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Proper way to feed "frozen blood worms"

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#1 ·
Went to the pet store to get a new water heater and water filters. At the same time, picked up some frozen blood worms for the fish as well as the two albino frogs I have in there. Very small frogs. Maybe 2 inches the most. What is the proper way to use these frozen blood worms? Right now I am under the assumption to thaw them and then drop them into the tank and watch them enjoy their dinner?
 
#2 ·
i feed frozen brine shrimp to my ADF and i hand feed him. Mostly i do this because ifi dont my fish will eat it all and the frog doesnt get any...however the thaw and drop method would work fine as long at your are sure everyone is given their fair share.
 
#4 ·
Ok there is NO WAY I can hand feed these mofo's (hahah). They sit there at the top of the water, just looking at it...waiting...waiting...then when I don't expect it.....BAM!!! they jump so quickly and take it out of my fingers that it friggen makes me jump hahah. its hilarious. I just thawed the entire "tablet" and scattered it through out the tank.
 
#5 ·
lol.....yes i do literally hand feed my frog, i hold it between my thumb and pointer finger and just infront of him and he does the same thing....he jumps at it. Usually if my guy is sitting at the top of my tank ijust gently push him down to the substrate......do you have the albino african clawed frog???
 
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I believe they are. According to the pictures, they look the same. They do have claws with black nails. They are really cool. Do you have any suggestions as to how to make them happy in the tank? Meaning, what do they like? Coverage, caves? plants? What do they prefer? I will take a picture of my tank and post it up so you can see how it looks. When you had feed him, he does not bite your fingers?

I thaw the worms in a shot glass with some tank water. I use a pipette to target feed certain fish. You can pick some up at a craft store or Dr. Fosters. Disposable Pipettes

For larger worms, you may need to cut the end off.
That is a very great idea with the pipette. I will start doing this with tank water as well. My first time (about an hour ago) I just placed the frozen blood worm tablet (pretty decent size) on top of a business card and let it thaw out by the heater, then just plopped it into the water and it went all over. (after i tried hand feeding him)
 
#11 ·
yes, frogs like hiding places...i have a small piece of driftwood i use as a cave with a big ball of java moss attached to it and he spends most of his time in the moss unless its feeding time. he also enjoys hanging out floating up top or in the bottom corner but seems much happier since the addtion of the wood and moss. do some more reading on the clawed frogs as they can get rather large and are aggressive. the african dwarf frogs are MUCH smaller and not aggressive.....my ADF doesnt have a big enough mouth to really do any damage but yes, he does nip my fingers when trying to retrieve the food from them
 
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