I have four in a 20 gallon long vivarium. I have a water filter large enough for a 55 gallon tank. There is five inches of water, smooth river rocks on the bottom, several pieces of driftwood and larger smooth rocks on top of those rocks. Although there is not a separate land/water area, there is quite a good bit of dry area. There are live plants and plenty of hiding places. They are pretty active. Sometimes they're noisy. Sometimes I see they mating (or trying to anyway). They eat very well. I dust their crickets. They usually eat some right away and leave some, but those are gone by the next morning. Their water temperature is at about 78 degrees and the humidity stays high. I have a snail (to eat the algae off the rocks) and a couple of feeder minnows in the tank too (I was told the toads would eat them, but they're scared of the fish). I vacuum the bottom of the tank out once a month, and I do a 1/3 water change once a week.

For some reason, they're always dark. I thought they were dark because a lot of stuff in their tank is dark; however, I've been looking at the tanks here and the toads are bright no matter the color of the contents of the tanks. I've read before that if they're dark that means they're stressed, but I don't know what else to do or what to do differently. I've had them for about one year.

I have one FBT by himself in a one gallon tank. He has a neurological deficit and the pet store asked me to adopt him. He cannot maintain his balance (he falls over sideways) and he cannot move his head the way he needs to in order to catch food. I have to hand feed him. This involves me prying open his mouth with a little manicure stick, and putting a dead (newly killed) cricket in his mouth. Once he feels the cricket, he can then pull it into his mouth and do whatever it is they do (swallow?) when they eat. I feed him three at a time, every other day. Anyway, he is the same color as the others. His tank has the same type of items as the larger tank, just on a smaller scale. I imagine he might be stressed because he has to be handled so often, plus having his mouth pried open.

Any ideas and suggestions?