Fire-bellied toads and fish

[Rocko]

Be careful with how often you clean the filter sponge, you don't want to upset the nitrifying bacteria that will help maintain your tank.

[clownonfire]

Thanks Rocko. I'll make more research on it.

[ARMS87]

My FBTs always seem to prefer land so mine is 3/4 land, shame because I would love to house them with fish. I'd choose Tetra, cheap, easy and fast. Even if they did become food they are cheap.
Is that callous of me?

[clownonfire]

Well, there it is. It doesn't have fish yet, it might be withing a month, just to make sure I control the water quality and all.



@arms87: Funny.

[ARMS87]

Well, there it is. It doesn't have fish yet, it might be withing a month, just to make sure I control the water quality and all.



@arms87: Funny.

Nicely done

[badkelpie]

White clouds (white cloud mountain minnows) are unkillable (and cheap). My sister housed 4 with her firebelly newt for 3 years, she just moved the newt to his own tank (he wasn't liking the water as much, so she made him a land based terrarium with a big pond, happy newt now). Fish are still going strong. They're coldwater fish too, so they don't need a heater.

[FrogmanGav]

I used that filter that you were mentioning and i found it was useless for me.

I had to upgrade to a fluval U2 as i found the 1 Plus was leaving my water very stagnant because it had trouble filtering the water in my smaller tank. It also started making an awful screeching noise after about a year which was LOUD!

My advice would be to go for the U2 as it is very much quieter and has a 3 stage filtration system which will help you keep the nitrate levels in your tank at a safe level which you will need especially for the fish if you choose to add them.

This is only my opinion from my own personal experienceso let me know how it goes for you. Gav

[clownonfire]

White clouds (white cloud mountain minnows) are unkillable (and cheap). My sister housed 4 with her firebelly newt for 3 years, she just moved the newt to his own tank (he wasn't liking the water as much, so she made him a land based terrarium with a big pond, happy newt now). Fish are still going strong. They're coldwater fish too, so they don't need a heater.

Thank you. I'm not sure if I am going to take the fish path. Their tank is lovely as it is, and the FBT seem very content the way it is. I'll keep this as a note though if we decide at a later point to add fish.