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Over the last two weeks i have lost 4 dwarf african swimming frogs each ones death about 3 days apart. I have been trying to figure out what could be the couse, because it seems as though it is not apparent why they are dieing. One thing i did notice is that the biggest in size died first, then the 2nd biggest and so forth. Now i have 2 little guys left that seem to be doing great. Is it possable that i may be over feeding them, they get big and die? Also another strange thing is that they come out of the water a lot, which they never do. I have my aquarium with half land half water. its like they go onto the land then die. I dont know what to do.

One possible solution would be to get rid of the land section. These frogs are completely aquatic. Maybe they are getting on the land and can't find their way back to the water and dry up.
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That is a high possibility they dry out pretty quickly, remove all land area. Also check the PH balance if the water is cloudy it could be overcrowding you can buy PH pellets at pet stores and it'll help clear up the problem. The other solution is look closely if you see white dots almost like dust on their skin they might have ich, and there's a medicine you can buy to cure that. And cut back on their eating, schedule it so you feed them once a day for now and see how they are.

I have them in a half water and land tank because they live with my fire belly toads. Its wierd because i have had the aquatic frogs for about 3 months, and they just started doing this for the first time. What is this itch thing you speeak of? Some of them did have little white dots on them.

They might have done fine for 3 months, aquatic frogs tend to stick close to one area then as time passes expand their horizons. So they might have not known about the land area, and went to investigate. They are shy at first, also remember their attention span, memory isn't the greatest, so each day it's a new surrounding. As for Ich, it's an aquatic disease. Mainly on fish, however, aquatic frogs are also able to catch it. It's a dust like powder that coats their skin, and lives in a cycle, first othe fish/frog catches Ich, and it looks like white dots, then the larva hatch fall off the host, to breed and spread through the tank. It's an iffy thing as to who survives it or doesn't. I've had ich in my tanks and have lost half the ecosystem. Look for Ich on the net, it'll help you with diagnosis if your frogs have it or not.

I think i might know your problem, you said that they are living with fire bellied toads. Fire bellied toads are TOXIC, ever wonder why they had such bright red bellies. Its a warning to predetors that they are toxic. In such a closed environment like a viquarium the toxins easily build up and can even kill the fire bellies. You need to rinse off alll of the decorations and then do a water change, but make sure to declorinate and bring the water up to temp.

Mark