I recently bought my first aquarium. It's an inexpensive 2 1/2 gallon plastic hexagon. I am a total novice at this so I sarted with one male Betta and two African dwarf frogs. Things were going well for a while but so far two Bettas and three frogs have died. Right now I have one frog remaining and I'd like to try again and get another Betta and another frog. One problem is that I'm getting so much conflicting information regarding the care for these beautiful creatures. Could someone offer advice on feeding and cleaning the aquarium for these animals.
The Bettas developed a white chalky fungus. The frogs had no symptoms that I could tell and they seemed content till the end.

The food I have is HBH Frog & Tadpole bites and Hikari Betta Bio Gold baby pellets. I also bought some Sally's frozen bloodworms. How often should I feed them? The water is tap treated with Aqua Plus. The remaining frog seems to be doing well but I think I need to change the water soon. I've noticed an increase in algea on the rocks and the inside of the aquarium lately. My spare time is limited so I was really hoping for a low maintenance regimen.

thanks,
gene

I'm sorry your new aquarium's not going so well. You may want to read over these pages on my web site:

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/betta.htm
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/frog4.htm
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/first.htm
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/chem.htm
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/health.htm
etc.

What do you add to the water aside from "Aqua Plus"? Does the tank have any kind of filter or aeration? How much and how often do you change the water? I suggest doing 50% a week. It's hard on such a small tank. You can take one of the small "gravel vacuums" and pull off the wide tube end. Use the tubing to drain the tank water. First, you fill the tubing with water and hold both ends. Then, put one end in a bucket. Put the other end in the tank. Let go of the ends. It should drain out. Move the end of the tube along the floor to remove debris. I used to have a 3 gallon tank but it was so hard to clean that I put it up.

The white chalk stuff may have been columnaris which is actually a bacteria that can look like fungus. Antibiotics can help with that. Or, it could have been fungus.

My African dwarf frogs have never shown an interest in the frog bites which I put in anyway. Mine eat live blackworms. They should eat the frozen bloodworms but need some variety. I feed my fish twice a day, just a little bit each time.

I hope you have better luck now!

If you want all of those together you deffinitley need a bigger tank. At least a 5, bigger is ALWAYS better!

I give my frogs tetra tabimin, its spanish but there little tablets that desolve gradually, they love them....