Small live foods for Warty Frog?

Tmm87 · Dec 10, 2018

So I received my warty frog on Friday. He's taken a couple small guppy fry that I gut loaded prior to feeding him.

He's still far too small for the average grass shrimp that I've seen. I also wanted to avoid a diet that's high in shrimp due to potentially causing vitamin deficiencies.

What are some good options for a small frog that would contribute to a well rounded diet that wouldn't require a lot of extra effort to maintain? I had gotten a suggestion of larger amphipods, but I've never seen any that seem like they'd be large enough to grab his interest or be very filling for that matter.

ndrwater · Dec 10, 2018

For now I would stick with the gut loaded guppies. There isn't much else out there small enough not to choke him.
Yes, frogfish can eat things almost as big as they are, but I can tell you from experience, overfeeding is a common cause of death .
I'd do 1 guppy a week until he is large enough to do something bigger. Even then, only once a week

Jmas4 · Dec 10, 2018

Blackworms?

Tmm87 · Dec 10, 2018

Jmas4 said:
Blackworms?

Black worms could work, but how nutritious are they? Any way to gut load?

Tmm87 · Dec 10, 2018

ndrwater said:
For now I would stick with the gut loaded guppies. There isn't much else out there small enough not to choke him.
Yes, frogfish can eat things almost as big as they are, but I can tell you from experience, overfeeding is a common cause of death .
I'd do 1 guppy a week until he is large enough to do something bigger. Even then, only once a week

I gave him two guppies so far because his belly was extremely flat and the single tiny guppy seemed to make no difference. I did wait until last night to give the second.

Jmas4 · Dec 10, 2018

I'm not sure about their nutritional content. And I'm pretty sure you can't gut load them either. (Soak them in selcon, ect before feeding?) However, I believe a combination of blackworms, guppies, and shrimp will provide a well balanced diet.

lion king · Dec 10, 2018

They may seem a little timid of the grass shrimp you find, but they really have no problem putting them down. Even at his size, his nature is to eat something as large as himself. I have found no problem offering ghosties, guppies, or molly babies(as large or larger than guppies) to these guys, no matter how small he is. Live brine shrimp is an option, but I find them a waste of time. You can put a couple of the smallest shrimp you find in his tank, and within a day if he is hungry, he will find them and eat them, or you can use the method I described in an earlier post. They will rarely eat blackworms unless they just happen to catch one on the way down when you introduce to the tank. They really need small fish or shrimp.

Tmm87 · Dec 10, 2018

lion king said:
They may seem a little timid of the grass shrimp you find, but they really have no problem putting them down. Even at his size, his nature is to eat something as large as himself. I have found no problem offering ghosties, guppies, or molly babies(as large or larger than guppies) to these guys, no matter how small he is. Live brine shrimp is an option, but I find them a waste of time. You can put a couple of the smallest shrimp you find in his tank, and within a day if he is hungry, he will find them and eat them, or you can use the method I described in an earlier post. They will rarely eat blackworms unless they just happen to catch one on the way down when you introduce to the tank. They really need small fish or shrimp.

I'll look into some small grass shrimp then and mix up his meals with the shrimp and some small fish.

Thanks!