New Fire-Belly Toad setup!

[Deku]

Oooh, a waterfall would look pretty cool...not sure if I have the skills to pull that off at this moment. Right now, I just want something that is easy to maintain but is safe and fun for the toads. I always try to keep my tanks as natural as possible, so definitely no pink or purple gravel for me! Black might be good, especially to offset green plants....I will see what is the best bang for my buck. I have a small underwater filter right now, but I'm not sure if it's doing much....I might have to upgrade on that a bit down the road. One thing at a time. First: lower the water; second, get some more plants; third, get some gravel or sand. That will keep me busy for now!!

Making a simple waterfall is easy. Lul but good luck.

[Quetzacoatl]

Simple and nice! How many toads do you have there? Six? And how big is your setup?

[Irina]

Hello,

sorry, i hope, you will understand my english.

I think the water can be more than 10cm, when you make stones/wood/cork/plants/..., so the toads can hold on.
I show you pictures from my 3 old toad-tanks.

(180x40x50cm, 100x40x50 & 80x40x40cm)

Nice greetings from vienna,
Irina

[Paul Rust]

Looks like a great start Jo.

[Paul Rust]

@ Irina, those setups look really good.

[Jace]

@ Quetzacoatl, I have a total of 9 FBT in a 25 gallon aquarium.

@ Irina, your setup is amazing! I don't know if I have the patience or the time to do that beautiful of a setup right now, but I really enjoyed looking at your pictures. Welcome to the Forum, too!

@Paul, thank you....it's going to be basic for now as I have too many other things on the go, but the toads haven't stopped singing for two days, so they don't mind.

[Deku]

Jace, I could give you an idea for how to make a cheap, easy, clean set up for a fire belly. You make the terrarium filled with water up to 6-8 inches. Then you get a long, wide and tall rubbermaid of your liking. You put dirt on it. Then you find some live moss and put it on there, grab some potted plants and pop em in there. You can grow phelodendrun as "ivy". As a waterfall, all you need is a whisper filter made for a 40gallon or a 20gallon. YOu set it up all the way on the bottom. Then you get some nice medium rocks and you cover the base of the filter. But remember to leave openings. Then you cover it to the "lip" of the filter. you can put some fake moss on there, or live moss(rocks) and you got yourself a waterfall. You can also get like ceramic cups. Like the one used for ponds. But try getting some smaller. Like bowls. and then line them up from smallest to largest. On a level. Like smallest on top then med under it and then large under it. The water will pass through each bowl. If you put some gravel in each bowl itll help with filtration. :P

I did a set up like this a while ago.

[Kurt]

@ Irina, your setup is amazing! I don't know if I have the patience or the time to do that beautiful of a setup right now, but I really enjoyed looking at your pictures. Welcome to the Forum, too!

Irina's not new here, she just hasn't posted in a while.