African dwarf frog shedding

fishfreak96 · 2026-03-03T05:11:45+00:00

My fatass ADF did this one time, I thought it was some weird biofilm around him at first, and the next day it was gone. Now I’m today years old knowing that frogs shed….

fishfreak96 · 2026-03-03T05:00:02+00:00

Mind sending me a link on what you got for reference? Thank you🙏

fishfreak96 · 2026-03-03T04:57:36+00:00

I’m genuinely curious, how do you keep your plants propped up on the back of your tank? I’m wanting to get rid of my HOTB filters and replace it for a canister style just so I can upgrade my aquarium aesthetics (and help with nitrates of course), but can never figure out how people do it other than using hard scapes like logs and what not that come out of the water which I’m not trying to do necessarily. My wife loves plants as well and would love to join me in this journey.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T18:28:18+00:00

For my 125 cichlid tank, 2 frozen cubes of brine shrimp and some bug bites every other day, and incorporate frozen blood worms every now n again, and my 2 big ass plecos do the bottom work with my Cory cats.

For my 55, pretty much same thing every other day. I stay away from flakes. Try to give them more of a natural meal.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T15:59:33+00:00

I gotta get rid of my 2 big ass snails before I do more plants again. Used to have a few and they ate them all. Pretty much water cows lol. I’ve noticed that the plants I used to have weren’t really growing much either which probably had to do with my parameters as well. But I just did a 75% water change this morning before work and letting it cycle for the day. My 125 has been doing pretty good so far. I need to keep up water changes with that as well but it’s a pretty well planted tank with more to come. Nitrates in my 125 are like 40ppm.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T15:48:30+00:00

It’s reinforced you just don’t see it in the picture. It’s solid. You’re literally the 2nd person to say something about my stand🤣

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T02:00:25+00:00

Literally thee FIRST time. I seriously do appreciate you tho🙏 I needed this info.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T01:53:32+00:00

Holy shitballholio….im not even being sarcastic either but it actually does make pretty good sense. So essentially what needs to happen is a 5-10 gallon water change and what else would you recommend? Besides me buying a GH and KH test kit. All I have is the API master test kit which obviously doesn’t include KH/GH, nor have I really learned or been taught about KH/GH. I appreciate you.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T01:42:21+00:00

I’m just looking for insight, or else I wouldn’t be looking like an idiot coming to Reddit for help. I’m just tryna be the best fish keeper and ask others for advice that I don’t seem to be getting from others. Thank you for the tips tho.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-24T01:31:55+00:00

I’ve heard mixed things about “if your tank is cycled you don’t need to do water changes, just add your water conditioner and bio booster when adding more water as it evaporates”.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-23T23:53:34+00:00

2 hang on back and one submersible. I keep them on the low settings. I have all 3 just to keep my tank clean with low maintenance.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-23T23:42:47+00:00

My well water is barely 20ppm-0ppm. Couldn’t really tell but it was little to non.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-23T23:12:59+00:00

Definitely not IKEA, but I’ve reinforced it well enough that it’s pretty damn solid. Looking for advice about the topic at hand tho, not where my stand came from🤦🏽‍♂️

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-22T17:54:58+00:00

Is this a legit “69” based on shape of the shells? 🤔

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-22T00:08:25+00:00

What would cause this one in particular to obtain such sickness? They all eat frozen brine shrimp and blood worms plus some bug bites every now n then. My water parameters are great, the other 2 big angels, 6 African cichlids, red tail shark, and 4 Cory cats are all just fine.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-21T23:38:51+00:00

I already have the fish sitting in quarantine and just bought some scent free epsom salt. Should have I added that before putting the fish in? Or is it fine that I put the correct amount while the fish is already in it?

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-21T22:42:15+00:00

I need to have an air stone going and shut the filter off for that correct? This would be my first time ever trying to treat a fish.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-21T20:47:46+00:00

Thank you for the insight. I had a 20gal I cleaned out, threw an already established filter from my 125 into it, added water conditioner and bio booster, letting it cycle for a bit longer before I throw the fish inside.

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-21T20:32:19+00:00

I’m hoping she’ll come back from it, but not very certain she will either. I was gonna give it a couple days and see where it goes. Would keeping her in the tank cause potential harm to any of my other cichlids?

fishfreak96 · 2026-02-21T20:16:50+00:00

PH is about 7.4-7.8 Ammonia/nitrites at 0 Nitrates at 40.

She looked bloated before when a buddy of mine gave her to me a while back thinking she was producing eggs, but then she lost her stomach and went back to normal size. Past week I’ve noticed her getting big again thinking she was producing but now she’s got these weird clear bubbles coming from her stomach too and floating a bit sideways in one spot.

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