Fire-Bellied Toads, Am I doing it right?

[Marinecrab]

Aquarium conditioner products treat chlorine, but what about the gases though? Don't know if fire-bellies are at risk of gas bubble disease, though, I do think it's still a good idea to let it set for a few hours so the water goes to the same temperature of the water that' in the tank

Hey guys, thanks for responding, I will be using bottled water and conditioner just to be safe,

Should I rinse out ever item I've gotten @ mail? Including the gravel and substrate?

[ericbrookey]

Hey guys, thanks for responding, I will be using bottled water and conditioner just to be safe,

Should I rinse out ever item I've gotten @ mail? Including the gravel and substrate?

No real need to use conditioner with bottles water but it can't hurt. What kind of conditioner did you get? Some treat chlorine and some just provide a slime coat, mostly beneficial for fish.

You should always rinse gravel before use to get rid of dust and particulates and rinse any decor and wood. No need to boil or bake store bought wood. Only if you got it from the outside.

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[Marinecrab]

No real need to use conditioner with bottles water but it can't hurt. What kind of conditioner did you get? Some treat chlorine and some just provide a slime coat, mostly beneficial for fish.

You should always rinse gravel before use to get rid of dust and particulates and rinse any decor and wood. No need to boil or bake store bought wood. Only if you got it from the outside.

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Sorry! I've been working super hard this week, my supplies come in on thursday and the current tank i'm using is getting replaced tommorow by a 55 gallon that was used. It'll be great sinces its only 50$ with the stand,cover and tank.

I'm ordered a medium bottle of Tetra AquaSafe Plus with BioExtract,

I will post a picture of the setup tommorow once I get it cleaned.

[Marinecrab]

Hello everyone, I have finished building my setup!

The full View, I'm going to order another reptisun since my older bulb broke this morning...




Here is the water side of the aquarium, not entirely 50/50 but I bought a few floating items they can rest on, I plan on using the floating island as a feeder island for the crickets.




Heres the land side, I reused a few items from my older setup after washing them off, I'm really enjoying my waterfall filter



Here is a better shot!







Roughly spent about 450 on the setup all together, with a few free items here and there, got the aquarium for 50 bucks. With stand and screentop, was dirty but in the end I cleaned it and it looked brand new..

Questions..

What fish should I put with them?

What live plants, both aquatic and nonaquatic plants are the best for these toads?


I guess there is a happy ending to this mess-up!


Future notes to everyone, never base your setup on big petchain caresheets!

[jasonm96]

This isn't perfect, good stuff!!

I wouldn't put fish in, the volume of water isn't enough, the toxins from the toads will probably be concentrated.

Some great plants for land and in water are pothos or cyperus plant. Elodea, duckweed and Amazon frogbit in the water. I think you'd probably have to increase the light, though. I would just keep it artificial just now to save the hassle.

Pet shops usually have **** advice and barely keep their animals long term enough to their care.

[Marinecrab]

This isn't perfect, good stuff!!

I wouldn't put fish in, the volume of water isn't enough, the toxins from the toads will probably be concentrated.

Some great plants for land and in water are pothos or cyperus plant. Elodea, duckweed and Amazon frogbit in the water. I think you'd probably have to increase the light, though. I would just keep it artificial just now to save the hassle.

Pet shops usually have **** advice and barely keep their animals long term enough to their care.

Do you mean isn't or is? Haha.

And I read the guppies really are good for FBTs but any other fish usually has weird buildups after awhile from the toxins, don't want that. But for now, I want to add two more FBTS and let them adjust before making any changes.

And I'll deff be increasing the light by adding one more uvb lamp.

[jasonm96]

Autocorrect lol!!

They'll probably just eat them and remember fish are really bad for disease

You're better off with a lamp designed to grow plants, the ones used for fish tanks in combination with any UVB you're using