50 gal. FBT paludarium setup

[heyjude2200]

Hi Sherry,
What a great job, so much nicer than what I first did for my FBT's. I've been constantly changing/upgrading it since I got them a year ago.

And a couple of mine are really fat too. I thought at first maybe it was eggs or such, but I think they are just fat. One of them is like a dog--she's right there when I get ready to feed them--she's also better at catching them.

And BTW, regarding the tree stump, mine climb in & out of things easily--I have a piece of cypress with a hole in it & they love to go in there. (See pic)

What do you think of the sphagnum moss? I put it in at one point & then removed it because the crickets would bolt in there immediately & it seemed that my frogs had a harder time seeing the crickets.

[Sunshine]

Hi Sherry,
What a great job, so much nicer than what I first did for my FBT's. I've been constantly changing/upgrading it since I got them a year ago.

And a couple of mine are really fat too. I thought at first maybe it was eggs or such, but I think they are just fat. One of them is like a dog--she's right there when I get ready to feed them--she's also better at catching them.

And BTW, regarding the tree stump, mine climb in & out of things easily--I have a piece of cypress with a hole in it & they love to go in there. (See pic)

What do you think of the sphagnum moss? I put it in at one point & then removed it because the crickets would bolt in there immediately & it seemed that my frogs had a harder time seeing the crickets.

Thank you!! My biggest problem was the crickets climbing up the walls to avoid being eaten. I guess they are smarter than I had thought! That was remedied by use of a feeding bowl. My only problem with the feeding bowl is I think they would rather hunt for the food. As far as the sphagnum moss, it is actually supposed to be on the walls- I wanted to try something other than coco fiber to cover the silicone on the background- but that proved to be a bad idea because it is constantly falling into the water. Before the use of the feeding bowl, crickets would climb in there to hide.

[s6t6nic6l]

how often will you have to thoroughly cleanse the gravel, rocks and area in the pool from the mucus build-up from the toads esp' as you have 6 to contend with?

[s6t6nic6l]

how often will you have to thoroughly cleanse the gravel, rocks and area in the pool from the mucus build-up from the toads esp' as you have 6 to contend with?

please don't ignore my valid question. a response WOULD be appreciated. maybe my concerned queries about such matters in other peoples threads would'nt be so harsh if people had the decency to reply to such matters(as this first to many later) regarding the welfare of the toads at hand or do i assume by the lack of any response means there maybe something not right/overlooked somewhere and just can't/wont justify a reasonable repose to the setup.
nic