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#1549479 Clawed View Profile	Help! I need some advise please. I have an albino clawed frog. I love him, he is so cool to watch. Anyways, last night it looked like he had a seizure. He darted around the tank frantically, his legs straightend out with his back feet all scrunched together, then his body looked like it was convulsing, he looked like he was trying to throw up, but there wasn’t anything in the tank, i had not fed him yet. Now it looks like his back legs don’t work right and i have yet to see him swim to the top of the tank or anywhere in the tank. When he does move, it looks horrible. What do I do? I am really worried about him.....something is not right and i am not sure what i need to do.... Thanks
12/17/07  06:05pm
#1564168 Repticator View Profile	Message To: Clawed   In reference to Message Id: 1549479  Help! I’m sorry about your clawed frog. It is not that easy to keep animals in artificial environments. For amphibians in artificial homes (aquariums) you need to make sure that no tap water is added without first treating chlorine and then waiting a day before exposing your creatures to it. Then there is the problem with ammonia (a byproduct of the creature pooping and peeing) in the water. One way to take care of that is to change 1/2 to 1/3 of the water every day. I keep a 5 gallon container of treated water on hand for my tank of tadpoles. A couple of things about the daily water change: (1) Rather than just scooping up some water, get the BiOrb hand pump ($10.00) and "vacuum" up the water down at the bottom where the mulm is. That’s the stuff that is making the ammonia. Be careful not to disturb your frog with the pump. Also, it is best not to put a lot of gravel in the bottom of the tank because it makes it harder to vacuum up the mulm. There are some bacteria that can help with the breakdown of ammonia. Specifically, check out something called "fritzyme" (available online only). It is better than other products (such as "stresszyme" because other products only break down the ammonia to nitrites, which are also dangerous to fish and frogs. Remember that these bacteria in Fritzyme function like your own little sewage treatment plant within the tank and they will need something in the tank to grow on, such as artificial plants, etc. You will be helping something called the "nitrogen cycle." I know it sounds complicated. It is a little bit, but you learn as you go. I’m still learning myself. I found tadpoles stranded by this terrible drought we are having here in the Southeast. I have been keeping them now for the last three months, and so far I’ve managed to keep them healthy - fourteen of them have become frogs so far. Regarding the chlorine, water changes, etc... Do you think this might have something to do with your frog getting sick?
01/01/08  03:45pm

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