Quote Originally Posted by Axqu View Post
I have a 40B with a cane toad (Rhinella Marina) as well as 2 empty terrariums (10g, 20 long). I moved the empty terrariums to the very cold basement to dry out, and I replaced the substrate in the 40 with substrate that we baked in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. (Several small batches). I also plan to get a sundew (Drosera Capensis) to combat any future hitchhikers hopefully before they can get established. We're moving to Arkansas soon, which is a lot buggier than NJ. I think baking the new substrate fixed it though! We haven't had any gnats since!
Make sure to check if that sundew is safe for the toad. People can get chemical burns from very strong sundew plants and it could harm the toad too. The smaller native to the east of the US species I have seen used because they seem to have less effect on the amphibians.

You could always grow them in an empty tank and I'm sure it would help a little bit.

But Dan is right on with his advice I just wanted to pass down a warning that I have received myself from a biologist. Also you could see if there are native sundew plants to the toads range and it would be a lot safer for both the toad and the sundew.

If the sundew you mentioned is from the same range as the toad disregard this message and I'm sorry for wasting your time lol

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