happygirl65
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hello,
I have 3 dwarf frogs in my 55 gal community aquarium. It is moderately planted and all the inhabitants seem to get along rather well. I have noticed an incrase in the snail population so I decreased the amount of food I was feeding in hopes of controlling the population a bit....
And then I witnessed one of the dwarf frogs grab a ramshorn snail and try to jerk it out of its shell. When a cherry barb came by, the frog swam away to hide and then the chery barb started taking bites of the snail.
This all happened the day after noticing the fish fighting over some kind of grey meat that I assumed was a fish that had died...but the next morning at feeding time I was able to account for all of the fish, no deaths....then I saw a frog trying to chomp the snail.
My son said he watched it happen again today. Of course I am not sure if the snail was alive prior to the attack or not. I am just wondering if anyone else has had this experience before. Or if this is an indication that they are not getting enough food, or perhaps it is just a natural predator sort of thing.
Currently I feed flakes 1-2 times per day, a supplement of frozen brine shrimp once per week, and sinking shrimp pellets every couple of days.
I tried to feed peas a while back but not one of the fish seemed interested.
When I feed the frozen brine shrimp I drop a chunk in and it floats for a couple of minutes and the angels and tetras pick at it and then it sinks down out of sight. I am only hoping that the frogs are getting some of it but since they hide all the time it is hard to direct anything specifically for them. I have also watched them eat flakes. None of them look skinny or unhealthy so I can only assume they are getting fed enough...at least until I saw one try to eat the snail.
Any thoughts???
I have 3 dwarf frogs in my 55 gal community aquarium. It is moderately planted and all the inhabitants seem to get along rather well. I have noticed an incrase in the snail population so I decreased the amount of food I was feeding in hopes of controlling the population a bit....
And then I witnessed one of the dwarf frogs grab a ramshorn snail and try to jerk it out of its shell. When a cherry barb came by, the frog swam away to hide and then the chery barb started taking bites of the snail.
This all happened the day after noticing the fish fighting over some kind of grey meat that I assumed was a fish that had died...but the next morning at feeding time I was able to account for all of the fish, no deaths....then I saw a frog trying to chomp the snail.
My son said he watched it happen again today. Of course I am not sure if the snail was alive prior to the attack or not. I am just wondering if anyone else has had this experience before. Or if this is an indication that they are not getting enough food, or perhaps it is just a natural predator sort of thing.
Currently I feed flakes 1-2 times per day, a supplement of frozen brine shrimp once per week, and sinking shrimp pellets every couple of days.
I tried to feed peas a while back but not one of the fish seemed interested.
When I feed the frozen brine shrimp I drop a chunk in and it floats for a couple of minutes and the angels and tetras pick at it and then it sinks down out of sight. I am only hoping that the frogs are getting some of it but since they hide all the time it is hard to direct anything specifically for them. I have also watched them eat flakes. None of them look skinny or unhealthy so I can only assume they are getting fed enough...at least until I saw one try to eat the snail.
Any thoughts???