Firebelly questions

[Dwhiteman11]

I have a 20 gallon long aquarium that I set up for 4 firebelly toads. I used plexy glass and made it 60/40 water to land. I bought a rock filter that doubles as a waterfall. I have about 8 inches of water in there with some large rocks that they can climb on. They love the water area and they are really good swimmers. I find at least one of them hiding under the water in between the rocks. I've found that you can use a lot of stuff they make to house turtles with.

[Deku]

To treat anything that has chlorine and chloramine just get a tap water conditioner for aquariums. You can try any. I currently am using amquel since it says it takes out nitrates and nitrites as well. So just choose one I guess.
2. Fire belly toads are a good choice. Personally I think 5-6 could fit comfortably in a tank this size.
3)Other species you can keep in here BESIDES the fire belly toads are:
1)African clawed frogs(3 at most fit perfectly)
2)African dwarf frogs(5-9 since their tiny)
3)1 pacman frog
4)3toads(small sized 3-4inch)
5)Chorus frogs(2-3 at most)
6)Painted chubby frog(3-5)
7)American green tree frogs(they are rather small so 3-4 is okay just make sure you provide lots of branches for climbing. That SHOULD in MY opinion be enough for them)
Iam sure there are some mores but I cant think of anything else.

As for poison darts. Ived got no experience on them. But I see them at my friends house he has the blue ones with the black dots. He doesnt have much trouble with them. Like any other frog their not OVERLY hard to care for its just they need certain things. For example they need coverage, they need small foods, they need high humidity and high temps. I dont know the exact details but Iam pretty sure some people on here can give you the details. As for feeding them, you know how you feed a chameleon? You put the insects in a cup and let the chameleon eat it out of the cup. It MAY work for the frogs. You can feed it stuff like pin head crickets, weavils, and fruit flies. I dont know if they may take even pheonix worms. Pheonix worms are the size of half an inch. I mean I bought some myself and was rather disapointed at first. But I ended up using them anyways(they were too small for the animal I was going to feed em too). You can always get a high tiped dish. Make sure you put small quantities and feed them there. Voila.

Well this is all in my opinion. So I hope this helps.

[Kurt]

I wouldn't recommend any Pipid (clawed frogs) for this enclosure, they are totally aquatic and the land are would be a waste. I believe pac-mans and Bufonids (true toads) are poor swimmers, so they won't work either. Not sure on the chubby, Kaloula pulchra. The Hylids (chorus and treefrogs) would be better off in a taller tank.

Darts, believe it or not, like cooler temperatures than one might expect. The tank should never exceed 80 F if possible. Once in a while is fine, but continued exposure to 80+ temps is detrimental.

For what its worth, a feeding dish will not work with bean weevils or fruit flies, they both can easily climb out. Keep in mind crickets are good jumpers.

[Deku]

I wouldn't recommend any Pipid (clawed frogs) for this enclosure, they are totally aquatic and the land are would be a waste. I believe pac-mans and Bufonids (true toads) are poor swimmers, so they won't work either. Not sure on the chubby, Kaloula pulchra. The Hylids (chorus and treefrogs) would be better off in a taller tank.

Darts, believe it or not, like cooler temperatures than one might expect. The tank should never exceed 80 F if possible. Once in a while is fine, but continued exposure to 80+ temps is detrimental.

For what its worth, a feeding dish will not work with bean weevils or fruit flies, they both can easily climb out. Keep in mind crickets are good jumpers.

I never said put a pipid in a terrestrial set up. o.O; I just stated frogs that would do well IN a 20gallon tank. Bufonids are poor swimmers-agreed. But again never said putting one in a aquatic set up. I just stated names of animals that could go in a 20gallon tank. Not what kind of set up itd be or anything. Also if the frogs are by the dish they may learn to feed from the dish. I feed my animals by a dish. Their live foods, but they learn to come to the dish on their own. Currently those toads I found feed near the dish. Its just easier for the frogs to see a crawling insect on a plain surface. You know? Their not meant to be kept inside. Also crickets do jump-yes. But the smaller crickets are less likely to jump than the larger ones if they dont need to jump. Seriously the ones I keep feeding dont jump. Oddly enough they just crawl around. Only the adults or the medium sized ones do that. Maybe its just a weird batch? In any case the frogs would be sitting by the dish and anything that crawls into the dish and out will be snacked upon by the frogs. I mean they arent super intelligent animals, but they arent dumb either.