humidity for fire-belly toads

kerrid

kerrid

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so i set up my 20g long that was just sitting around, and bought almost everything i need. just a few questions.
1. what should the humidity be for fire-belly toads?
2. whats the best way to maintain humidity?
3. is it crucial that they have live plants, or would fake ones suffice?
4. should i maintain the water like i would for fish, and cycle it before getting them?
5. i plan on getting a little plastic insect house and keeping crickets in there. how do i keep the crickets alive, and what else can they eat?

thanks and sorry for so many questions!
 
Hi Kerrid,
The easiest thing I did for myself, was to set up a 29 gallon with two potted plants, some "reconstitured" reptile moss, big chunks o' cork wood, and a large porcelian bowl (pet water bowl). It's easy for me to change out the water for my firebelly toads. I have a set of rocks to put in the bowl for the toads to sit on. there is room for another dish in the tank (porcelain plant pot reseroir that I got at walmart) to fill with water and live bloodworms. I got a cool planter for one of the tank plants, which was a tree limb about 4 inches high, and 6 inches wide, that has been hollowed out and given a bottom. Echobark and moss cover over the plant soil in the pots to keep the toads from eating the perlite. The bottom part of the tank is filled with expanded clay pellets for capillary movement of moisture, and it's a lot lighter than plain gravel. This layer is covered with patio shade material, then the Echo substrate covers the shade material. I let the crickets free range in the tank. I just leave a little dish filled with GutLoad, if there are any survivors at feeding time. Normally, i just get 40 pinhead crickets (small/tiny) and powder before dropping into the tank. I can either leave Cricket water in a dish, or they can get their water from the daily misting i give the tank. Oh yeah, make sure youhave a secure lid on your tank, as I have had these two escape on me once - luckillly the cat and dog didn't notice! :)
good luck on your project!
Mr. U
 
to answer your questions....

1. There is no best humidity.

2. The water in your fire-belly toad tank will keep up the humidity

3. Fake plants are ok.....i think.

4. Yes, cycle the tank.

5. Not sure about that one.....you could feed them worms though. i fed mine small earthworms from my compost bin, live bloodworms, and some of these "compost worms" I had purchased and also raised in my compost bin.
 
Could you post a pic of your tank? Would be easy to tell you what else you need to improve it, or what stuff to get rid off =D
 
ill get a picture as soon as i can. but in the meantime...i took some gravel and made one side higher to be the dry part, and it gradually slopes down. theres sand on top of the gravel, and the part thats out of the water is covered in zilla fur/sphagnum moss mix (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=6495&N=2006+114035).
i made a little semi-underwater cave out of rocks and have some rocks at random just for some more dry/semi-dry spots. i have this filter ( http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15403&N=2006+113827 ) at the other end of the tank.

ive been trying to research as much as i can, but i havent found too much useful information on fire-belly toads.

and currently i need: lights and plants(fake or real, not sure yet).


thanks for your help!
 
Check out the toads forum at repticzone.com ..... not that theres anything wrong with this site, its great, but theres lots and lots of firebelly owners =)
 
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