The African Clawed frog is called that because it has claws. The so-called ADF is actually a dwarf African clawed frog to spell out its full name. It. has claws too, tiny they may well be on its hind legs. People tend to ignore the clawed part of its name. But this doesn't stop Scientists knowing that this is the correct common name for Hymenochirus boettgeri or Hymenochirus curtipes. Look it up on The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site.
Please dont be so sure your right because your sources come from a wiki anyone can edit. Or lie on. They act differently, feed differently, and live differently. an adf is NOT a mini acf. a common name is the most common name used for that animal. scientists use scientific names that always stay the samethere are many common names. none are the 'right' one.
like opinions. thats just a misleading thing to call an adf.
Well of course they are different species. Yes, they can have many common names. But the one given to them by their discoverer is usually the best one to use. They are all clawed frogs. Just look up any decent reference book and you'll see them called that.
In 1996 that they were given a common name of Dwarf Clawed Frogs by Norman Frank and Erica Ramus, in the publication A Complete guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World.
@101raptorkill101 - sure look up the web site "The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia" and type in DAF in its search box, the profile page I wrote will tell you all the foods you can give them.
She's huge! No overfeeding xD My frogs only get bloodworm once or twice a week. Sometimes I feed them daphnia & they eat some of the snails in the tank when they're hungry enough
@SteffersFavourites - They don't really eat snails as such as they can't break into the shells. DAFs are blind under water and only really hunt by vibration and smell. So they snatch out at any passing traffic. If they're lucky enough to catch a open snail then its purely good fortune! People should not buy DAFs hoping they'll solve a snail problem.
The trouble with Daphnia is that it swims all over the tank and the wee frogs haven't a hope in catching live ones unless it brushes pass its nose
@jptzy - Sure. They love it. But just watch its potential allergy problems on humans and remember its a limited food. Don't just feed the one food and you'll be fine.
See The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site on bloodworm.
Be careful with Bloodworm as you could become allergic to it. Some people get awful problems with touching it.
If your ACF is small feed it. But choose at least 2 other foods as well because BW is actually quite poor nutritionally speaking.
See the ACF profile on The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site for more details.Earthworms, maggots, raw fish flesh are all good. If it reaches the bottom then the ACF is probably not hungry!
@SpaceAce1316 - I've no idea. Your Eel isn't a frog! But variety in food will keep your animal healthy so decide on 3 or 4 different foods and feed it them over a week?
Raw fish and jelly brineshrimp/bloodworm will be taken readily. Tetraprima is a good man-made food also.
Most shops sell them for around £4-5 each. Though I've seen local breeders selling them for as low as £0.75 each!
Tips: Don't buy deformed frogs or ones with curled fingers (they may be broken). Ensure it has two eyes and the skin is unbroken.
If you are buying from America/Canada from a large shops then it's very likely it is infected with a deadly fungus called Chytrid Fungus. Shops in the UK are unaffected.
More details can be found in the care link on this page.
how many blood worms should i feed my baby frog im feeding him one every day and hes really scinny and this frog is eating a whole cube of them...... sooooo yeah help please
I love ADFs. I have three in my 29-gallon, with a few guppies and feeder guppies. The filter setting is low and hardly makes a current; everybody is doing really well. I feed bloodworms once a week and sinking pellet foods once every three days, plus the additional flake food that the frogs eat off the bottom of the tank that the fish don't get to. They love the live plants and hideyholes that I placed in the tank.
For the record, I used Cycle in my tank, and it worked pretty well for me.
I have one about three months I give him a couple of blood worms every three days. Are they meant to be as fat as yours . I have him in a community tank he eats the fish food as well ! seems very active and happy.
DAFs often get fat as they'll eat until they drop. I tend to put my frogs through periods of diets. If you think your frog is getting enough additional food from fish food then this is a good supplement as Bloodworm is quite poor in vitamins, etc.
Remember also that females look fatter than the males as they carry eggs internally.
How do the bloodworms stay in one place? I just got these frogs this week and when I put the bloodworms in the tank they start flying all over the place. I haven't seen my frogs eat at all yet, and two of them have died!
I do that, but when it thaws they scatter all over the tank. It's only a ten-gallon, so I think it may be that the pump is too powerful because it's brand new and the nitrifying bacteria aren't in the filter yet. You think that could be it?
Make that three frogs dead. I have only one left, and my betta.
BTW placing animals in a uncycled tank is a dangerous,nay stupid thing, to do.
The waste chemicals like Ammonia and Nitrite will kill them.
Why not add water conditioners like Prime or Amquel+ in it daily as this will keep the animals safe during your hasty set up. do it every day for 40 days.
Alternatively do a 50% water change every day to dilute the toxins.
On our web site we have beginner articles on cycling. We also have a forum where you can ask for help.
Easy, you either add ammonia to the tank or something that creates ammonia like decaying food.
I use a decent brand of bacteria bottle and add daily some Prime. The bacteria bottle (don't buy any called Cycle) starts from day one. The Prime renders the ammonia and nitrite non-toxic.
I use Stability or BioSpira (now called One and Only) or SafeStart to get a cycled tank in less than 5 days.
Info on this on the Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site.
Ammonia wont hurt 'em It just forms cloudiness in the water when it clear put the frogs in lol i'm getting some i got to evn though they'll become fishfood along the way:(
filters and lighting are harmful to the frogs. and they only need the heater on during winter months as room temp is fine for them. fed them chicken and living worms. garden worms will do. feed a non superfluous amount (about the size of each frogs head) of chicken and as much worm as they can eat in 15 mins. they will grow rapidly :D
I'd be wary of feeding them raw bird meat. It's not really a natural form of meat for these frogs is it?
Though I guess the odd dead bird may drop into a pool in the Congo and DAFs therefore may get a bit of it if another animal breaks it up for them. I expect this would be very rare.
I'll have to experiment and do some research on it before I tried feeding it.
@ProfStuartHalliday But its not a bad thing, OK? It happens to my videos too.
stellastar7899 7 months ago
Thumbs up if this video lagged in the beginning!
stellastar7899 7 months ago
@stellastar7899 - Not my problem. Google seem to have trouble recently with these old videos.
ProfStuartHalliday 7 months ago
Dwarf African Clawed frog?
Damn- you have your frogs messed up!
Theres 2 types of frogs.
ADF (african DWARF frog)
OR
ACF (african CLAWED frog)
Dontelai 1 year ago
@Dontelai - Please don't be so sure you're right.
The African Clawed frog is called that because it has claws. The so-called ADF is actually a dwarf African clawed frog to spell out its full name. It. has claws too, tiny they may well be on its hind legs. People tend to ignore the clawed part of its name. But this doesn't stop Scientists knowing that this is the correct common name for Hymenochirus boettgeri or Hymenochirus curtipes. Look it up on The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site.
aquariumwiki 1 year ago
@aquariumwiki
They are different species of frogs.
Please dont be so sure your right because your sources come from a wiki anyone can edit. Or lie on. They act differently, feed differently, and live differently. an adf is NOT a mini acf. a common name is the most common name used for that animal. scientists use scientific names that always stay the samethere are many common names. none are the 'right' one.
like opinions. thats just a misleading thing to call an adf.
Dontelai 1 year ago
Well of course they are different species. Yes, they can have many common names. But the one given to them by their discoverer is usually the best one to use. They are all clawed frogs. Just look up any decent reference book and you'll see them called that.
In 1996 that they were given a common name of Dwarf Clawed Frogs by Norman Frank and Erica Ramus, in the publication A Complete guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World.
aquariumwiki 1 year ago
@aquariumwiki
I'd keep arguing, but there's no point. It's just getting me in a bad mood. Sorry I came off as rude ~ Sara Beth
Dontelai 1 year ago
hi,i have aquatic frogs to,are there any other kinds of food they can eat besides from bloodworms
101raptorkill101 1 year ago
@101raptorkill101 - sure look up the web site "The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia" and type in DAF in its search box, the profile page I wrote will tell you all the foods you can give them.
profquatermass 1 year ago
@101raptorkill101 tubifex worms
miahjere87 1 year ago
@101raptorkill101 Dalphinia
georgeandisaac 1 year ago
She's huge! No overfeeding xD My frogs only get bloodworm once or twice a week. Sometimes I feed them daphnia & they eat some of the snails in the tank when they're hungry enough
SteffersFavourites 1 year ago
@SteffersFavourites - They don't really eat snails as such as they can't break into the shells. DAFs are blind under water and only really hunt by vibration and smell. So they snatch out at any passing traffic. If they're lucky enough to catch a open snail then its purely good fortune! People should not buy DAFs hoping they'll solve a snail problem.
The trouble with Daphnia is that it swims all over the tank and the wee frogs haven't a hope in catching live ones unless it brushes pass its nose
profquatermass 1 year ago
do tropical fish eat bloodworms too?
jptzy 1 year ago
@jptzy - Sure. They love it. But just watch its potential allergy problems on humans and remember its a limited food. Don't just feed the one food and you'll be fine.
See The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site on bloodworm.
profquatermass 1 year ago
Hi!
I have the same frog ( Albino African Clawed Frog )
And the pet store gave me bloodworms to feed them ( They came in a little plastic containter )
How much do I give them? And how?
Do I just let it float to the bottom ? Thanks
BlahhItsNatasha 1 year ago
@BlahhItsNatasha - First you and I do not have the same frog!
Be careful with Bloodworm as you could become allergic to it. Some people get awful problems with touching it.
If your ACF is small feed it. But choose at least 2 other foods as well because BW is actually quite poor nutritionally speaking.
See the ACF profile on The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site for more details.Earthworms, maggots, raw fish flesh are all good. If it reaches the bottom then the ACF is probably not hungry!
profquatermass 1 year ago
@SpaceAce1316 - I've no idea. Your Eel isn't a frog! But variety in food will keep your animal healthy so decide on 3 or 4 different foods and feed it them over a week?
Raw fish and jelly brineshrimp/bloodworm will be taken readily. Tetraprima is a good man-made food also.
profquatermass 1 year ago
how much does one cost
TheTechLord 1 year ago
@TheTechLord
Most shops sell them for around £4-5 each. Though I've seen local breeders selling them for as low as £0.75 each!
Tips: Don't buy deformed frogs or ones with curled fingers (they may be broken). Ensure it has two eyes and the skin is unbroken.
If you are buying from America/Canada from a large shops then it's very likely it is infected with a deadly fungus called Chytrid Fungus. Shops in the UK are unaffected.
More details can be found in the care link on this page.
profquatermass 1 year ago
how many blood worms should i feed my baby frog im feeding him one every day and hes really scinny and this frog is eating a whole cube of them...... sooooo yeah help please
mrlamabamaman 1 year ago
@mrlamabamaman
Feed him 3 or 4. But only once or twice a week.
Feed him other food the other days as BloodWorm isn't enough for a young frog.
See the AquariumWiki web site and type in DAF to read a decent profile on how to look after them. :-)
Or open my YouTube header on this video and you'll find the link there.
profquatermass 1 year ago
i have a frog just like that and it LOVES blood worms
flipper10158 1 year ago
cool vid
MichaelBon1 2 years ago
he seems quite plump, don't you think?
Arcanine42 2 years ago
No SHE isn't.... :-)
This is a mature health female frog. You're looking at her egg sacs on her back.
If your female frog is thinner then it's either very young or seriously underweight.
profquatermass 2 years ago
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dafs are gay.. they are a 3 doller meal for my fish!!!
FFTLWA 3 years ago
I love ADFs. I have three in my 29-gallon, with a few guppies and feeder guppies. The filter setting is low and hardly makes a current; everybody is doing really well. I feed bloodworms once a week and sinking pellet foods once every three days, plus the additional flake food that the frogs eat off the bottom of the tank that the fish don't get to. They love the live plants and hideyholes that I placed in the tank.
For the record, I used Cycle in my tank, and it worked pretty well for me.
TheMonstreMash 3 years ago
Oh and how long did the tank take to Cycle using that product? When I used it, it would take ~3 weeks.
profquatermass 3 years ago
It took about two weeks for mine.
TheMonstreMash 3 years ago
That's a long time to wait.
If you use the right brand, you can get the tank set up in 24 hours. :-)
SafeStart or 'One and Only' are the two to look for.
profquatermass 3 years ago
I have one about three months I give him a couple of blood worms every three days. Are they meant to be as fat as yours . I have him in a community tank he eats the fish food as well ! seems very active and happy.
jatwrc 3 years ago
DAFs often get fat as they'll eat until they drop. I tend to put my frogs through periods of diets. If you think your frog is getting enough additional food from fish food then this is a good supplement as Bloodworm is quite poor in vitamins, etc.
Remember also that females look fatter than the males as they carry eggs internally.
profquatermass 3 years ago
Like I say on other postings on this page, the females are fatter than the males due to them carrying eggs.
See the DAF page on The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site.
profquatermass 3 years ago
How do the bloodworms stay in one place? I just got these frogs this week and when I put the bloodworms in the tank they start flying all over the place. I haven't seen my frogs eat at all yet, and two of them have died!
shuabert 3 years ago
I put in a frozen cube, the cube sinks and thaws out within a few seconds.
aquariumwiki 3 years ago
I do that, but when it thaws they scatter all over the tank. It's only a ten-gallon, so I think it may be that the pump is too powerful because it's brand new and the nitrifying bacteria aren't in the filter yet. You think that could be it?
Make that three frogs dead. I have only one left, and my betta.
shuabert 3 years ago
Yes, it's due to the current.
BTW placing animals in a uncycled tank is a dangerous,nay stupid thing, to do.
The waste chemicals like Ammonia and Nitrite will kill them.
Why not add water conditioners like Prime or Amquel+ in it daily as this will keep the animals safe during your hasty set up. do it every day for 40 days.
Alternatively do a 50% water change every day to dilute the toxins.
On our web site we have beginner articles on cycling. We also have a forum where you can ask for help.
aquariumwiki 3 years ago
What? How do the bacteria build up in the filter if there is no livestock in the tank?
I treated the water with Tetra AquaSafe treatment before I put the fish in it. That's for chlorine, though; should I be using something else?
shuabert 3 years ago
Easy, you either add ammonia to the tank or something that creates ammonia like decaying food.
I use a decent brand of bacteria bottle and add daily some Prime. The bacteria bottle (don't buy any called Cycle) starts from day one. The Prime renders the ammonia and nitrite non-toxic.
I use Stability or BioSpira (now called One and Only) or SafeStart to get a cycled tank in less than 5 days.
Info on this on the Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia web site.
See article 'Bacteria Bottles do they work'.
profquatermass 3 years ago
Ammonia wont hurt 'em It just forms cloudiness in the water when it clear put the frogs in lol i'm getting some i got to evn though they'll become fishfood along the way:(
IKillCowsWithMusic 3 years ago
Ammonia is deadly to all forms of life above the single cell. Why on Earth do you think frogs would be OK in it?
profquatermass 3 years ago
if ammonia was in the WATER it would not hurt becausaei thought frog breathe air tell me if i'm wrong
IKillCowsWithMusic 3 years ago
@IKillCowsWithMusic every few minutes my frog goes to the top to breath
flipper10158 1 year ago
filters and lighting are harmful to the frogs. and they only need the heater on during winter months as room temp is fine for them. fed them chicken and living worms. garden worms will do. feed a non superfluous amount (about the size of each frogs head) of chicken and as much worm as they can eat in 15 mins. they will grow rapidly :D
wipeout84 3 years ago
I'd be wary of feeding them raw bird meat. It's not really a natural form of meat for these frogs is it?
Though I guess the odd dead bird may drop into a pool in the Congo and DAFs therefore may get a bit of it if another animal breaks it up for them. I expect this would be very rare.
I'll have to experiment and do some research on it before I tried feeding it.
profquatermass 3 years ago
Sorry? I don't fully understand your reply.
Did you look at the bloodworm profile on the Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia?
profquatermass 4 years ago
Please don't feed bloodworm more than twice a week. It isn't that good for them as it is very low in protein.
For more on bloodworm and DAFs see The Aquarium Wiki Encyclopaedia.
WTF???????
Joe1507 4 years ago