mercurybebe

I am sad to report that we have lost 2 of our sweet little froggers over the past week.

I have a bunch of questions about what to do next:

I had originally bought 2 of them in summer and put them in my 30g. One passed away within a week, so I got them a separate 10g tank, added 3 more ADF (from same stock as original 2) and they were doing great for weeks.

About 5 days ago, we lost Kermit, the survivor of the original 2 that we bought, and last night we found "Zer" dead. It was so sad...he looked like he was hanging out on a plant all spread out and nope...he was stiff.

After removing Zer from the tank, we were doing water changes on all of the tanks and noticed that 3 male platies had torn fins and were hiding from my aggressive dominant male platy, Misty, in my male livebearer tank. Despite being separated from all the females, Misty is a terror and loves to cause trouble!

So I put the 3 torn-finned platies in with the 2 frogs and hopefully they will be able to recover quickly and in peace. I need to get a new tank set up for my "teenage" platies so that will ultimately be their permanent home.

Questions:

Do you think it is safe to keep the 3 platies in the 10g with the 2 ADF?
Any idea why 2 froggers would just die out of nowhere within a week of each other?
Is there anything I can do to prevent the remaining frogs from dying?
Do frogs do better with fish company or species only?

Lucy

I'm so sorry you lost your frogs, they're such sweet little things.
1) Did you check your readings? ADF's are pretty sensitive to their water conditions.
Is it possible they were getting picked on also?
Were they getting enough to eat?

2) It's hard to say, not knowing how the others died. Were there any symptoms?

3) Many people keep frogs with fish and they do fine. One of the things you have to do is make sure they're eating. Frogs can easily starve to death when faster fish get all the food.
Personally, I like mine in a species only tank.