r/AfricanDwarfFrog

I recently noticed my African dwarf frog has a strange big swollen toe. I wasn’t living at home when it began, but my mom said it started a couple months ago and has gotten much worse since. The frog mostly stays near the surface. It’s about 2 years old. I can’t find anything online that matches this problem… my best guess is it hurt its toe and now it’s infected? Any advice you have would be much appreciated, I would love to help it if possible :( thank you!

just wanted to show bleb who is almost 3! she’s been in the tank since november 2023 (she’s was suuuper tiny baby) and is now a bigger silly baby
here’s to more years with bleb

any pictures of ur lil froggies would be so loved <33

This is Udon. We noticed they were a bit larger than usual, but they're otherwise acting completely normal. We feed them a rotation of mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and daphnia. We just did a water change, but I can send the water parameters if that'd help. We've had them about 9 months.

I just set up this little nook for my dwarf frogs to rest and get air. She went into it immediately and hasn’t left it for a while. Is this normal?

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I woke yesterday to find my OG Hopsin looking a little bloated (this is the best pic I've been able to get of him..yes I know I need to clean the sides my tank. Never again will I buy an acrylic tank!) When I first noticed it, he was floating at the top, but quickly swam down to hide when I opened the lid to get a better look. He doesn't seem to have any issues swimming up or staying down, so I've left him alone for now. I want to say he looks a bit smaller today..but that could just be me trying to psych myself into thinking he's getting better. The day before yesterday he was completely fine. I did, however, end up overfeeding them that night though. Before I could suck the excess food (they get Brine shrimp on weekends as a treat) from their dish, they got in a tussle inside the dish and said shrimp went everywhere! I thought "no biggie, they have done this before, I'll vacuum the tank out tomorrow" since I was already planning on cleaning it and doing a partial water change. I haven't cleaned it yet though because I'm trying to limit any extra stress on him. I tested my water yesterday after noticing and results are as follows: ph- 7.4, ammonia- 0, Nitrite-0, Nitrates- ~15 ppm. Tank temp stays at 78 (double checked with thermometer) It's a 5 gallon tank, heavily planted and well established. Only other tank mate is his frogalicious girl Fergie and she's completely fine. I've read that it could be because he ate too much and to fast for 48-72 hours...but I wanted to get advice from actual humans with experience rather than relying on Googles AI chat. He's like a child to me so I'm terrified he won't survive this! If I left anything out please feel free to ask!

so I have two adfs and one has been looking like this for a few days, I feed him little pellets once a day around night, at first I thought it was just a little fat but I learned bloating was a thing and now I’m worried for him. i saw people saying they float when bloated, he doesnt do that he just normally stays at the bottom, when he goes up for air though sometimes hell stay up there for an extra few seconds. ive had him for about two months, kinda new to keeping them. Is there anything i can do to help if it is a bloat? He hasn’t changed much otherwise than the weight, I’m just kinda worried And want to make sure I’m doing everything I can to keep them healthy, overthinking is making it worse :’) Thanks

It’s a 55 gallon, but with how high it’s filled up and the amount of hardscape it’s probably only 20-25 gallons of water.

I’m going to move the outlet for the fluval 107 to the left side pointed towards the right once I get more tubing. I’m also going to add more plants before adding any frogs (I’m a heavy planter).

cute frog

tank currently being cleaned + doing water change (hence the water being cloudy + water marks on glass) LET ME LIVE !

I’ll keep it short and sweet, i didn’t think to check reddit for this subreddit until i did and by then it was too late
Petsmart employee recommended bloodworms as main diet- went back after finding this subreddit talking bloat in a frenzy- got sinking algae pellets

My guy radar looks like he has bloat now so i took them out of the main tank, hospital tank with what i had at that second and feeling like a monster for following bad advice on their feeding :(

What do i do how can i save him

Edit because i am now having a full scale panic attack and turning off notifications until i can better assess the situation and its severity. Thank you for your advice. I hate petsmart. And apparently I’ve been very very misled about many things.

Edit 2: thank you for all of your wisdom and advice. To address concerns:
I will be relocating both the snail and betta to a better tank. I have test strips** not strips Freudian slip, it’s a water test kit by API and have since separated the betta and will do so for the snail until my tank arrives for me to cycle and set up.
Why did i get the snail? There were several muster snails in the similar tank size to mine at the smart where i purchased them under the recommendation of a store employee after i complimented its color. She had informed me they would be good for algae regulation in the tank as they were doing in the one they had there.
I have the appropriate food- frozen mysis shrimp. I was hand feeding bloodworms and will be switching to hand feeding these shrimp if my tank survives this terrible mistake.

I do have plants in the tank as well. I’m moving as quickly and as considerately as i can for the well being of my babies but if there’s something else you find helpful I’d appreciate it of course.

My small frog is gripping the larger frog very tightly. Do I intervene or is this ok?

I have 8 cardinal tetras and I'm going to change the gravel (:

He's always had a flatter belly, and lately he's been hanging by the heater at the top of the tank all day. The temp stays around 76°F all day, I have the thermometer set up on the opposite corner so I know how cold it can get. Its probably warmer next to the heater.

He didn't eat on Monday... I think the last he ate was last Thursday (I feed Mondays and Thursdays w/ brine shrimp), and recently his tank mate died whom I adopted when she had obvious bloat... It's my first time with an aquarium, I'm struggling a lot and I just can't handle my good buddy passing if it's something I can treat. He's been to the vet after his tank mate died and was prescribed antibiotics just in case, which I did the full round of.

I have a lot more questions but I also am embarrassed for rambling.

[3 ADFs, 2 adolescents and 1 senior frog. Currently in a temp tank for the next 2 weeks, before I will be moving them into a 10 gallon, species only. Picture was taken during a cleaning, but I have several wood hides for them as well as 4 pothos plants growing out of the tank (they rest on the plant’s roots). Statue in the corner is made of aquarium safe resin.]