Can I get An African Dwarf Frog??

Question

Ok so i have a 10 gall aquarium......right now i have two goldfish...a black moor.....sumkind of fantail thing...aka...fancy goldfish...and an algea eater thing.......i was gona buy one of those real little frogs that live in the water...i think they are called african dwarf frogs.....but will it jump out of the hole where my filter is...since it is kinda open back there!!

SERIOUS ANSWERS PLEASE!!!

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

P.S.
I can get rid of a goldfish or two if u think they will be over crowed...is this nessary???

P.S. S.
Shut up about the tank being too small....i jus got the 10 gal...iv had the 2 goldfish and the black moor for a year now in a 3 gal....so i htink they r fine!!!

Answer 1

Your frog shouldn't jump out if the hole is at least a couple inches away from the water surface.

10 gallons is not a very big tank for 2 goldfish, which are super messy and grow really fast. Find them a new home and get your frog.

Answer 2

For starters, your tank is too small for 1 goldfish, let alone 2 and an algae eater. Goldfish are very messy, deep bodied fish. They will be bumping into each other if all housed in this tank together. An African Dwarf Frog, given the chance can and will jump out. I am searching for mine now. Poor thing, she is surely dead, jumped out 3 days ago. She was well over a year old, and just decided to escape. Please for the health of your fish, get a bigger tank before adding anything else. Try to stick roughly to this formula, 1 inch of fish/gallon of water. More is always better though. While your goldfish are okay when very young in a 10 gallon, they will outgrow that space very quickly. Really one goldfish in a 30 gallon is pushing it.

Answer 3

You definitely need a larger aquarium for your goldfish. They're going to grow to over a foot long, that is if they survive long enough.

But back to the question...
African dwarf frogs are tropical. They need a water temperature of about 80 degrees. They will not live with goldfish (which prefer colder water). I'd suggest finding a friend who has a pond in their backyard, giving the goldfish to them, and then using your ten gallon tank to set up a tropical tank with perhaps some neon tetras and then you could get a couple of dwarf frogs.

Answer 4

Guppies, ghost shrimp and dwarf African frogs will be fine together. Just make sure you have a good filter and a heater on the tank. They are all tropical creatures. The African clawed frog, which is probably what the first guy has, will get as large as a dinner plate and eat anything it can get in its' mouth. I have seen them chase fish all around a tank trying to eat them.

Answer 5

Your tank is definitely NOT too small. I had a 5 gallon tank with as many as 80 fish in it and they did just fine. Get rid of that plecostomus alge eater though. It won't eat much algea and it has super rough skin and will hurt other fish. The key to keeping lots of fish in a small tank is simple, keep the water clean. There's 2 ways to keep the water clean, have 10 or 20 or 50 times the filter they recommend and/or change the water very frequently. A highly populated small tank sure looks a lot better than a sparse big tank. Big tanks are for lazy people who don't want to change the water as often. Put a plastic screen over that filter hole for sure. Sure you should get at least 3 of those frogs, because they do some fun to watch mating, although you'll have to practically pry them apart sometimes because it's no 5 minute act with them. When fish get too big or if you are tired of them trade them back to the fish store for something different. All fish stores will take them back if they are healthy. Keep the fish all the same basic size or they will get eaten. Get a wine glass and feed them well rinsed tubiflex worms in it, only a days worth at a time. The worms are great to watch too. Get them at the fish store and a rinse container. Never ever feed them flake food because 95% of it will not get eaten and quickly dirty your tank. The worms will fatten up your fish a lot faster too. It's a myth that you can't have goldfish with tropical fish. They do just fine eating worms and there are some radical looking goldfish. Stir the rocks and keep changing that water, that's the key to healthy fish. Have fun.

Answer 6

The answer is:Yes you can get an African Dwarf Frog. You shouldn't have a problem with it jumping out of the tank. I have had African Dwarf Frogs before, and I didn't have a single problem with them jumping out. They tend to spend most of their time on the bottom of the tank.You should get a larger tank for the goldfish though.

Answer 7

First rule of thumb, do not mix goldfish with tropical fish.

For the dwarf frog, keep the water level a couple of inches lower than you would normally (make sure that the lower water level is correct for your other equipment such as your heater).

You could always cover the opening with glass, acyrlic or even a plate if you want to.

Answer 8

i agree that they would be fine! I have two fantails and a rubernose pleco in a five gallon. had them for a year. cover the hole up with seran/plastic sticky wrap and just take it off when you clean the tank.