How to Cure Septicemia in an aquatic frog?

Well, first off, to avoid any confusion, heres a picture of the kind of frog Im talking about. http://www.saczoo.com/3_kids/8_lifespans...

So anyway, have an albino clawed frog...third one infact. They usually only make it a year or two before they get what apears to be Septicemia. They simply get red and starve themselves, usually then they begin to float upside down, for about 2-4 days before dieing. Currently, my third one, frogger, has stoped eating and turned a rosy red, very much so around the head and front arms.

Heres the setup all 3 frogs have lived in.

Heres the setup of the actual aquarium:

approx. 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, 3 feet high

-7 platic plants

-2 inches of gravel with an undergravel filter below

-approx. 3 foot bubble wand

-Aquarium pump that does about 1.3x more than nessecary to keep the water clean. (dual filters)

-2 small fish, 2 large fish, 2 clams. +my frog

-Ph of 7-7.5

-Temp of 60-75F

All the pets eat Krill....except two fish that keep the slime off the glass



Products used to balance the aquarium:

-EasyBalance by Tetra (once every few months with a water change)

-Stress Coat by aquarium pharmaceuticals (with water changes and a monthly boost just to play it safe)

-Crystal Clear by Aquarium products

-A ph kit with testers by Aquarium pharmaceuticals



So anyway, everyone else in the aquarium is just fine and has been since frog one...nobody else ever gets sick, its just that all the frogs do eventually and they all die the same way...Currently my frog has been sick for about 2 days and obviously is past treatment. When they do get sick, I put them in bowls if 7x the dose of tetracycline and force feed them their krill and GelTek Ultra Cure BX...it never works, just seems to make them last a few days longer.



The symptoms of this crap they keep getting are sudden...one day there happily swimming and eating and the next they are on their backs flaling, starving themselves, with read heads and front limbs....veins are also inflamed looking.



So I guess my question is what am I doing wrong? is there some mirical product I dont know about that will cure them or some thing I can add to the tank on a regular basis to prevent this from happening to another frog? If you dont know of any answers to those questions, then what would be the best way to put him down...is there something I can overdose him on to painlessly have him pass away? Its really hard to watch frog after frog die like this.



Thanks,

Alex L.

How to Cure Septicemia in an aquatic frog?
Koizyme?

Biological formula of naturally occurring bacteria, enzymes and micro-nutrients. When KoiZyme is introduced into tank water that is infected with Aeromonas and Pseudomonas bacteria (the cause of Red-Leg) or any gram negative or gram positive bacteria, Koizyme eliminates them by "Competitive Exclusion".

Koizyme, when used on a regular weekly basis, will keep the Aeromonas, Pseudomonas and other pathogens levels so low, they will not affect your frogs.

http://www.xenopus.com/products.htm#kz
Reply:I dislike undergravel filters, all they do is trap stuff under them and i think you should be doing more tank maitenance instead of once every few months. Red leg is just a bacterial infection, most often caused by dirty living conditions. Unfortunatly its a pain to treat. I would ditch the undergravel filter, upgrade water changes to weekly or biweekly and stop adding all the crap to the water, most of it is gimicks anyway with the exception of water conditioner that removes chlorine and chloramines.

To put the frog down i have no clue, people used to put reptiles in the freezer to euthanize them but studies have shown that its painful. Others sever the head with a quick wack but for someone who cares for the pet, i dont see that happening either. Id say take it to a reptile vet http://arav.org to find one close to you and let them prescribe a treatment or euthanize it.



http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/red...
Reply:I have no idea.