Question About Purchasing Firebelly Toads

[Heatheranne]

You're welcome

1. If you plan to use well water you may want to have it tested. Humans can tolerate bacteria and protozoans at a higher level than can amphibians. You can test the water for chlorine with litmus strips in the aquarium section. They are easy to use, just dip the strip in the water and compare it to the scale on the bottle. It may be easier to use spring water, as mantis has noted. Do not use distilled water, it pulls the nutrients out of the frog/toads.

2. Yes, that lighting is fine, though you may need a heat pad during the colder weather.

That'll be a nice place to view them .

[Faith]

We just had our well put down in December of last year, I'll test it just to see but using spring water will be no problem. I saw lots of negativity on the distilled water so glad to know that is truth!

I will definitely get a heating pad, that's no problem. Gets fairly chilly here in SC during the winters (probably nothing like y'all are used to up north but regardless, the little guys will be kept cozy!) I bought that stand with the intention of having my setup there (moved all the speakers and everything to the den just so nothing would disturb them )

btw, I looked around on Petco trying my best to find that tank but no luck. I will look in-store this weekend, hopefully it'll still be available!