My Fire Belly Tank

[emfroggy]

Hello everyone! Some time ago I got a fire bellied toad and he was living in the worst conditions because my mom is not a big fan of reptiles or amphibians living in the house but she let me buy him from pet smart and made me make him live in a little plastic kids toy from backyard safari. Then after awhile the poor frog/toad was not moving or eating and was just siting in the log part of the habitat. So I ask my mom if I could use our ten gallon tank which was not in use at the moment but was first used as a fish tank and she said no. Then after a while of asking her I finally went to my dad which he does not really care about me keeping pets and he said I could so after I talked to my dad mom finally said I could use the ten gallon but I had to buy all the equipment to make it into a frog habitat which I did buy all the supplies because recently we had a garage sale and I made a lot of money. So I got the ten gallon set up for my fire bellied toad named Fred and had it set up coconut fiber substrate, a hid, a water dish, and some plants. And here's a old pic of the tank setup like that But still Fred must of still have been stressed out so much because he still was not active. Then when I went to pet supplies plus to buy a more crickets I saw they had fire belly's so I decided to buy Fred a friend. But when I got home with the crickets and froggers (my newest fire belly toad) Fred was still not as active as Froggers. So I switched up the tank to be a semiaquatic setup and put gravel and a filter and some rocks from outside along with a turtle dock. Here's a pic of that setup which is my latest setup. And now froggers and Fred seem to be happier with the semi aquatic setup. So now that I finished that story here are some other pictures of my fire bellies Fred and Froggers. Thanks for Reading!!! Sorry for such a long post too but I've been gone so long I felt I should explain what happened while I was gone.

[becky3086]

I think you did a great job

[emfroggy]

Thank You I really Appreciate it! This is the first time I really had frogs/toads that would be with me until they die. I did have American toads but I let them go after awhile because they were from my backyard.

[becky3086]

I had never had frogs either. You can see my tank posted here as well. I do have 4 aquariums with fish though, my hobby just expanded some to the frogs.

[emfroggy]

Yea I was the same way! I started out with tropical fish. Then I wanted to keep reptiles/amphibians but mom always said no so if I did catch a toad from my backyard I had to keep it outside in a container, which was not a good idea because I always forgot to feed them and take care of them. So just recently me and my mom went to petsmart to look at fish because we recently got a 55 gallon at a garage sale for $25. But at my petsmart they have the fire bellys in the same area as the fish. So I showed my mom and at first she was like no but after looking at the fish mom finally said I could have a fire belly as long as I used my money and took care of him. Which I did because she let me put him in my room and I remembered because I always saw him. So, that's really cool that you have 4 aquariums. How many gallons are they and are they tropical? Right now I only have the 55 gallon and a 5 gallon with a gold fish which he is getting to big so we will probably put him in our outside pond. I'll have to go see your post about your tank too.

[becky3086]

All my aquariums are fresh water 2- 10 gallons, one 29 gallon and one 55 gallon. I got some crickets for my frogs today. I saw one of them jump at them but didn't catch it. My frogs tend to stay hidden or in the wood all day. Am thinking about getting a few more so maybe I'll actually see them once in a while.