Possibly 3 new FBT's tomorrow.. Questions!!

[clownonfire]

Well theres the tank. I still need to get a few more things to put in it like the hydro balls for the bottom layer of the soil and some moss to put on top of the coco fiber so its not as messy.(I kinda wish I would have made this with a 20 gallon aquarium instead of the 10 gallon haha) I found a filter and put it in the water but im wondering if its making too big of a current? Or maybe they dont mind it? One toad dont seem to mind it, hes already in the water chilling on a leaf haha. Its surprising how much one of the toads have fattened up. Well they all have visibly put on weight but one is a chunky butt lol. I heard a weird bark this morning(but not like the normal bark) and looked in there and one toad was wrapped around another really tight and wouldnt let go.
I got some night crawlers and cut them in sections and tried feeding them the worms.. As soon as they got them in there mouth, they spit it out lol. So I think its safe to say that they dont like them. They eat the mealworms ok but im only going to give them mealies occasionally.
Any other suggestions?

Amber, looks great. Minor changes I would do: give them more place to hide on the land, they will enjoy that. As for food, feed them crickets. Your frogs will like to hunt them. And they won't spit them out.

Also, if you can, remove all fake plants and replace them with real ones.

Great job!!

Eric

[Psychotic4mb3r]

Yea I planned on getting hide spots(I think im gonna look for some food containers to cut holes into for now for them) and I do feed them crickets lol And ill def look into some real plants! I saw some at the pet store so ill probably get a few

[Han]

Don't waste your time on live plants and remember, earthworms provide excellent
food: keep on trying!

Han

[bshmerlie]

Don't waste your time on live plants and remember, earthworms provide excellent
food: keep on trying!

Han

I think live plants make for a more natural environment for the frogs and they simply just look better. If you don't have a green thumb there a very simple to care for plants such as pothos. Check out Walmarts indoor plant section they always seem to have a good selection under $5 bucks. Just rinse all the soil off and plant the roots into your substrate. I don't think anybody could kill a pothos and it will do well in both the land and the water side.

[clownonfire]

Don't waste your time on live plants and remember, earthworms provide excellent
food: keep on trying!

Han

Han, it's really nice of you to offer your opinion, and to share your knowledge. There are many here that also own FBT, and have a few terrariums of their own (I have six vivs personally). Perhaps saying: In my experience... instead of Don't waste time... would be more helpful to readers. The same goes for crickets/earthworms. As much as the latter are a great source of food, dusted crickets will provide the frogs with most of what they need. And in my experience, the frogs like to hunt them too.

[Han]

Keeping loads of toads in a 5 or 10 gallon set-up, decorating it with plasic skulls,
submerged windmills and coloured gravel is simply not the european way of taking
care. We try to take things a bit more serious, try a more scientific approach, far
beyond "cute" and "their names are Silly and Stupid". Rather succesfull as far as
reproduction is concerned, i've been breeding Bombina since the early 1980's.
Did you? Ever? Couldn't find any breeding-report at this forum although Bombina
(orientalis) is known as "very easy to breed".
My Bombina maxima woke up after some 3 months in the fridge, i just found the first
150 eggs in their hygienic, easy to clean, clearly arranged, well-ventilated, spacious, not very "natural" set-up. So..................

regards, Han

[clownonfire]

Keeping loads of toads in a 5 or 10 gallon set-up, decorating it with plasic skulls,
submerged windmills and coloured gravel is simply not the european way of taking
care. We try to take things a bit more serious, try a more scientific approach, far
beyond "cute" and "their names are Silly and Stupid". Rather succesfull as far as
reproduction is concerned, i've been breeding Bombina since the early 1980's.
Did you? Ever? Couldn't find any breeding-report at this forum although Bombina
(orientalis) is known as "very easy to breed".
My Bombina maxima woke up after some 3 months in the fridge, i just found the first
150 eggs in their hygienic, easy to clean, clearly arranged, well-ventilated, spacious, not very "natural" set-up. So..................

regards, Han

With all due respect, it's not because someone would add skulls or windmills or whatever piece of decoration one would chose that someone does not take his hobby with seriousness. And on this forum, there's no European VS America VS wherever else. It's a community of amphibian lovers, from the expert, to the beginner. What we DO however is respect each others ways. That is the FROG FORUM way. Not everyone wants to breed their frogs. We inform them for THEIR needs. And if the needs are others than just keeping a frog, we do have resources on this site that will step up. It would be appreciated that you respect the ways of others, and respect the community that we have build here.

Eric

[Han]

There's actually only one valid reason one should allow him/herself to keep non-domestic animals like amphibians at all: (trying to ) breed them! Heavily consuming pet-trade together with destruction of natural habitat and global warming will eventually lead to total extinction of many amphibian-species.
With all due respect, i wasn't aware of the fact that giving an (my) opinion could be
disrespectfull, nevertheless, i wasn't able to find reports on (succesfull) breeding Bombina although "There are many here that own FBT". It might be that sad truth that makes you feel not very comfortable, i guess (with all due respect, of course!!).

respectfull regards,
Han