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Watty's Whimsical Webs and Wigglers!

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... and other random photos. Webs = Frogs. Wigglers = Fish.

So, thanks to my buddies over in the Guide to Proper ADF Care thread, I've been acquainting myself with these wonderful little creatures. My oldest pair (mated) I've had for about 6 months now. Skinny (female) and Tubby (male) have been wonderful additions to my tanks! Because of them, I've absolutely fallen in love with the ADF as tank mates. I recently acquired two more young ADF froglets, and have another frog coming in from a friend who can no longer properly care for him. Any of my buddies from the ADF thread - many of these pictures will no doubt be familiar to you.

-Skinny is easily identifiable from her form (skinny, of course!) and she has two black dots under her armpits. Tubby is of course rather... well, fat. Both are rather light of skin. They are currently in a 15 gallon with my plakat King, Leomhaan (Leo). The pictures I post of them will cover about 6 months worth of time.
-Fili and Kili are my two new babies. Both are a lot darker compared to the other two. Fili has rather stubby and curled toes, while Kili has huge feet with long straight toes. Currently in a 10 gallon with my steel (copper?) halfmoon plakat, TintrĂ­.
-Gargoyle is the frog I will be receiving from my friend. I have not seen him myself, so I don't know any of his identifying features. He will be going in my 6.6 gallon with my veiltail Féileacán.

First I'll post just about every picture I have of my beloved ADF, and in subsequent posts I'll get pictures of tanks and the fish in them. Because of the naming schemes that my computer automatically assigns the photos with, I will have to put different sets of pictures in different posts so nothing gets overwritten. Anyway, without further adieu, here they all are!

This post is completely Skinny and Tubby. (8/20/12 - day of purchase)
 

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And last few pictures! I was waiting to post a photo of the tank because it wasn't quite done... had to wait for the driftwood to come in! Now its done until I get more plants.
 

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Thanks Bekah! I actually have two baby bristlenoses in there! :D The one in the first photo is different than the other two. I can tell them apart because one has really bright stripes and spots, where the other is a little more dusky. It's not easy to tell in the photos. I've been wanting a baby pleco for so long, I'm glad I finally have a tank big enough!
 
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Took a bunch of photos over the past week or so since my last post. Enjoy! Most of these are at feeding time, since that's when everyone comes to the front of the tank.
 

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I do realize I have been away for quite a while (over a month now, wow. Didn't realize it had been that long) and I hate to come back with bad news, but that's how these things go... Tubby died today :( I noticed him suspended in the tank, quite obviously dead. I dunno what happened to him, as the other frogs seem perfectly healthy. He looked quite bloated when I found him, but he also looked as though he had been there most of the day, if not all night (I had class right away at 9am this morning, and had been busy up until 5-6pm tonight when I noticed him).

There is some good news, though, in that the other frogs are still alive and looking healthy. Both are eating vigerously right now, so all seems well otherwise.

I'll try to post more pictures, but there's really no guarantees. I've just got so much going on in my life right now, I don't have a lot of time to sit in front of my tank and snap picture after picture. Any time I'm changing the water, I"m busy doing a million other things at the same time >.<
 
#39 ·
Sorry I"ve been so absent! Things have gone to.... bad places since the last time I was here. There was a death in the family, and then some other things happened, but I'm in a better place now!

I got an internship at an aquarium on the west coast (HUZZAH) and have been working there since June. Sadly, its unpaid, and it must end, but I'm loving it so much. Sad part about it is that I had to tear apart my tank and give all my fish away. I did, however, keep Skinny and Gargoyle. Because I would never part with my beloved frogs.

I've got them set up in a 10 gallon with some anubias, a broken moss ball (sob) and a bunch of duck weed. I've got three of my Amano shrimp in there with them, just to help keep the place ****-and-span. My frogs have, of course, decided to grace my apartment with a housewarming gift of tadpoles. They've been on and off as I've been trying to figure out how to care for them. Lost more than my fair share. However... I have found a way to feed them. Because of my internship, I have access to live brine shrimp cultures. With permission from work, I've been able to bring home both 2 day old and adult brine. And the babies are eating it!





 
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