K30: Dwarf Frog Dead??

Hi K30 and other African dwarf frogs owners,

Sort of OT here but I've got a situation with one of my dwarf frogs and
wanted to ask you a question as I remember you have/had these critters too.
One of mine is +/-3yrs old. Yesterday he started wanting to be at top of
tank, hanging onto the filter, floating near surface. He has never done that
before. He is not bloated as in dropsey. Today he was on his back at bottom
and I have put him in a separate jar 1/2 filled. He doesn't move but if I
remove him from jar, his front limbs will slightly twitch. My question is,
how long have your dwarf frogs lived in your experience? Also, I'm not sure
if mine might actually be dead as he is not coming up for air. Any opinions
from anyone keeping dwarf frogs are appreciated. The tank is 2 gal eclipse
with filter, open top for air, 2 dwarf frogs + 1 cory. I did clean and
replace the water this morning after discovering the frog but water quality
was normal. Note that I feed them every other day, a small amount of frozen
bloodworms or brine shrimp. The other frog is fat and sassy. This one has
always been thin but healthy until now.

Thanks in Advance.
Sandra

Thanks for the quick reply. I feel somewhat better knowing that they only
live up to 5 yrs. I'm fairly certain that he got his share of food as I
watched for that but I appreciate your comment as I could see it would look
like a possible reason. I would feel awful if I thought I starved him. He
was a male and smaller than the other one who is female. They did the
tadpole thing once. I'm pretty sure he is dead. I'll wait until tonight and
bury him. Thinking ahead, I wonder if I should quarantine then add another
froggie for my single one. The cory catfish thinks its a frog so its not as
if she will be entirely alone.
Thanks again for the advice. I 'loved' that frog.
sandra

"K30a" wrote in message
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Sounds like he is not long for the world.
They can live up to five years.
If the other one if fat and sassy and this fellow has always been thin I
wonder
if he has been getting his fair share of the food.
I have three in a large cookie jar type container. I usually sprinkle the
food
in three separate places. So far, so good.
But I did have two in a smaller container and I think one of them died
because
of food hogging by the other.




k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

Sandra wrote He
was a male and smaller than the other one who is female.

That could be why he was smaller! Forgot about that.

They did the
tadpole thing once.

Oh how very cool! Did any of the taddies survive?


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

"K30a" wrote in message
...
Sandra wrote He
was a male and smaller than the other one who is female.

That could be why he was smaller! Forgot about that.

They did the
tadpole thing once.

Oh how very cool! Did any of the taddies survive?


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

2 tadpoles survived only for a day or so. I understand they are hard to
raise. I was hoping for a repeat this summer. Funny story, I had this
original frog (ok... I named him Little Britches) for about a year before
introducing his mate. He was sooooo happy to have a companion that he
grabbed her and hung on for 3 weeks with intermittent breaks. After he
decided she wasn't going anywhere they settled into a calm co-existence
along with a tiny runt of a cory cat that I added when it was about a month
old. The cory and the frogs would lie in a pile happy to be 'frogs'. I
placed a shallow broken piece of clay pottery in the tank as a shelter and
the frogs would be under there side by side with their faces sticking out
and the cory resting on top.
Sandra