Thinking of getting a frog.

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franklinfish

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I am thinking of getting a big, easy to take care of, big eating frog. I've narrowed it down to either pixie frog (Most likely dwarf. I don't have access to the real big versions. Wish I did.) or a budgetts frog. I want it to be somewhat active so pacmans are out of the picture. What are the tank sizes for these and do you have any other suggestions?



Thanks in advance.:chillpill:
 
There are caresheets that say 20 gallons for one specimen. I'd say 30 min for either, or even better, you could go for 40 gallon breeders if you had access to the actual african bullfrogs/giant pyxies. I am pretty sure that the budgetts can be somewhat inactive, whereas the pyxie will be more active in comparison. Keeping them as a pair reduces territorial disputes. Do not mix.
 
I've never seen an active pixie frog but I've only seen 3 i think..... so maybe it was just them? We have one at my work right and it is pretty much exactly the same in behavior as pacman frogs (except the last pacman frog we had would bark and attack you when you opened the cage...he was awesome...)
american bull frogs or leopard frogs even might be more active
 
I have a Pixie Frog...no very active at all. Sometimes during feeding, but he still just likes to lay around. As for tank size, I keep him in a 30 gallon tub. Budgett's Frog are pretty inactive as well and are semi-aquatic so it would take a bit more care than a Pixie Frog, IMO.
 
pixies are DIRTY! we had a pair of adults in a 125 and we had to clean the whole thing every day! and they were mean as hell. but that was cool lol
budgets look like somethin from alice and wonderland lol but i have never had one
 
American bullfrogs are way to big for me to take care of. They need like 100+ gallon tanks. I'll look into leopard frogs though. Maybe if I provide the pixie with a semi-aquatic setup He'll be able to swim around and possibly catch a few feeders. I see all the active ones on Youtube in some sort of semi-aquatic setup. I like to see the pixies swim. It's kinda funny.
 
Yes when they're babies but when they are full grown they're fairly big and hop around a lot. Keeping it in a 35 for life is like torture.
 
Keeping american bullfrogs in a 35 is rather ridiculous. I'd say min 75, these guys can jump and they move.
 
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