Interested in getting a Fire Belly! Am I ready?

[hgual22]

Okay so I got a few more things today. I got 2 plants, a tall thin one and this one that looks like grass. Both are plastic but soft enough so im not concerned. I also foudn this adorable little watering can that I added for a little hide.


And heres the babies. The brown guy seems the most plump. The two green guys are rather skinny, but both seem interested in crickets so i'm not concerned. They probably didnt get their share of food living with all the other frogs at the shop. Those two marks on the brown ones back, markings? Or an injury? I just noticed it today.


I dont know whether they are males for females but I have named them Kourtney, Kim and Khloe. xD Can anyone identify their genders?

Any tips on the set up? I'm happy with it. They seem to have enough water. Its deep enough so that they can be fully submerged, or they can go on the rocks and just sit with their upper bodies out. There are places to hide on land, but also just room to hop.

And one more question. How often should I be changing the water? Thanks!

[dj1]

The marks are quite typical of fire belly toads and more pronounced in captive bred animals from my experience. The water should be changed as needed, I scoop out dead food and poo every day with a pip pet, and clean the water every couple of days in the unfiltered holding tank of my European Bombina b. and partial water change every couple of weeks on my Bombina b varigata tank.
Hope this helps.

[MaxVanity]

I could be wrong but the brown one looks female to me. The green on the left looks male and the green on the right looks female. you'll know for sure once they start barking or grabbing to mate. Only males grab.

[hgual22]

No grabbing or barking yet.

Im trying to decide how to go about cleaning the water. There is some eco earth in it, which makes it look dirty. I guess i could scoop that out and then take the whole water tub out to clean, though I feel like they would get out when I did all that. Since the tub isnt very tall. So far everytime I open the lid to look at them or feed them, they just watch me. xD They are super cute.

[badkelpie]

My set up is similar, like I said. I just scoop out almost all of the water and refill. The eco earth settles to the bottom and doesn't really come out, but it doesn't worry me. Looks like a pond. I do this about once a week. If dead crickets or roaches fall in before I want to clean it, I get them out.

[dj1]

No grabbing or barking yet.

Im trying to decide how to go about cleaning the water. There is some eco earth in it, which makes it look dirty. I guess i could scoop that out and then take the whole water tub out to clean, though I feel like they would get out when I did all that. Since the tub isnt very tall. So far everytime I open the lid to look at them or feed them, they just watch me. xD They are super cute.

That is why my suggestion of using the whole tub as a pond with only a small land area full of pebbles and plants would be easier to clean, no soil and an aquarium gravel siphon used to hoover up the poo and detritus. All FBT are more aquatic than terrestrial, as long as they can leave the water and dry out securely but drop back in at a moments notice, they are fine.