Question about Frog Sheddings

[Puriti]

I know that ADF's shed and whatnot but is it best to remove them from the tank if I find them or just leave them in there, if it won't do much harm?

 

[EMTtony]

Wouldn't shed be toxic in the water eventually? I actually wonder the same thing. I am guessing you should remove them when you see them.

 

[Puriti]

I have been, I was just wondering about the occasional ones I don't see or cant' find.

 

[Toirtis]

Most are pretty quickly eaten by the frogs or a fish tankmate....I would not worry much about them, as they are not nearly enough to affect water chemistry in a tank over 5 gallons.

 

[zacdl]

THey shed????

 

[rich311k]

All reptiles shed as they grow. My red earred slider tank can get full of it.

 

[zacdl]

Yuck. Whats it look like? How much damge would one frog do?

 

[rich311k]

It can get a little ugly but he is 8 inches long. An ADF is a couple of inches or so.

 

[Toirtis]

All reptiles shed as they grow.

For that matter, so do humans....what do you think 80% of your house dust is made of?

 

[Zagz]

My ADF's shed and they eat the sheddings. Never had a problem with it. When I feed with bloodworms I use a turkey baster to put the bloodworms in front of their faces. They can't see very well and the other fish would eat all the bloodworms before the ADF's got them. They go crazy swimming around after they eat. They are so cute to watch.

 

[Hrafnkel]

*cough* Frogs aren't reptiles. They're amphibians. >.>

 

[Toirtis]

*cough* Frogs aren't reptiles. They're amphibians. >.>

Of course, but I am not going to split hairs with rich over herpetofauna...the same is true for both groups.

 

[Puriti]

Zac, they look like little ghosts of the frogs swaying in the water lol They're semi-clear and you can actually see all the parts of the frog pretty well... I luff da little feet on the sheddings ^^;