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I have a ammonia probelm in my ACF's tank. It's driving me crazy. My albino has ammonia burns on her. I have tried everything and can't get it down. Even after changing the water it's right back up the next day! I have a RO unit for my reeftank so I tried using that water. I have a filter that's been on the tank the whole time and I bought this stuff to stick in it that's suppose to help. It did for a day or two and it's back up sky high again.
I'm at a lost b/c everything I try doesn't work.

Any suggestions?

the ammonia burns will take time to heal as the results are not overnight. just maintain good water quality while it heals.

Just keep the partial water changes up.It sounds like your tank has not fully cycled and it may even be a case of over crowding.How big is the tank?What kind of filter are you using?
The ammonia will disappear on its own sooner or later.Just try to let it take it's course.

The tank is a 20gH. I'm still looking for an affordable 20L or 30L. It has only 2 frogs(male&female) in it that's about 3" from nose to butt. Well, the girl's a little bigger but not much.
They've been in that tank for over a year with no probelms. I only have a hang on filter. I have a fluval that was in my turtle tank for a few days but I switched to an external one so the turtles woud have more room. I'm thinking about using that one for the frogs but not sure yet.

The ammonia has come down since my last post. Now, I have another probelm...worms on the glass and frogs. I got some parasite meds to hopefully help that out.

I maintain their tank everyweek when I do all the other tanks and I can't figure out why they've been so healthy for a year and then this. Atleast, the ammonia's dropping. On my test kit, it was so high that it was almost black.

No, I had a 20 gallon long tank for my Xenopus and it didn't work. My old female was nearly five inches snout to vent. Best stretch to 40 gallon breeder. They are very active compared to most frogs.

Are you sure those white worm things are dangerous? Many people have these, but they are not the same kind as rhabdias nemetodes. They are just scavengers off the frog droppings. Reptomin has reported to cause it for some reason, but its harmless.

If, however, your frog's skin becomes cloudy and sloughs off. Your frog is also lethargic, a treatment of Ivermectin should be done ASAP, and potentially the cheap panacur,(fenbendazole) if you can find some way for them to take that orally.

Careful with Ivermectin. Fortunately, my frogs didn't go into toxic shock when my vet injected them. It's not fun to give frogs, particullary aquatic frogs, injections.

First of all, most information for Xenopus is highly inaccurate. Are you ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that it is an ammonia burn, or other infections? What is the temperature? The information about clawed frogs like warm water is the reason why so many are susceptible to bacterial infections. Native South Africa IS NOT TROPICAL. It has warm summers, but wet, cool winters. The time when Xenopus breed. The temperature should stay below 78, even better lower than 76, or your frogs will be VERY susceptile to dropsy and bacterial infections. I lost all my frogs this way, and it was too late once I learned some current information.

What size of tank is this?