10 gallon pauladarium question

luckydud13 · Apr 17, 2009

Hi everyone.

I finially took the plunge and turned a 10 gallon tank into a paludarium! I am really happy as to how it came out.

On one side I have a pile of rocks in the water, with half of the rocks above water, with a waterfall going over them w/ moss growing on them.

Then I have a little trench type area in the middle where my fish go. Wild livebearers goodeids? And then the sand slopes up to rise above the water.

My question is about my current stocking.

As of right now I have one fire bellied toad, and I absolutely LOVE her.

Its really fun to feed her.

But my question is about the other inhabitant, my crayfish. It is th type of crayfish that is vegetarian, and clones themselves. I would like to add a couple more frogs and possible some newts. But I have read that newts would die by the ha/\/ds of a crayfish, but does this represent my vegetarian crayfish too?

Also, how many frogs and newts could I have in my tank? It has a whisper 10 in tank filter to act as the water fall, a 50 watt heater and plenty of water and land space.

Thanks

cam191919 · Apr 17, 2009

what, no pics?

are you going to add fish?

the crayfish probably wouldn't attack it because its not food, but i could be wrong

about how much of this setup is water?

luckydud13 · Apr 17, 2009

I have one fish, a goodeied livebearer about an inch long. Cherry shrimp, the cray and the frog.

I would say 4 gallons of water? About anyway.

I'll post pics later cam, thanks

kyle3 · Apr 18, 2009

I've read mixing toad/frog/newt is a no no.

I would love to see a picture! I'm hoping to set up a tank just like this.

cheers-K

biggie357 · Apr 18, 2009

be careful mixing newts and frogs/toads. the oils and residues on their skin can react with eachothers, a friend of mine put a fire belly toad and a fire belly newt in the same tank; they both developed a sort of rash and died shortly thereafter. the newt i know is toxic.

but picture? yes please

canucksfan1 · Apr 19, 2009

i think you must be mistaken, the only crayfish that can produce offspring without a mate is Marmor(sp.) Krebs or the Marble Cray. It is not a vegetarian cray by any means I know as i owned roughly 400 of them at one time (they multiply incredibly fast started with one).

Anyway they will eat anything they can catch if they are hungry, and absolutly love shrimp pellets, mine in fact besides up-rooting alot of plants never really ate any of them, one little guy (about 1 maybe 1 1/2 inch did almost kill my 4 inch blood parrot luckily i caught it in time to save the fish)

But yeah just thought i would let you know that if u are correct with you species of cray you may be in some trouble.

luckydud13 · Apr 19, 2009

Well I dont have to worry about my cray, my toad killed him.

Vicious_Fish · Apr 19, 2009

I would choose an amphibian and make it a single species tank. For the most part when you mix species you're asking for trouble unless you have the ability to make a large biotope enclosure.

kyryah · Apr 20, 2009

FBTs exude a toxin from their skin that will kill other animals, and potentially fish. If it is a larger area with really good filtration, and you do frequent water changes, then fish can be kept with FBTs, but.... The FBT is likely to eat any fish that you house with them.

If you are going to mix species you need much more than 10 gals of water, and a lot more research

That said, I have a mixed species viv and it can be done, but my viv is indigenous, and I made sure that the herps in it come from overlapping areas and do not prey on each other or transmit diseases.

Rule numero uno when mixing is to NEVER mix continents. Keep it all from the same home area.

Kristina


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