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African Clawed Frog Help2007-11-24 1:47:06

I had an african clawed frog for 3 months, and I loved him. I couldn't figure out why his water so cloudy so I decided to do a complete water change and clean out his tank. Well after I put him in the tank, he did three little flips and them blam, dead! I can't figure out what I did wrong, I dechlorinated the water and also put stress coat in as well. The only thing I can figure out is I didn't let the water cycle long enough to dechlorinate it (or) when I was scrubbing his filter with the brush I noticed it had soap on it (I didn't put the soap on there), so I rinsed it for about 10 minutes to make sure the soap was completely gone. Can anyone help me figure out what I did wrong and why it killed him so quickly, I mean, he died within 30 seconds of me putting him back in his tank :(

Answers:

The amount of chlorine from tapwater would not kill a frog.

They are very sensitive to strong chemicals though. There are only two ways your frog could have died as quickly as what you say.

Either a VERY harsh chemical was present, or the water temperature was WAY off.

My best guess is you used warm water?

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I am sorry you lost your frog. My thoughts are you didn't use enough dechlorinator and the chlorine killed him. The other thing is the soap or that the water temp. was so different from what he was in before you did the water change and that killed him. Those are the only things I can think of from what you wrote that could have killed him. They are very sensitive to water temp. and also any chemicals like the soap and either would have killed him instantly. Again I am so sorry you lost your frog. They are great pets aren't they? I have 11 adults acfs and 3 froglets.