Aquatic Frog Feeding on Bloodworm

A close-up of a mature three year old female Hymenochirus boettgeri or Dwarf African Clawed frog to give it it's proper full name, feeding on Bloodworm. This is interesting to owners as it shows the animal smelling the food to find it as it can't see underwater.

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.
http://theaquariumwiki.com/Bloodworm
http://theaquariumwiki.com/DAF

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• aquarium
• frogs
• bloodworm
• water
• pets
• tank
• aquatic

[101raptorkill101]

hi,i have aquatic frogs to,are there any other kinds of food they can eat besides from bloodworms

[profquatermass]

@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.

[SteffersFavourites]

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

[profquatermass]

@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]

do tropical fish eat bloodworms too?

[profquatermass]

@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.

[stellastar7899]

@ProfStuartHalliday But its not a bad thing, OK? It happens to my videos too.

[ProfStuartHalliday]

@stellastar7899 - Not my problem. Google seem to have trouble recently with these old videos.

[stellastar7899]

Thumbs up if this video lagged in the beginning!

[georgeandisaac]

@101raptorkill101 Dalphinia

[miahjere87]

@101raptorkill101 tubifex worms

[Dontelai]

@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

[aquariumwiki]

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.

[Dontelai]

@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.

[aquariumwiki]

@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.

[Dontelai]

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)