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    KnottyGirl
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    Default Re: can i make my fire belly setup fully aquatic but with rocks to climb on?

    My toads are in a fully aquatic environment. I have a 40 gallon long aquarium for 5 toads. The aquarium has about 3 or 4 inches of water. They have rocks and logs to sit on when they need to come out of the water. They spend 75% of their time in the water. I feed them dubia roaches and feed them on the rocks. There are two large flat rocks that stick about an inch out of the water. I just dump the roaches on the rocks and they don't go anywhere. It works well.

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    Murray of the Deep
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    can they eat live tubiflex worms??

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    Murray of the Deep
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    he wont eat it's been 2 days now he just keeps on diving not sure if she ate the mealworm i placed on a rock while i lured her there and when i came back to drink water it was gone you guys think it ate it?

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    Default Re: can i make my fire belly setup fully aquatic but with rocks to climb on?

    I have found that the best way to set up FBs in an aquatic setup is to use a bare bottom tank with a cat litter pan or Tupperware container or anything else really that is about 1/4 inch higher than the water level you want. Fill the dish with aquarium gravel to about an inch below the rim and fill the rest with a ground cover. I use long fiber moss but I know a lot of people frown on it. I've been using it for years with no problems however and in this situation it works much better than peat moss or coco fiber which gets carried into the water. I use a small submersible filter (duettos or the exo terra internal filters are the best IMO if the water flow is enough) and I throw in a ton of plastic plants. You can use live aquatic plants as well if your lighting is sufficient. I'm sure you could make some spectacular setups but I have never taken that extra step. If you have enough plants breaking the water surface the crickets should have plenty of places to haul out of the water. Unless you are throwing in too many crickets the vast majority of them will be hunted down and eaten before they will drown. For mealworms (fed sparingly) you can hand feed or use a feeding dish.

    The problem with rock piles is they provide way too many places for detritus to gather where the current can't flush it out so it can be picked up by the filter. in my setups you have an island so the current flows around it and keeps the dirt picked up pretty well. If you don't like the looks of a plastic dish you can coat it with aquarium silicone and spread gravel or whatever over it to hide it. I don't think I'd ever set up a FB tanks any other way ever again.
    Steve Schindler

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    Murray of the Deep
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    still wont eat!!! i tried everything i think he ate a mealworm beetle on the rock and also ill try to make a 20gallon setup for him i got rocks stacks already and how deep water?

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