Leopard Frog – Murdering Thug or Physical Injury??

[thejulesmyster]

Within the last couple of months this is the 3rd Male I have fished out of my tank with exactly the same injury, found first thing as the lights go on. Big chunk taken out behind the eye, and the eye on the 2nd dead fish was hanging loose.

The tank is 48x18, Leopard Frogs, a few Guppys and a single CRS. Decorated with slate terraces, loads of wood and every type of cave known to man.

I have removed all the LF’s this morning and changed the caves and decoration. The remaining fish show no signs of injury but I do think I have considerably more males than females. There are 2 females that look ready to lay. I now have 11 fish.

It is possible that one of the slates has caused this injury and this has been removed but the fish would have had to back onto it.

So what do you think?

 

[scatz]

sounds like you have a murderous male in there with them somewhere, L134's can be extremely aggressive, mine used to have huge fights all of the time

 

[thejulesmyster]

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Got to say my vote is murderer but my mate says injury

If you think it is a murderer would you try to split them? or let them sort it out that is let the main male rule?

 

[thegeeman]

Hey Jules

I have seen similar injury with frogs before. I had 12 in a 4ft and they were fine until they became mature and started defending territory. I lost several of them over the space of a few days. I split them up and finished with 2 males and 3 females in the 4ft.

My money is on a murdering male frog looking to establish territory.

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[Irene0100]

the dead ones all look like males (see lots of hair down the body anyway) 11 fish is a lot in one tank, I would remove a few of the males before another gets killed.

 

[Jo Crane]

L134 are nasty fish when they get to an adult size the males will fight to the death and they also bash the females cut your number of fish in the one tank asap

 

[thejulesmyster]

Many thanks for your replys

 

[Rabbit]

Aggression, due to territory.

 

[Brengun]

Yup what thegeeman said, 2 males and 3 females if you have that many females.
Caves up opposite ends of the tank to each other. Keep a backup male in a community tank somewhere in case you lose one.