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Stefan-A · 01-07-2007, 04:44 PM

Any chance that you could avoid parasites alltogether by raising frogs/tadpoles from eggs? It's much easier to grab an entire egg cluster than to catch tadpoles.

Or did you have a specific frog species in mind, that would be a prolific breeder and non-toxic? African clawed frogs?

One problem with treating tropical fish for parasites, is that you're not supposed to use them as food for other animals after the treatment. At least it says so on the bottle. And since amphibians are supposed to be very sensitive to chemicals, isn't there also the risk that you might kill them with that medicine? Or is there some kind of medicine specifically for frogs/tadpoles?

01-07-2007, 04:44 PM	#28 (permalink)
Stefan-A The Prince of Insufficient Light. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 5,760 Country:	Re: babies took mouse tails Any chance that you could avoid parasites alltogether by raising frogs/tadpoles from eggs? It's much easier to grab an entire egg cluster than to catch tadpoles. Or did you have a specific frog species in mind, that would be a prolific breeder and non-toxic? African clawed frogs? One problem with treating tropical fish for parasites, is that you're not supposed to use them as food for other animals after the treatment. At least it says so on the bottle. And since amphibians are supposed to be very sensitive to chemicals, isn't there also the risk that you might kill them with that medicine? Or is there some kind of medicine specifically for frogs/tadpoles? __________________ Ophidia in herba.