fire bellied toad tank!?

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ordinaryoddity

ordinaryoddity

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hey guys, new here

im really interested in starting a FBT tank, but still have just a few things that are boggling me a little bit:

i plan on housing about 3 or 4 FBTs in a 20L tank with a nice water feature in there somewhere

as far as land/water division goes, im thinking about going the eggcrate route (looks efficient/simple/fun)


but what kind of substrate should i use?

i was thinking about clay pellets with some moss over them... (help with some types?)

what kind of maintenance is needed with the different kinds of substrate? (this might make my decision a little easier)


also, something to clean the tank a little would be nice, some kind of bottom-feeding fish (that can handle the toxins and not get eaten) maybe?


any advice would be greatly appreciated,
thanks a lot!
Andrew :frog:
 
Firebelly__girl

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in a 20 long you have a lot of length to work with. The best way ive seen is just siliconing a piece of plexi-glass or glass on an angle to separate the water and land. Unless you plan on planting, I wouldnt use any type of moss, or soil. I just use river type rocks from petsmart. The soil just spoils the water, and clogs the filter, and is soo messy, I hated it. Now with the rocks I dont have to worry about that mess getting into the water or anything. Im actually doing my 20 long soon for them and im cutting a piece of slate and just going to sit it ontop a pile of gravel.
And why would you need fish to clean the water? Your just polluting the water adding fish and food FOR the fish. You just get a filter and your fine.

like this kind of -- clean and simple.

 
legendaryfrog

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Welcome to AC!

Firebelly toad tanks are pretty straightforward and substrate makes little of a difference. A lot of people seem to use regular gravel as it works great!

as for the bottom feeding fish....theres nothing small enough for your tank.
 
ordinaryoddity

ordinaryoddity

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cool, thanks

i should be setting this up within the next month or two, ill be sure to post my progress :)
 
Dwarf Puffers

Dwarf Puffers

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Edit: Can't make a pic with underscores, srry :( my idea had been a kind of thing like this:
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Except with maybe 3 shelves, leaving a small graveled section of the tank.
 
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