Clawed frog= clawed treat?

[aquamentus_11]

As far as fillet goes, Tilapia actually has a signficant amount of calcium. Not as much as whole fish, but tilapia fillet has more calcium than many other fish.

good to know. i like our frogs, so i wouldn't feel right feeding them. i have always disliked the claweds though since my older sister had one in her aquarium when we were growing up. something about the beady eyes, bottom-dwelling lifestyle and bloated body. it would've given me a depraved satisfaction to feed them to my snake. sadly, poison wins.

[ConcinusMan]

Are you sure you're not talking about dwarf frogs? What I mean is that there are two very similar looking frogs sometimes available in pet stores. They both live a totally aquatic existence and look the same, but the clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) get much larger. Not to mention they are also banned from many states (WA, OR, CA, and perhaps others) as an invasive species.

[aquamentus_11]

might be the dwarf ones. she didn't have it for very long so it never got very big. i know the dwarf has webs on the front legs while the clawed doesn't. i don't remember whether it had them or not. yeah, i looked it up and AZ and a few others are on that list. MI isn't though and that's where I grew up so who knows.

[aquamentus_11]

just looked at pics: was definitely the clawed. the dwarfs look kinda cool

[ConcinusMan]

Normally we can get the little dwarf ones for about 5 bucks in pet stores here and in WA. They thrive in little planted aquariums and don't need heat or oxygenation. Basically same kind of setup a beta would live in.

Some pet stores in WA still have the clawed frogs even though they're not supposed to. They just call them something else and get away with it.

[aquamentus_11]

That would be a cool little set up: a little ecosystem in a small beta bowl. The clawed frogs just look like they have the awareness of a turnip.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, they had a little planted tank with dwarf frogs in it on my doctor's desk a few years back. He said that two of the frogs had been there for 5 years. It was just a 1 gallon tank with no pump, heat, or anything. Just gravel, water, and plants. They look just like clawed frogs, but were tiny.

[kimbosaur]

1 gallon is probably not the best idea for a pair of those unless the tank is very well established (ie. heavily planted with healthy, established plants, and/or very frequent water changes). There would be no room for error. I think the water quality would be very difficult to maintain and they're pretty sensitive to poor water quality (from personal experience). I think a 5 gallon would be the best size.

That's why these stupid little "EcoAquariums" I see in toy stores drive me crazy. It's not only cruel, it sends a completely off message to little kids. And on top of that it's a complete rip off at $30!!!:

[snakehill]

Thirty dollars for that???!

[kimbosaur]

Oops, apparently the one above is $22.99. This one is $29.99:

Haha, quite the upgrade huh?

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