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Original post by Regmon — 2011-12-02 00:01:23 GMT

I seized the moment in getting 3.2 Pipa pipa. These are HUGE adults, even the two females have birth scares on their backs. This group is in a 65 gallon (cube or breeder) tank , PH 6.5 , 80F , lots of anubias and a couple of drift wood. This particular tank is tall and a powerful ehiem canister filter to move alot of water. I have an empty 125 gallon so I most likely will get another 3.2 and eventually combine the two groups into the 125 gallon tank. IMO , Pipa pipa look the best in a amzonia biotope. Providing a large enough tank , most likely you'll observe alot of natural behaviors. These def. meets one's need for one of the weirder and more bizarre herp.

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Reply by Regmon — 2012-06-04 01:14:00 GMT

I've since aquired another 1.1.5 and loving everyone of them !I moved the adult group ( 4.3 ) in a standard 125 gallon tank. Back in March of this year, it was a rainy month. The adult toads definitely felt the barometric pressure and were all amplexing within three days. The females were successful in producing babies. Just recently I recieved 5 juvenile pipas. I'm on the search for Pipa parva for over eight months now !

Reply by joeysgreen — 2011-12-11 08:48:43 GMT

Lets see if this works; I love pipids
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Reply by joeysgreen — 2011-12-11 08:46:07 GMT

Just thought I'd add a super old pic of my original Pipa.

Reply by joeysgreen — 2011-12-11 08:41:34 GMT

I've kept this species for ~15 years now. I'm no expert still, but IMO I think they prefer little water flow. You could probably get away with a smaller filter, or just direct the flow against the glass to minimize currents. They love places to hide, even if it's just a floating peice of cork bark; you should do well with all your anubias if they are tied down to some drift wood. This species is notorious for uprooting plants. If not already leaking from your wood peices, try adding some tannins (Backwater extract). A dead leaf layer on the substrate is also dynomite for looks and behavior.

When you do get your additional group, be sure to quarantine well! I find that new imports are about 50:50 on survival and you'd hate to bring in something contagious. If your current group all does well, then perhaps stick with them in your 125 tank. With less crowded conditions you'll have a better chance with breeding them.

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Original post by Damonxv16 — 2011-04-05 08:12:17 GMT

I JUST BOUGHT MY FROG ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THE THING IS IS THAT AT FIRST I FED HIM FREEZE DRIED WORMS, BUT THEN THE PET SHOP OWNER ON MY LAST VISIT RECOMMENDED ME TO USE LIVE BLACKWORMS SINCE IT HAS MORE NUTRIENTS.

EVER SINCE HE TRIED THEM HE DOES TOUCH THE FREEZE DRIED WORMS BUT THEN SPITS THEM OUT. HE ONLY EATS THE BLACKWORMS.

ALSO I NOTICED THAT HE HAS BEEN GETTING A LITTLE ROUND AROUND THE CHEST AREA AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT IS NORMAL OR IS THERE A PROBLEM.
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Reply by Regmon — 2011-09-13 17:24:15 GMT

A diet of blackworms is like eating bbq everyday . Good eating but it'll def. show in the gut area. Try earthworm flakes , massivore pellets , ghost shrimps , even cichlid flakes . As with any animal , varied diet is a must. The frog will eventually eat these when they are hungry enough.

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Original post by bludo — 2011-01-29 19:41:12 GMT

Hello-
New to the boards. I have an African Clawed Frog and I am wondering how long they can live for. I have had him/her since 1995 and I got it indirectly from someone who raised it for a science project years before. Originally I had three, one climbed out of the tank, and the second one died last month. So in my possession for 16 years, and there were alive for years before. I can find out for sure how old they were before I received them but is this old for an ACF?

Reply by BFrederick — 2011-12-08 17:43:00 GMT

They are one of the longest living species of frogs. Well cared for individuals can approach 25 or even 30 years old.

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Original post by willowtigris — 2010-07-26 19:56:23 GMT

Hi everyone,
I have been feeding my african clawed frog bloodworms, shrimp, floating sticks, and will be incorporating worms. I have heard not to feed goldfish. Are there any feeder fish that are sage?
Thanks.

Reply by Regmon — 2011-09-13 17:31:48 GMT

Breeding your own live bearers , ie. wild guppies , is the way to go if you want to feed out fish .

Reply by BIGHYDRO — 2010-07-28 16:55:52 GMT

it's best not to feed any fish due to parasites as well as other nutritional problems. If you just insist on it though you should only feed them once in a while and live bearers only.
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Original post by weldbird — 2010-05-13 03:10:45 GMT

Where can i find African clawed frogs in los angeles. I would like to find some not keep to show my children. Any and all info would be appreciated thanks

Reply by goneXenopus — 2010-10-01 17:29:41 GMT

There is a lake somewhere in CA that these frogs have taken over. Nothing lives in the lake but swarms of ACF. The name of lake is listed somewhere on this website http://aquaticfrogs.tripod.com

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]]> 2010-10-01T17:29:41+00:00 weldbird USF&W to add "Big 9" to Lacey Act https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1780301

Original post by PHFaust — 2010-01-21 17:26:26 GMT

In yet another attack on the reptile community, today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will look to list the "Big 9" from the USGS survey published in October on the Lacey Act as injurious species:

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose to list the Burmese python and eight other large constrictor snakes that threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems as "injurious wildlife" under the Lacey Act.

Salazar made the announcement at the Port of New York, which serves as the largest point of entry in the nation for imports of wildlife and wildlife products. Last year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inspectors at John F. Kennedy International Airport handled more than 27, 000 separate wildlife shipments valued at more than $1 billion, or 16 percent of all U.S. wildlife imports.

The proposal, which will be open to public comment before Salazar makes a final decision, would prohibit importation and interstate transportation of the animals.

"The Burmese python and these other alien snakes are destroying some of our nation’s most treasured – and most fragile – ecosystems," Salazar said. "The Interior Department and states such as Florida are taking swift and common sense action to control and eliminate the populations of these snakes, but it is an uphill battle in ecosystems where they have no natural predators. If we are going to succeed, we must shut down the importation of the snakes and end the interstate commerce and transportation of them."

This allows us yet another opportunity to refute the bad science involved with both HR2811 and S373. The FWS will publish the proposed rule change in the federal register in early February.

Once it's published, the public will have sixty days to offer comment, after which the waiting game begins again.

As soon as the comment period opens, we'll let you know what action to take, and where.

Even now, it's not too late -- or too early! -- to make calls, reach out to your senators and representatives. Let them know this proposal is based on bad science, that you're part of the reptile community and that you vote!
USF&W to add "Big 9" to Lacey Act

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]]> 2010-01-21T17:26:26+00:00 PHFaust ACF keepers - question on tank limits https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1755352

Original post by tcdrover — 2009-10-29 21:44:08 GMT

I remember keeping the smaller variety as a kid and I loved those
little frogs.

I'm getting ready to set up a 40 gallon breeder tank with some
african clawed frogs. I'm getting the larger kind.

How many do you think would comfortably fit in there?

Do the males ever fight?

There are 3 different color varieties, right?

Is there a good sex ratio to use?

I thought I'd get 2 males for every female. I'd like to hear as
much chirping as possible.

Reply by goneXenopus — 2010-10-01 17:31:02 GMT

I kept 7 in a 40 breeder. Check out the frogs and color variations http://aquaticfrogs.tripod.com

Reply by BIGHYDRO — 2009-11-15 16:39:15 GMT

If you are getting African Clawed Frogs, then you can have four in that tank. They need ten gallons per frog minimum.

There are several color variations as well as a couple of species in the pet trade now.
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]]> 2010-10-01T17:31:02+00:00 tcdrover Chloramines, Warning! https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1734283

Original post by RichM — 2009-08-31 21:04:13 GMT

A few weeks ago I lost my 21 year old AFC. I changed his water and an hour later he was lying on his back dead. I figured he would someday die of old age, but this happened directly after I changed his water. I have always used tap water for his water changes with no problems. After 20 years I figured he could handle it.

Later I found that a friend of mine lost all his fish around the same time. It turns out that last month my city started adding chloramine (instead of chlorine) to the water supply, and after some googling it appears to be deadly to fish, amphibians and reptiles. It's apparantly a new trend in water treatment, in spite of many controversies. It takes special steps to remove chloramine, it's not easy like chlorine. It won't evaporate if you let it stand. If you dechlorinate chloramine, you are left with ammonia, so you have to deal with that too. What a huge pain!

The lesson here is that tap water is not stable. You can use it for years with no problems and then they change their treatment chemicals and your pet is dead. I'm very angry about this, I had this guy my whole adult life.

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Original post by gonexenopus — 2009-08-28 17:30:21 GMT

Did anyone notice the winner's frog is suffering from either Dropsey or Bloat????

Reply by joeysgreen — 2011-12-11 08:43:49 GMT

It's embarrassing.

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]]> 2011-12-11T08:43:49+00:00 gonexenopus ACF possable respirtory infection??? https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1705057

Original post by DragonRain — 2009-06-14 16:20:04 GMT

Hi,

I have 2 female african clawed frogs that are both sisters and a little over 2 years old. I raised them from eggs so I'm rather attached to them.

They are living in a 20gal long aquarium right now, with plans to upgrade to a 50gal sometime soon. Anyways, I have a filter but I don't keep it on all the time since it's kind of loud and I read that the water movement bothers them. I do a 50% - 75% water change once a week (every friday), with a vaccuum cleaner. They have sand substraight and drift wood hides.

I unfortuantly can't test the water peramaters right now since I ran out of stuff in my testing kit. I'm planning on heading out to the petstore probably tomorrow or tuesday to get new stuff.

I feed them a mixture of live foods and pellets. Usually pellets, with occasional live foods to vary their diets.

Okay so - when I was cleaning their tank last friday I noticed that when they come up to the top of the water to get air, they make this weezing sound when they suck air in. I don't know if it's normal or not - I never noticed it before and I couldn't find anything about it online.

Could they have some type of respirtory infection or something? Is there any kind of treatment someone could recommend?

Thanks in advance!

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Original post by reinert — 2009-04-15 12:31:49 GMT

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Original post by randilaine87 — 2009-02-26 15:00:40 GMT

I have had my surinam toad, Dio, for about 3 weeks and I love him! Everything that i have researched about them says that they are agressive eaters. When i first got him, he ate 6 goldfish at once and now it's like he'll only eat one at a time. Is there anything wrong with him or am I just paranoid? He also has those floating love handles.

Reply by randilaine87 — 2009-02-28 13:10:33 GMT

He wont eat nightcrawlers. The pet store had him for 2 1/2 years and thats the only thing that they fed him, maybe that's why he wont eat the worms. He's in a 20L gallon with plants the temp is at 80-81F. I do think i'm having algae problems also, could that be messing him up?

Reply by BIGHYDRO — 2009-02-28 01:04:37 GMT

For starters, goldfish are one the absolute worst feeders you can offer them. Pure garbage, no nutritional value, and can offer a huge parasite load. I would offer him some nightcrawlers, krill, etc and see his reaction. What are the temps and set up like? Can you post pics please?
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]]> 2009-02-28T13:10:33+00:00 randilaine87 ACF legal in Ohio? https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1604432

Original post by Katrina — 2008-09-30 01:43:58 GMT

Just wondering. So far I know they're illegal in NJ, DC, VA, NV, CA, AZ, and UT. Any place else in the US?

Katrina

Reply by keechoo — 2008-10-16 18:54:30 GMT

Since when have they been illegal in NJ? All the pet stores I used to go to carried them. I even talked with breeders within the state.

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]]> 2008-10-16T18:54:30+00:00 Katrina Filtration https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1597698

Original post by carolinareptile — 2008-09-14 04:37:13 GMT

I feel like this may be a common question but I have read that ACFs are sensitive to loud noises and therefore shouldn't be kept with a filter. Is there any super quiet filters I could use? what about an undergravel filter?

Reply by fnyc — 2008-09-20 14:44:38 GMT

Hello,

African clawed frogs sense vibrations in the water (the lines along the sides of the body that appear to be "stitches" are similar in function to the lateral line organs in fish), so they might react to strong vibrations from a pump's motor that rests against the glass or on top of the tank. However, they do fine with any average submersible, corner, cannister or hanging filter...I have bred them for several generations using a variety of filters (1 animal reached age 21).

Despite their overall hardiness, they are quite sensitive to ammonia levels, so good filtration and frequent partial water changes are essential. A well-established undergravel filter is fine if the gravel is vacuumed regularly, but bear in mind that these frogs often swallow gravel while feeding, size needs to be considered.

I have quite a few herp care articles posted at the following site, if you are interested in reading more:

http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog

Good luck, Frank
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Original post by Katrina — 2008-09-05 21:00:59 GMT

I have out-of-state adopters interested in some African clawed frogs, but I don't know how to ship these. I'd shipped a few dozen turtles over the years, but never frogs. How would I pack them? I WILL check the legality of the ship to state before hand.

Katrina

Reply by Katrina — 2009-03-06 19:32:54 GMT

In case any one is interested, I packed them like hatchling turtles - on damp sphagnum moss in a Gladware contianer, but doubled up on the Gladware (one contianer inside of another) before that went into the shipping box. I was worried about leaking, as I packed the frogs a little damper than I do baby turtles, so there were paper towels in the second Gladware, and holes in all three containers. I used DHL which was still in existance at the time, guess I'd use UPS if I had to do it now.

Katrina

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Original post by Duke1985 — 2008-05-03 11:52:08 GMT

Hi, I'm a british veterinary student and I went home to other weekend to visit my parents and discovered this wierd frog in the tank. They've had it for about 6months and it has not grown past about 1.5". I presumed it was a Dwarf ACF but it is an albino (no colouring apart from on the claws), has bulgy eyes and no webbing between the front toes.

This makes me think he's a norm ACF but that he hasn't grown. He also looks sick, possibly with dropsy. His abdomen is completely bloated, making him almost 1" wide! My plan was to put him in gradually stronger concentrations of salt water to see if that helped; then try increasing the temperature to about 30degrees in case it was trapped air and finally anti-biotics.

I'm no fish/amphibian expert and so have no idea if this is the best strategy. Also is this an ACF; once he's healthy will he suddenly increase in size or is the fact he is so small after 6m make it unlikely?

Cheers,
Richard

Reply by keechoo — 2008-05-14 22:58:23 GMT

It depends on what they are fed and the size tank they are in. I have 2 that were kept in a very small tank and hardly grew. Once I put them in a 20 gallon and started feeding them worms, they grew twice their size in 6 months.

If it's albino then it is likely an ACF since I have not heard nor seen anything about dwarf albinos.

The salt is a good idea. Also, keep the light source off (if they have one).

People will tell you different ways to keep them. I had quite a few as a child that I couldn't keep alive but these two are now 3 years old and I've raised them from tadpoles. I used to keep them with an over the top filter, heater, other fish, and fluorescent light. Now, theses guys have been raised in an underwater filter, fluorescent light, and guppies for an additional food source.

Good luck!

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Original post by JamD — 2008-03-08 21:32:04 GMT

I have 2 fairly new African Clawed frogs - still young and small, about the size of a quarter. We got them about - hm, 7 weeks ago? We had not done a good cleaning of the tank - just this past week finally bought something to "vacuum" out the tank, though we did change 1/4 of the water after about a month.

Well, last night i noticed that they both have swollen bellies! Not huge yet, but it definitely looks abnormal to my untrained eyes. The one has even a sharp looking part to the swelling (although we don't have gravel, just huge rocks, so I know it is not a rock in there!)

They are still swimming and eating fine. We mostly feed them food from Xenopus, though have sometimes given some bloodworms & fish food (though not recently).

Today we emptied out the water and rinsed off all of the gravel and stuff in there. Unfortunately, we are in Ohio, and there was a blizzard here yesterday and today! The city is under a blizzard warning, and folks are being told if they go out on the streets they could get ticketed - and I would not feel safe driving anyway. So I cannot go out and buy any meds, and may not get to until tomorrow or Monday. (today is Saturday).

Is there anything else I should do now? Any recommendations for what I should do when I can get out of the house?

Any help is MUCH appreciated!!!!

Reply by keechoo — 2008-03-19 12:57:11 GMT

I have 2 and they both have big bellies. As long as their head, forearms, and legs don't blow up then they are probably fine. I feed mine nightcrawlers every other day and then I can see their bellies expand. I also see the worm moving around in their belly.

Reply by JamD — 2008-03-09 00:58:48 GMT

Ok, now I'm wondering if they have just gotten fat?? My 7-YO takes care of these two, feeds them each day. Twice this week he was not home in the morning, and I fed them - and tonight I learned that I fed them WAY too much. He says they are supposed to get about 6-8 little pellets. I did at least 4 times that.

I'm more worried about the bigger one. But his behaviour is good - eating, swimming, etc. His belly is extra round between the legs and the arms, on the bottom. His color is good. I'm hoping that it is just my feeding error! Thoughts are still welcomed - thanks so much for your help!

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Original post by Frogger1985 — 2008-02-08 19:11:03 GMT

My pipas have been in amplexis for a day or so. What do I need to do now? I lost my breeding info and this is my first time with pipas. Any info would help.

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4 Female African Clawed Frogs: Nemo, Casper, Pebbles, Lilo
2 Male African Clawed Frogs: One-Eyed Jack, Stitch
2 Dwarf Clawed Frogs (one w/ five legs)
1 African Bouncing Toad
A few furry four-legged children

Reply by Frogger1985 — 2008-03-28 16:26:06 GMT

Sorry this is a month later. I haven't been on this site. I have a few pics but it is hard to see the leg because it comes out of the side of his head and goes under his jaw. It has the webbed fingers and all but he can't use it. Ill try to get some pics soon for you.
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2 Male African Clawed Frogs: One-Eyed Jack, Stitch
2 Dwarf Clawed Frogs (one w/ five legs)
2 Surinam Toads
A few furry four-legged children

Reply by kaplumbaga — 2008-02-19 11:14:04 GMT

I'm more interested in the 5 legged african clawed frog that you have. Do you have photos?

Reply by Frogger1985 — 2008-02-10 23:37:08 GMT

They produced eggs last night. Her back is covered with them. It is really neat.
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2 Male African Clawed Frogs: One-Eyed Jack, Stitch
2 Dwarf Clawed Frogs (one w/ five legs)
1 African Bouncing Toad
A few furry four-legged children

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