7 years ago, I bought one of those grow-a-frog kits at a toy store. I ended up with three of them (Moe, Curly, and Larry). I believe that the grow-a-frog company has since shut down, because I have called the number to order new food and it hasn't gone through. For about the past 4 years I have been feeding them newt and aquatic frog food. They are all together in a three gallon tank. I only used purified bottled water, because they are supposed to be very sensitive. I must be doing something right because they have done so well.
However, I was wondering if any one else has these frogs and has any tips on caring for them. I worry that they aren't getting all that they should nutritionally. Also, the need a bigger tank and it would be easier to use tap water and use a water conditioner. But, I'm afraid they might be too sensitive for that. Any advise would be great. Also, does anyone know what species they are?

do you have a pic of them? that will help us identify them for you. they should probably be in a 10 gallon mimimum with a filter. and yes tap water treated with a water conditioner should make it perfectly safe for them. a varied diet is always a good thing and there a number of things that would work depending on what type of frog they are. try google imaging dwarf frog or african dwarf clawed frog, then google image african clawed frog. if you cant find pics i will find some for you, but we should figure what they are and then go from there.

if they are acfs, they will need bigger than a 10. at least a 20 long.

thats exactly why i said minimum of 10 gallons.

From every thing I have just looked at, it looks as if they are African Clawed Frogs. Thank you so much, this site has been a tremendous help. I think I was being overly cautious with them, and can give them a better quality of life know that I know more about them (obviously). My next question would be what kind of filter would be good for a 10 gallon tank if they don't like moving water? And, what kind of water conditioner, the same kind you use for fish?

3 african clawed frogs need at least a 20 gallon. in a 20 i would use a whisper 40, it shouldnt be too much current for them, especially if you have lots of hiding places (like piles of plants, rockwork, driftwood, or even pvc pipes and junctions) which they will like anyways. same conditioner as with fish. foods include sinking carnivore pellets, floating cichlids pellets, basicly whatever you would feed carnivorous fish. i dont like to use any live food because it can introduce parasties and diseases very easily.

i said 10 gallon was too small for 3 adult acfs especially if there all females.

How can you tell their sex?

males around around 4 inches and females are huge about 6 inches.

I have a page on African clawed frogs (and African dwarf frogs) at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/frog4.htm which includes foods to try and some good links. I'm sure they will really love a larger tank as they must be really cramped. I feed my African dwarf frogs live blackworms which they love. Small African clawed frogs will love them too. I've not had a problem introducing anything to the tank except for detritivorous leeches (not parasitic) that come with them. Of course, my frogs and fish eat those too.

If you get them a nice home and good food, they may end up breeding which you may or may not want! They can take some water movement but most of the tank should be pretty still. It's more important in my mind that the tank is filtered (and hence of good water quality) than the frogs avoid all water movement. You can aim the filter's output against the wall to dissipate the force of the water flow. For my 20 gallon, I use a Penguin 160 (now 170 I think) by Marineland. The flow is not too much for my 3 African dwarf frogs.

They love there new aquarium. Nice and roomy with lots of fun hiding spots. Robyn pointed out that they might start breeding now, is there any way to prevent that? What should I do?

You may not be able to prevent the breeding but if you do nothing, they will eat all the eggs and any that hatch so you won't be overrun with tadpoles. With a nice tank, they are good breeders so normally to prevent it, you'd just separate the sexes. Since you have just three, it probably make sense to just keep them together. Maybe they will breed, maybe not.

I have 2 male grow-a-frogs in a 30 gallon tank. I feed them a combination of frozen foods like blood worms and brine shrimp and live black worms. They're not picky about what they eat, but the live black worms are especially fun to watch them eat. I tried adding fish to the tank once, but they were quickly eaten. I'm sure they would appreciate more small fish occassionaly, but I can't bring myself to do that.

Adult acfs should be feed feeder minnows, they like it alot.

I nev use feeder fish , it is cruel