I was at the fish store today, buying new pellets for my very picky bichirs. My mom set her eyes on an African Dwarf frog, she immediately loved it. She decided to pick one up for the 2.5 gallon betta tank, and asked me if I could keep one in my tank. I decided it couldn't hurt, and I'm not one to turn down a frog. So I put him in the tank, and not two hours later I see tons of movement in my tank, out of the corner of my eye. My Ornate bichir which is is the laziest, pickiest fish I've ever kept was actively chasing the frog. It took it about two minutes to get him. He's been struggling with him for about five minutes now. The frog keeps escaping, and the bichir hapilly obliges to chasing him down and trying again and again to eat him. It's amazing. Are African Dwarf frogs a good source of nutrition? Does anyone else feed African Dwarf frogs?
Anyone Else's Bichirs LOVE African Dwarf Frogs?
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I've heard that some people here do and that they are a natural part of the bichir's diet in the wild.
I feed my bichirs ADF's once in a while. If I could find them bulk I'd feed more often.
The last time I bought some, the owner of the LFS I go to asked "Sergio, do you need food for your frogs?"
and I said "uhmm.... the frogs sort of 'are' food"
The last time I bought some, the owner of the LFS I go to asked "Sergio, do you need food for your frogs?"
and I said "uhmm.... the frogs sort of 'are' food"
Mine is still to small to eat the ones I see at the store do you think they would breed in a molly tank?watching my sen try to catch tadpoles would be fun
I would try it, but what I'm feeding now is cheaper. Maybe I'll try it some day for a little variety to their diet.
In a semi-unrelated note, I once fed one to a small garter snake for a science project. I couldn't find any wild frogs small enough. It was to do with the snake following the frog through a maze. I know, really dumb project, but I wanted an excuse to use a snake for the science project. I ended up just giving the frog to the snake.
In a semi-unrelated note, I once fed one to a small garter snake for a science project. I couldn't find any wild frogs small enough. It was to do with the snake following the frog through a maze. I know, really dumb project, but I wanted an excuse to use a snake for the science project. I ended up just giving the frog to the snake.
they're way too expensive to use on a regular basis but they are a part of the natural diet of polypterus so it never hurts to use them as a treat once in a while.
It's not hard to breed them, just time-consuming. You could always try breeding African Clawed Frogs and feeding the small ones to your fish. The ACFs look meatier to me than the ADFs...
if you can afford them there not a bad food source just give them african DWARF frogs and your fine african CLAWED frogs are bad to feed as they have claws and can and will try to claw at your bichirs and could harm them mostly there eyes are at risk