African Dwarf Frog with Betta

Question

Would I be okay to put a African Dwarf Frog with a male betta. It is a 10 gallon aquarium with heater, filter, and small airpump. All I have in the tank right now is a snail. Also, can someone give me some basic info for caring for these little frogs. Also how do I tell a difference between an African Dwarf Frog and the bigger species of frogs?

Answer 1

Betta's can be aggressive in the extreme. I wouldn't try it.

Answer 2

I would recommend removing the air pump first. Both your betta and the frog will be breathing from the surface of the water, and bubbles bother the african dwarf frog's more than help them. As long as your tank is large enough, which a ten gallon is fine, you should have no problem housing these two together.

Answer 3

I like this site for info on the frogs:

http://aquaticfrogs.tripod.com/id13.html

To tell the difference, albino frogs only come in the larger African clawed variety, not the dwarf ones.  So stay away from those.  

Also, look at all 4 of their feet-in an ADF, all will be webbed.  In clawed frogs I believe the front feet are clawed and not webbed.

Yes, the frog should do fine in your tank with the betta.  

Be mindful though, ADF's don't see very well, and usually end up starving to death in a tank with fish-because the fish eat all the food before the frog can get a chance.  That link gives some suggestions for that, but you could be sure to add some food near the frog, they'll see the movement of the food and eat it.  

Feed both a variety of frozen/thawed blood worms, frozen/thawed brine shrimp, shrimp pellets, occasional flake food all work good for both the betta and frog.  Stay away from the freeze dried though, since the frog doesn't eat from the top of the tank.  They also make something called Frog Bites....they're a sinking pellet food, but my frog wouldn't eat them, so I don't recommend them.

Frogs are also susceptible to a lot of the same problems as fish, including water quality issues and bloat, so be sure to do regular frequent water changes.

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Answer 4

African dwarf frogs are usually small little guys that will hang out in the corner of the fish tank at the store.

It's actually very common to put them in with a betta, as the betta will typically ignore them, or at best flare at them or be fascinated watching him move around the tank.

If you look really closely at the frogs in the pet store, there are typically two kinds of frogs that might be labeled "African Dwarf Frog" one is the African dwarf frog, and safe for your betta. The other is an African Clawed Frog, which is NOT safe for your betta. How to tell the difference? The African Clawed Frog has claws. :)  So look really closely before you buy and you should be just fine.

Also, Kudos to you on your aquarium setup, and on trying to find a buddy for your betta.  

Answer 5

Male bettas are usually only aggressive to other colorful fish with long flowing fins, like fancy male guppies.  Most people do fine with these two together in a tank of that size.

See below site.

Answer 6

I would not try it with the Betta's being so aggressive.