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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

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!