go with the shrimp pellets, I wouldn't give him many of those because they tend to dirty up the tank. My fish clean mine up, so I really don't have a problem with that.

I've also read that they will overate themselves to death, but mine has no danger of that. I guess it depends on his appetite. I doubt he will live long with only flakes because I don't think they go for those much, if any. Buy a couple of things and watch his reaction. It's adorable when they sense something they like. They almost sit up like a puppy.

[woodsplace1]

amazing how much you can learn from others. I really appreciate all of your advice...I am going to try the blood worms as I am getting a lot of people saying to get those anyway for the molly to try to deliver the fry...we'll see. I have gotten rid of our male but know she can still have more fry up to...what? a few months they say? that is just crazy. I am getting more excited about the frog and most sites are saying they are fun, just have to watch out, they can be sneaky and get out, we do have an opening at the back I am going to try and have to find a cover for....thanks again!

[tracygh]

I have a great way of feeding my ADFs and any other picky fish.
I use a sringe, you know, the medicine shooters you get from the pharmacy, and add a length of airline tubing to it, pushing it tightly over the tip of the syringe. I suck up however much thawed worms I want into the airline hose, and place the tip of it literally under their noses. They can either pull the blodwarms free if they are sticking out a bit, or I can press the plunger to push some out at them. Works great.
Hope that helps,
Tracy

[RoK]

Originally Posted by woodsplace1

we do have an opening at the back I am going to try and have to find a cover for

I use saran/plastic wrap to cover any openings, works great.

[DepotFish]

That looks to me like a regular clawed frog, if it gets any bigger than that get a new tank or send it packing. Its already full sized for a dwarf and dwarfs tend to have really flat bodies. Claws and webbing are not always a giveaway.