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I'm glad I found this site. It has been very helpful the few times I've posted.
I tried to do a search and I can't seem to get it to work.So, I thought I'd just ask.

Back in Jan. I bought 2 ACF's..Pinkie and Twinkie. They have both been great and grown quite a bit. I researched about them before I got them. I read about how to take care of them and how to sex them and it looks like I have a male and female.

Right now, they are both in a 10 gal. I'm soon going to set-up a much longer tank so they have plenty of swimming room. Plus, I love to watch them swim back and forth. I know how they will eat anything and everything and that has me worried now. Pinkie(girl) is catching up to Twinkie in size. I'm worried she might eat him when she gets bigger. Someone told me she wouldn't b/c he's a male but I'm still concerned.
Do I need to seperate them when she gets bigger? Nothing has happen yet and they are like velcro to eachother.
Does this look like a girl? Twinkie doesn't have the tail thingy.

Here's Twinkie..

I have my male and female together, and they are both adults that I got as babies and raised. It is a bit dangerous at feeding time, since she's the bigger frog and does try to eat everything, not giving him a chance to eat. I always have to go out of my way to make sure he gets his share!
She has never eaten him, but sometimes accidental nips can happen while feeding. I try to distract her first with a large chunk of tubifex, and then give him his food at the other end of the tank. With a tank that's at least 20 gallon(long size), this is no problem, but when I had them crammed into a 10g tank they were constantly biting one another.
Now they mate constantly (see my pic I posted) so I am seriously considering seperating them, but might not.
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2.1 Ball pythons
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1 huge fat albino Cranwell's horned frog
etc..

I have them in a 30-g long tank now. Got a new tank for one of my snakes and had the chance to upgrade. Feeding time is much safer.
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2.1 Ball pythons
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1 huge fat albino Cranwell's horned frog
etc..

Ok, Thanks. That makes me feel better. When I got them they were the same size as my ADF's.
I haven't had any probelms with feeding times. No accidental nipping or anything. However, I do feed them alot! I can't stand to feed them and watch while one eats it all. The tank got very funky!! It's 100% better now that I switched to a floating food.

I couldn't find your pic.....how do you have your 30L set-up?

I don't have any gravel in the tank, cuz they could swallow it. I have big river rocks in the bottom, but setup so that they cannot crush the frigs and the frogs cannot get under them. I use tubifex, but when I was feeding them some other stuff, the tank got REALLY dirty. I do not like to have a filter in with these guys, since they are really sensntive to motion in the water and it can stress them out, so I clean the tank weekly.
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2.1 Ball pythons: Goblin, Nothing, and Bela
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator: Apache
0.1 albino Cranwell's horned frog: Bene
1.0 Tiger salamander: Slasher
1.0 black kittycat, Inky
A bunch of Oscar cichlids, one giant pleco, huge breeding lot of "fancy" (read: deformed) goldfish, and me an' the boyfriend.

Hi
I have seen your question, i hope this helps you. I keep my ACF (x.leavis, normal,albino,gold,reticulated albino & melanistic)in the following set ups. I use a 24,24,48 plastic vat for 4-5 adults,i do not use a filter but have a flow system ( if you need me to i will scan the original plans for you & post or e-mail them to you), the temperature is controled by the green house being heated in cooler months & shaded in cooled in warmer months, this is usally at 24-28 c with a winter level of between 18 c - 20 c. I do maintain my males & females seperate, this is soley by choice, i have maintained both sexes together & had no problems,AFC will eat any thing they can fit in there mouths as a guide, large individuals may harras smaller ones resulting in stress.I feed my animals on pellets, crickets,cleaned garden worms,pinks,mini mealworms(occasionaly), frozen blood worm & lean beef heart with a liquid vitamin supplemnt given every two weeks.Feeding is done every two days for adults & every day for young & sub adult animals. I have found that animals feed every days when young upto about 18-24 of age attain a greater adult size as adults comparible in size to WC animals. The breeding response and result tends to be better from larger animals. if you would like any further help please let me know.

Ian