3-4G big enough?

Check the front feet of your frogs....do they have webbing or not. If they don't they're the clawed frog and will get mega big and ugly...and eat anything that moves in your tank...

If thier front feet have webbing....then they are adfs and will be fine in your tank.

As far as the newts...I have 2 firebellied newts..the smaller variety in a 5 gallon river tank. The tank is about a 3rd full of water with a platform with moss and plants over the water. The newts NEVER go in the water. They hang around on the moss under the plants..one of them likes to climb the plants at night and sleep up high. If you get the chinese firebellies...make sure you have adequate ground for them to get out of the water if they want to. I believe the larger japanese fire bellied newts are mostly aquatic...but, they will eat your fish if they're small enough and they can grab them.
 
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Floating frogs. But they are very hard to find. A firebelly toad is your best bet by far, and they are really frogs. there's also the yellow-bellied and European firebelly toads. they're great fun and very active. There are numerous other species - again check out pollywog.co.uk, but most will get much too large for a 3-4gal. If you got a 10 gal, you could keep small treefrogs or a horned/pacman frog, which are mainly land-dwellers but like some shallow water. A 16gal (24x12") would mean you could keep a pyxie frog or white's treefrogs or a few rice paddy frogs. A 30" would mean you could get a leopard frog. A 48" tank would mean you could get an American bullfrog.

3-4gal is just too small for most frogs, and if the tank must be so small your best bet is an oriental or European firebelly toad, a yellow bellied toad or a Chinese firebelly newt or maybe 2. possibly a giant firebelly. Possibly a single rice-paddy forg. All these will be semiaquatic, which is what you want I think. With the newts, as Emg said they can be mainly terrestrial. Mine are mainly aquatic. I have heard lots of peopl say that they are mainly one or the other - probably depends on the individual newt.

Whatever you decide, be sure to do plenty of research, as all frogs except ADFs require live food, and some need heating. If you're seriously considering frogs, it would be best to go for a larger tank. Even an 8gal (18x10") would greatly increase your options and make for a better display.
 
Ok yes i will probably get a bigger tank, probably 8 gallons. Could i keep a couple of ADFs with a couple of Freshwater crabs? I will definetely be heating it. what sort of environment would i have to provide? And I was told that these crabs come out of the water. Is this true?


Thanks Flag
 
Flagfish said:
Ok yes i will probably get a bigger tank, probably 8 gallons. Could i keep a couple of ADFs with a couple of Freshwater crabs? I will definetely be heating it. what sort of environment would i have to provide? And I was told that these crabs come out of the water. Is this true?


Thanks Flag
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Flag, I'm waiting for a reply from your LFS so that I can get the latin name of these "freshwater crabs" - I should be able to get your answers once they reply, if they even know that latin name.
 
Crabs and ADFs are not agood idea at all. ADFs spend a lot of their time on the tank bottom. the crabs will see them as food and the frogs won't be able to defend themselves. You could keep ADFs with shrimp. Crabs are only compatible with large or fast fish which they won't attack. This rules out most bottom dwellers, and all amphibians except very lage newts, and even then I wouldn't recommend it. You could combine ADFs with other frogs, but not newts as they prefer cooler water. Crabs only might be an interesting tank, though.
 
grrr... lol. Ok i will probably just go with 2-3 crabs. Ok there brackish right? So what do i do? add table salt or what?

thanks flag
 
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Flagfish said:
grrr... lol. Ok i will probably just go with 2-3 crabs. Ok there brackish right? So what do i do? add table salt or what?

thanks flag
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Maybe you should try reading the link you posted...
 
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