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 Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:47 pm
I have a rather interesting situation.
My newest white male betta just ate his albino frog living mate.
Neither have been aggressive towards each other in the 5 1/2 months
I've had them,but all of a sudden, The Brain [the betta] went psycho and ate Pinky [The frog].
question sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:40 pm
what size is your tank @_@ and what size was the frog compared to the betta? you sure the frog just didnt die?
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:01 pm
Perhaps you forgot to feed the betta? sweatdrop
Is the betta really big compaired to the frog? That's weird because my betta's mouth looks pretty small
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:58 pm
The frog would have eaten the Betta anyway when it got bigger. There are two common species of aquatic frog in the Aquarium hobby. The African Dwarf Frog and the African Clawed frog. The Dwarfs stay small but the Claws get huge and eat anything that can fit in their mouths. ADFs don't have an albino morph, while ACFs do.
Your Betta must have a huge outh to have been able to eat the frog, unless it ate it bit by bit? I think they do have teeth, but that would have taken a long time and you would have noticed chunks missing from your frog.
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:32 pm
I have heard of bettas biting the toes of newts and frogs off, but never of a betta killing a frog.
But, the betta may be the source, if the frog was sickly, the betta could have attacked and killed it, or if the frog was very small, smaller then the betta at least the betta may have seen it as prey.
I once had a very agressive female betta that managed to kill a female fidler crab that was the same size as her. So I won't put anything beyond a determined and strong, healthy betta.
Also, when bettas hunt they don't flare. They are like cats, they stalk their prey, and pretend not to be interrested untill the perfect moment arises.
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:48 pm
Yeah, my frog is [was] pretty small,
and my betta is HUGE, so I suppose it's possible.
sweatdrop
Poor froggie. crying
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 8:53 pm
bettas flare to either intimidate or show off for breeding
not hunting >_< wouldnt make one hydrodynamic
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