Can you put a betta fish with a dwarf African frog?

Answer 1

Bettas and African dwarf frogs do well together, but make sure your tank is large enough (at least 2.5 gallons) and there are plenty of hiding spots for the frog. Also, watch them when you feed to make sure that the betta isn't eating the frog's food, and be extra careful that you keep the water clean as frogs breathe through their skin.

(For the record, ADF are not the only thing you can house with bettas. They are also fine with mystery snails and gentle community fish that do not have long colorful tails (ie a female guppy or maybe a molly). Female bettas are good with each other and pretty much any gentle tropical fish.

Answer 2

Not under any circumstances. Frogs are Amphibians and need a vivarium set up. That is a mix of water and land with a dry place for the animal to dry and warm itself. Goldfish need a tank filled with good clean water that is not full of poisonous frog poo and piddle. Fish and Amphibians do not go together at all.

Answer 3

If you are smart you will never put fish and Amphibians together. It can not work. They both require totally different conditions. Frogs poo and piddle in the water and that will eventually poison the fish. Frogs also need some dry areas to bask in. If they are permanently in water they will eventually be drowned. Amphibians need to be kept in a Vivarium not an Aquarium. The basic rules for keeping fish successfully follow. :- 1 inch of fish needs a minimum of 1 gallon of water. :- Every tank needs a fully cycled filter running permanently. :- Every tank needs to have at least 50% of its water replaced every week. If you keep to those rules your fish stand a cance of surviving. If you don't, I can guarantee that you will have constant problems with the health of your fish.

In other words just never put them together because they will not go good. But do not let a goldfish stay in a cage by itself. It will get lonly and need a friend.

Answer 4

"Frogs should be kept in a Vivarium (part dry land and part water) not an Aquarium (all water). Fish can not survive long with Amphibians because the water is poisoned/fouled by the frogs poo etc."

Please ignore the above answer as this is incorrect!!!

African Dwarf Frogs are FULLY aquatic and will die if left out of water. Also be aware that they can leap out of tanks so cover up all gaps in the lid and don't fill all the way to the top!

From what I have read online, Cichlids appear to be quite aggressive fish, so would be best to not get these.

Answer 5

Fish should NEVER be kept with frogs. Angelfish are delicate fish. Angelfish evovled in some of the cleanest purest water in the world. The Amazon River. The frogs you are suggesting are not bothered by the quality of their water because they are amphibians. They breath air so they are not affected by water that is poluted with their poo and piddle. They can live in really bad water and can make their water really bad with no ill effect..

Answer 6

1. Please keep frogs with frogs and fish with fish. Frogs breath air and are not damaged by the poisoned water that is made by the frogs excreting etc in the tank thereby making the water unfit for fish to live in.

2. That's not true; African Dwarf Frogs can mix small catfish, guppies, beta fish, tetras, swordtails and platies.

3. -added 1-30-2011

The first entry is purely an opinion, and not a fact.

AFDs are fully aquatic and are very good additions to community tanks.

They do not need to surface, ever.

They will eat flake and pellet food, but for a treat love bloodworms.

I have a 40 gallon tank with assorted loaches and tetras, as well as male betta and 3 bala (also called tricolor sharks) sharks who are about ready to be moved to the larger fish tank.

No one bothers the little AFD in this tank, and he doesn't bother anyone else.

If the balas were left in there they might eventually consider the frog food.

Other more aggressive fish like tiger barbs would probably tear an AFD to pieces.

Beware, some fish stores incorrectly identify African clawed frogs as AFDs. These little terrors will become aggressive. Just look at the front feet for webs versus claws.