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RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

GrkMikey95 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:37:06 GMT

yea u shuld get a 10 gallon tank if u want fire belly toads. u can fit a bout 2 of them in there. u shuld do half water and half gravel. make it a slope. put a filter, it would make the water cleaner and you would have to clean the cage less often. get a 15 gallon underwater filter. gud luck and fire belly toads run around $5-$10 so look out for good prices

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

herpsrule13 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:59:51 GMT

That is correct but i gave him that information. And I'm sure he was/and is now aware of it crickets drowning and more "haul-out" items

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

I8luv8my8uro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:48:05 GMT

u really shouldnt just have a piece of driftwood as the only land! Its not that fair to them. They have to have a place to come out and hunt and to hide and feel secure. And anyways some how all of your crickets will die if driftwood is the only land you have for them.... theyre really stupid and will drown themselves...... i recomend having pebbles( like fish tank rocks) sloped upwards for them to climb out on.... that way itll be half land ( or a third maybe) and the other part water. Ps.... i have two firebellied toads so i know from expirence. ___________/ like that.... just not as steep!

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

kritter keeper — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:25:45 GMT

here's video of mine. http://http://www.reptilechannel.com/reptile-videos/watch-video-261B29985B6A6CC222512210284401EA.aspx

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

oancbf — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:35:02 GMT

everything has basicly been covered. have fun with your new toads.

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

herpsrule13 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:43:02 GMT

I think so, I have a tank i setup for some dart frogs. It was previously used or Newts, so i put some vinegar in it and wiped and washed it out until the smell was gone

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:54:40 GMT

oh i have one more question. do i need to cycle the aquarium before i put the frogs into it? cause i know that for my fish tanks i had to make sure that it didn't have any ammonia or nitrite in the water before i put fish in, is that the same for frogs?

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:53:30 GMT

thank you, the info is very helpful

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

herpsrule13 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:07:35 GMT

Yes, that would be fine. Dust crickets once a week with D3 supplement. I use Herpcare cricket dust. The toads will eat the crickets in the water, on wood etc. As usual make sure there is no gravel or moss for them to accidentaly eat while hunting

It is fun to watch, they will grab them with thier mouths and then stuff it in with their hands. have fun!

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:05:15 GMT

no i cant post pics right now, i lost my camera, sorry

how should i feed my toads when i get them? do i just drop the crickets onto the driftwood?

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

herpsrule13 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:35:14 GMT

nope driftwood is fine, can you post a picture? i have a half and half setup, adn still have a little rock, a corkbark piece, and a gravel island.

I like to give them choices on where they "haul out" maybe my male will get on the bark while the females lounge on the rock. just provide options

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:03:20 GMT

thanks thats very helpful. i was just worried because the set up i have is aquatic with just a piece of driftwood for them to haul out on, and someone told me that they needed to have a land bank, not just driftwood

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

herpsrule13 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:46:07 GMT

Fire belly toads are very aquatic, they can have a full aquatic setup. but they need some access out of water: rocks, gravel slopes, driftwood, corkbark, all of these are good

and a filter helps, a repto filter is $20 from petsmart i think

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:40:51 GMT

so its ok if i dont have half of the aquarium land? and if the only land is a piece of driftwood?

RE: habitat for fire bellied toad

Maximum — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:32:49 GMT

It needs to be water-friendly wood, like Mopani wood, which is commonly sold in stores.

And it is preferred to have a filter. It would decrease the amount of work you have to do, keep the water clear (needed for amphibians) and adds water flow to the tank.

habitat for fire bellied toad

Arman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:18:24 GMT

I want a fire bellied toad, and i was wondering if its ok to just have a piece of drift wood floating on the surface for the land part? also do you need to have a filter for the water?