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hi EMG

agreed. i dont like the look of clawed frogs myself but have seen baby clawed frogs in the same tank as ADF's a few times at small pet stores and both being sold as ADF's. if someone who did not know the difference, or didnt look closely, they might not catch the difference until it was too late <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I agree with you there...they do look alot alike at a quick glance to someone who doesn't know the difference.

Hey all! Long time so see!!

Well, after many trials and tribulations.. OUR TANK CYCLED! No one told us that Stability and Stress-Zyme give falsely HIGH amonia readings... once we figured that out and did a few water changes without the stuff, our amonia dropeed significantly.

We also introduced 4 Blue Danios to the tank - greedy little things would eat anything that we dropped in the tank... that is, until about 3 days ago. Now they won't eat a thing.

Anyone here with experience with Danio behavior? I hope they're not sick but I don't know what's going on. The two remaining frogs are doing just fine but now I'm worried about the fish! ~sigh~

Mr. Aka

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Dang...hate that,

I have some lonngfinned danios and your right...normally they eat everything they can snatch up...and they do it very quickly. Yours not eating is a good sign that somethings wrong.

Try testing everything in your water that you can...ammonia, PH, nitrites, nitrates....did the nitrites go through it's cycle after the ammonia spike ? The nitrites are worse on the fish than the ammonia is...and takes longer to go back to zero. I would check those first.

By the way...welcome back ! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well, gonna try to see what our nitrate/nitrite levels are... hopefully before anything dies...

I see you've changed your avatar pic - any new additions for your tank?

Mr. AKA <img src="/images/graemlins/computer.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm..new additions...I don't remember when you were here last, but I do have some 3-4 week old baby blue rams...a new mint chocolate betta..lol...I have a pic of him on one of these threads, don't remember which one.

I did buy a double tail marble, but ended up bringing him back when I noticed after bringing him home that he had a chronic swim bladder problem. Too bad, he was gorgeous..

Other than that, no new additions..yet...but I do have a few empty tanks sitting around..lol..

Hello Hello Hello!

Hola Hola Hola!

It's me again - back from whatever nether-region I've been subjected to. =)

I don't know how the weather is for y'all but here in Portland we're getting hit with record highs between 85-95!!! And no AC in the house! Argh!

Which actually brings me to a question: We have a single 5 gallon hex and I'm worried that the tank will get too hot for our 2 adult and 2 juvenile frogs. I've got the windows closed and the ceiling fans on during the day but am worried the water temp is going to go too high. Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the water at a decent 76-78 degree temp?

Also - we have 1 male and 3 females now. The two larger females are from the Original batch and the new additions are much smaller but happy - or, at least, not dead. It�s funny how some people at the pet store can be as helpful as can be (and even knowledgeable to a degree) and others can be both dumb as posts and helpful as an extra hole in your head. We had one guy who insisted that it was impossible to determine the sex of the frogs for the age we were getting. WRONG � these frogs were a few months old and the males definitely had the nuptial pads by the arms � clear as day!

And the �test� as to whether or not the male we have was indeed a male was when he got the hankering to grab one of the larger females and give her a little �back hug�. Heh.

Anyway, the kids are doing just fine for now but I am sincerely worried about the temperature of the tank so I�d appreciate any feedback y�all may want to share.

Nice �seeing� you all again!

Ciao

Mr. AK!

Could you take them out of the tank and put them in something smaller and keep them in a cooler room until the heat wave ends ?

Do you have a basement you can keep them in ? I suppose you could make some icecubes from dechlorinated water and pop some in as they melt. I have heard of folks doing that.

Thanks! I'll try those suggestions if I can.

I was more than happy to see the temp in the tank only up to about 82 - higher than I wanted it to be but lower than it could have been. And I ended up with the same amount of live frogs at the end of the day as I started with so all's good! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Where's everyone else? Are we the only ones using this forum? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Mr. AK!

I don't know what happened to everyone lately. This forum seems to have slowed dramatically. Guess some folks have a life...lol...

I come by from time to time to see if there are any new posts, but I admit I haven't been here as often myself.