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That's what we originally had thought. But after doing a lot of reading and looking at pictures I think its some kind of bloat. We have started to treat him with the aquarium salt and the swelling appears to be going down. Other than the fact that his legs are swollen he has zero other symptoms...

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So I just checked my levels. pH: 7.4 still Both ammonia and nitrites are less than .25 Nitrate is like 5ish for sure less than 10 Thanks for all the help so far :)

I'm not sure if my first post was in the right spot, but here is a link to it. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/african-clawed-frog-swollen-upper-legs-179017.html#post1648282 If you know anything about these little guys please let me know.

So that water change yielded: pH: Holding steady at like 7.4 Ammonia: 0ppm maybe just a little above, but the color was pretty darn yellow Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrates: More like 5ppm I am out of Prime now so that will have to be good for tonight. I'll stop after work tomorrow and get more Prime and...

Here is a quick video. I'm not sure if its very informative or not...

A few more pictures.

Here is a picture the best I could get:

I got home from work today and tested the water. pH: Still like 7.2-7.4 Ammonia: less than .25 but still not zero Nitrite: Like .25 Nitrates were still around 10ish I just did a 60-75% water change and vacuumed their gravel really good. But one thing I have noticed in their new found clear...

So today I noticed that one of our remaining frogs has what almost look like blisters on his upper hind legs. I'm not sure if this is something bad, or him shedding his skin. We have had some fish issues recently with this tank...

As of this morning it was still nice and clear. I'll check levels when I get home and do another big water change. Based on the drop after the last large water change I believe that should get me to a level that I can maintain with smaller changes daily until it cycles. I have learned one...

Ok after the big water change we are now at: pH: 7.2-7.4 Ammonia: 0ppm or maybe just a little over, no where near .25ppm Nitrite: 0ppm looked just like what tap water was Nitrate: Still around 10ppm, maybe a little less VERY big difference though. Thanks for all the help. I'm done for the...

Just got done with the big water change probably ended up being more like 80-85%. The frogs got a little pissy with me. I tried to explain to them that its for their own good. lol

So that water change yielded: pH 6.8 Ammonia: .5ppm Nitrite: .5ppm Nitrate: still way high like maybe 80-100ppm As I type its draining down for another change. I'm going to go down like 75% or so then probably check it before bed and go back at it again tomorrow after work. At least its going...

I also thought you had to replace those HOB filters...do you have any idea how many filters I've gone through over the past 3 years? 3 filters with 4 pads each... Lots :( And not only was it wasting money but it was hurting the fish. What do you guys think about chemical media in the filter...

You guys have been very helpful. I feel bad. I've been a very bad fish/frog dad :( We didn't sit in the family room with them for the longest time so it kinda became out of sight out of mind. Now that we have started using the family room we are out with them every day...I want to do better! :)

Edit to my last one. I'd say tap Nitrates are probably a little over 0ppm. Maybe like 2. Its probably a little more yellow than halfway between the 0 and 5ppm if that makes sense.

Ok, so I just did probably 60% water. I'll do more again the net time. I wasn't sure so I just kinda errored on the side of caution. Our tap water is pH 7.6 and 0ppm for the rest of the stuff. I just read African clawed frogs are fine with pretty much any pH between 6.5-7.5 I usually do a 25%...

So you are saying just straight water changes for now? No chemicals? I have Prime and Amquel, any suggestion as to which one I should use when I change out the water? Also what kind of percentage? Half? Thanks for the help :)

Ok so we have: PH:6.6 Amonia:1.0ppm Nitrite: Somewhere between 2.0 and 5.0ppm Nitrate:160ppm Considering the Goldfish is dead and there is nothing we can do about that now I guess I am shooting for water quality that is good for the frogs... Also the water stinks, kinda like swamp water.

I just got home with one of those API Master Kits...ouch was that expensive :( I'll report back with some numbers in a little bit.

I did not seed the new filter :( And actually the old penguin filters went out with the trash today. It was cloudy before I even put the new filter on. Also, I used to replace those little C sized penguin filter pads quite often. In my reading right now I'm starting to think that was a bad...

Also it doesn't seem like the filter is doing anything. I see a lot of junk floating around and based on their GPH rating it should turn the water over like 3 times an hour. Which means that water should have been filtered like roughly 72 times now?

Sucks that the first post is always the critical one eh? :( Ok, so I have a 55 gallon fresh water aquarium. It housed 5 african clawed frogs, a large pleco, and a large goldfish. It had one of the Penguin HOBs and life was fine for quite awhile...like 3 years. Well a few months back we lost...