Quote Originally Posted by toadstillcane View Post
Thank you for your valid input im waiting on my tanks being built by a forum's member as it is 3ft by 2ft by 2ft I will do 3 1 ft divides 1 woody 2 rocky sandy 3 water and the substrate I will keep moist and then a drier side I am in process of making up my own substrates from mixture of compost eco earth and bark chips leaf mould stones plant inside mybe top soil just a little an hides as well cork bark you will be impressed how hard im trying
what i do is i took a 40 gal tank and put a brand new kitty letter box at one end i put rocks and gravel in the bottom to simulate a river bed. I think this box can hold about 2 gal. then i filled the rest of the tank to the top of the litter box with goldfish gravel. (thoroughly cleaned of course) then i just added larger rocks and use branches to make plenty of hiding places. I tried aquatic plants but i failed miserably at keeping them alive so i just used fake plants throughout the tank. Hopefully you have a better green thumb then i do. I use the litter box because i do not have a filtration system ( when i first got my toads i found out that they are wild caught so i wanted as little stress as possible. So i just clean it out every couple of days. Now on the dry side you could use the eco earth maybe under a log or a plant it will give them a good place to burrow. for the bark chips. with frogs it is recommended that you do not use them. But given the differences between toads and frogs you should not have a problem with them ingesting any. I think you have a great set up. But just keep in mind if you mix anything with gravel cleaning will be quite the pain. But with luck and a large enough water pool they will do all their defecating in the water making your life much easier.

Even though i use a 40 gal tank i still believe it is to small for these guys as you already know they get freaking huge. while they are small what you have should suffice but when they start growing a large tank will be necessary for the both of us for two full grown cane toads i think that a tank of 60 gal should be appropriate.

I think you already mentioned it but how many toads do you have?