asfouts
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Recently I bought pygmy AFC's and I decided to move them to a smaller enclosure... Now I want to move some metamorphosing tadpoles (Psuedacris regilla) to the tank that originally had the AFC's. I plan on releasing these specimens once they become frogs to their home pond... whether my AFC's had any fungus on them or disease is completely unknown, and so I went overboard with trying to eradicate anything I thought might be in there... First I drained the original water and put in water heated to 95 F and put a heater in there for a day so it stayed above 90 F, then I added anti-parasitic called "Maracide"... Then I drained that water and dried the tank completely and let it sit for 3 days (the chytrid fungus survives for 3 days in its zoospore stage)... I still don't feel very safe about the transfer, but the current holding container is not escapee-proof. Could someone help me make this decision... I am leaning towards leaving the tadpoles in their original container and keeping a very watchful eye on them because I really do not want to introduce something to the native amphibian population.
another detail: I had a badis badis (chameleon fish) in with the ACF's before moving them all to a smaller tank
another detail: I had a badis badis (chameleon fish) in with the ACF's before moving them all to a smaller tank