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henward

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yeah, but for 50-60 frogs? you get what you pay for. put tub in tank and hey presto. beats running around catching random dirty flies.

fly traps are another way. i like to know where my food comes from though.

can always breed your own, not as smelly as traps but still not much fun and then just depends how much you value your time.

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to be honest, i dont really care what to feed them, what is the cheapest?

thought flies would be.

mealworms?

i am unsure how many would survive to adulthood and it is my little experiment.

i am not trying on my own fish first, i will have a trial case.

dont really wanna go into it:)

seeing that no o ne has given feedback on feeding arowanas and fish frogs.... i will have to find out myself.

what would be the most cost effective way to feed them?

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you cant really understand, each to their own ay.

i like watching it hunt different things man.

i have locust, crickets, fish, mealworms and hopefully frogs.

its something that some wont understand - if frogs prove to be a pain, i will just sell it cheaply to flog it off, dont really care.

parasite wise - dont think they have parasites if you raise them from tadpoles and flies and live food you feed tehm from reputable suppliers are fine, as i feed thsoe to the arowana too.

its only when they hang around and eating flies feeding on poo and other crawling things in the wild.

also arowanas and most fish are geared to eat live food.

but like i said, you wont understand, its a personal thing ay, i just get a kick out of seeng it hunt different things.

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Hmm

Cons:

Poisonous

Potentially kill Brutus

Cost of keeping frogs ($10-20 per week=$520-$1K per year)

Potentially introduce parasites into aquarium and possibly kill other fish

Frogs grow slow take 3 years to get to decent size=3K

Inhumane IMO

Most expensive option to feed arowana

They'll eat each other

They take up a lot of room to keep (were talking 50L per frog=3000L tank=$$$)

Pros:

Arowana gets a variation from the normal

I don't get it as well :dunno:

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Also think about the pain of keeping the flies in. And the maintainence, if you don't keep it up they'll get sick=sick arowana. And also the frog doesn't die quickly, the arowana will bite it breaking it's bones, and munch the internal organs, then the arowana will swim around and not immediately eat it. :dunno:

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a couple of bathtubs outside

2 inch x 2 inch framing timber 6 foot high

windbreak over it to enclose tadpoles in bath

breeding your own flies is easy

rushes etc for plants

I guess so, but then you run the risk of diseases getting in, and again costs.

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What about maintainence? I know it's not expensive, but what's it all for? I know I'm not henward so I wouldn't know. Also if you plan on building a mesh cage, how do you keep flies in?

@Henward, so you bought 60 tadpoles for $60 just chuck them up on TM for a $1 reserve. You'll probably get about $40+

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