African clawed frog setup

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spotfin

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This weekend I picked up 2 female albino African clawed frogs. They will be moved into a larger tank in a few weeks. Anyway, the previous owner got them from someone who was moving and couldn't take them. She had them for about 3 years. They have been fed the ZooMed frog and tadpole pellets this entire time. These pellets are rather small, so I want to include more of a varied diet for the frogs. Would Hikari Sinking Carnivore pellets be a good food? I feed these to my fw rays. I have some Reptomin floating sticks to try, and will pick up some earthworm too.
And a question about filtration. The tank they are in currently has a small hob filter running. Knowing that these frogs are sensitive to sound and vibration, I was wondering if one of these would be better: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3579+3580+16742&pcatid=16742 Reviews say this filter is super quiet.
 
Ive had tons of clawed frogs. They'll eat anything. All brands of pellets and anything freeze dried. They have high bio-load so I'd look into a bigger filter for them
 
Ok, thanks.
What about substrate? They are on bare bottom right now, but I would like to keep them on a substrate. I have fine sand, but it tends to blow around and will likely get sucked up into the filter. Not going to use aquarium gravel. Would pool filter sand be a good choice?
 
spotfin said:
Ok, thanks.
What about substrate? They are on bare bottom right now, but I would like to keep them on a substrate. I have fine sand, but it tends to blow around and will likely get sucked up into the filter. Not going to use aquarium gravel. Would pool filter sand be a good choice?
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That or large river rocks that they can't swallow
 
They will eat anything that fits into their mouth. I've seen a lot of people lose them because they ingested gravel or other small, indigestible objects.
 
I have kept a lot of these guys at various times. As others have said, when it comes feeding time they will shove anything in their mouth. I would either use small gravel or sand as a substrate, something they can pass. As far as food, they eat anything, but don't seem to have the best vision. It seemed like they rely more on smell and feel for finding food.
 
These are really cool pets! It took about 2 mintues to train them to eat pellets out of my hand.
Going to pick up some pool filter sand next week and get their larger tank going.
 
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