Somethings wrong! with my ADF

[Janet]

I have no idea what to do. My ADF is just floating around*SICK* . This is not normal behavior for her. She literally is incapible of sinking down. I don't think that she looks really bloated. Her tankmate died about a week ago with simaler symptoms however it happened to that frog very quickly. It's been a couple of days for this one.

The tank parimeters are all ok. There are 6 neons and 3 snails and 2 ghost shrimps in the tank and everything seems fine with all of them.

Any help is appretiated ,thanks.


Ammonia 0
ph 7.2
nitrite barely .5
nitrate 20
alkalinity(kh) between the 40 and 80
hardness (gh)

I think these ok

 

[Intravenous]

What do you mean by ok parameters? Ammonia and nitrite at 0, and nitrate under 25? (Just have to check, one persons definition of "ok" might be "disaster in the air" to another!)

What do you feed the frogs? I've heard that freeze dried food can cause bloat and death in these frogs.

 

[Janet]

I have been feeding them frozen blood worms.

can anyone think of anything that I can do? I did about a 40% water change yesterday, kind of a last ditch effort, all I could think of to do.

 

[Janet]

Shes just about gone

I had to put the frog in a separate container. she was flipped upside down, I turned her over, but I don't think that she will live much longer.

 

[jumpfreak26]

oh, if shes flipped then im sorry to say it wont be long, best get it over with

 

[Lotus]

It sounds like dropsy, which ADFs are prone to.

This might help you: http://www.microgravity-systems.com/hymenochirus/englishversion/hydrops_eng.htm

 

[Janet]

Thats really interesting, but my frog is not bloated at all. It does have a slight fuzz, like its losing the skin, only not in pieces like it usually does. I don't think that I will be getting another frog.-- Bad Luck
Whats odd is that the fish in the tank are healthy? (knock on wood)