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Quinn1928

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so i am planning on setting up a terarium.it will be in a 30 gallon tank. so my questions are what percentage of land and water should i have. what kind of filter should i use for the water part and where can i get it? how do u make a slant in the water too act as a bank for animals. will the tan be big enough too house these inhabitants. 1 paradise fish or climbing perch ? amount of green anoles, ? of fire belly newts ? of
red bellied toads ? of green tree frogs ? of dwarf african frogs. and i dont know anything about these but if i had space maybe lacerta lizards and longtailed grass lizard. what kind of food should i have of course i would breed the food. how do i make islands in the water. i may have forgoten something so i may be posting more questions soon. dont yell at me i was just wondering if i could make a community cause i dont want to have to make a separate tank for each animal
 
First decide what kinds of animals you want, then plan the tank. I hope you don't want to put all the animals you listed in there, because that's just not going to work.

Fire-bellied toads should not be kept with anything else due to their skin toxins. If you go with them, you should probably have about 1/3 land and 2/3 water, with plenty of floating plants (frogbit, floating heart, water lettuce, etc.) I'm not sure how many could go in there; probably 5 or 6, anyways.

Green treefrogs (I assume you mean the small American Hyla cinerea) will occasionally use the water and land sections, but spend most of their time climbing, so the exact proportions of each are not important. I'd say 6 greens would be a good stocking level. Make sure they have plenty of branches.

Do not keep Australian green treefrogs (AKA White's treefrog) with open water; they are prone to drowning.

I would not put lacertas or longtails in a paludarium. If you want to keep them, forget the water section.

Anoles will probably be OK. You can substitute anoles for treefrogs 1 for 1.

I'd say African dwarf frogs need about 2.5 gallons per individual, so figure out how much of the tank would need to be flooded to keep a pair. More than that, and you'll just end up with a shallow aquarium instead of a paludarium.

I'm not sure about paradise fish or climbing perch, but again I think you would need to set the tank up just for them.

If you want to keep treefrogs or anoles and fish, pick some very small schooling fish such as Heterandria formosa, Lucania goodei, guppies, endlers, or maybe neon or cardinal tetras.

It is possible to have community paludariums, but it requires much more planning and care than a single-species tank. Narrow down your desired species a little more and hopefully we can help you pick out some suitable tankmates.
 
ok soo taken out is the fire bellied toads lacertas longtails and . i will not have them. but i still want a community tank soo can you help me out? will the remaining animals mix?
 
Notophthalmus said:
First decide what kinds of animals you want, then plan the tank. I hope you don't want to put all the animals you listed in there, because that's just not going to work.
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I agree. Notophthalmus pretty much hit the nail on the head with the other species care requirements. The only other thing I'd like to add is about the green anoles. A 30 gallon is ok for a pair. You'd be surprised how much territory this species really needs. They love to stuff 20 of them in a 10 gallon tank at the pet store but believe me they're super stressed under these types of conditions.
 
Thanks for correcting me on the anoles, VF. I haven't kept them since I was a little feller.

Well, here are some combos that will work:

Green treefrogs, gray treefrogs, small fish, shrimp, dwarf frogs. Mainly water below, lots of branches. You could also keep a betta in this type of tank.

Treefrogs and anoles. Less water, lots of branches.

Newts and small coolwater fish (white cloud mountain minnows and certain native minnows). Mostly water, small landing area (can substitute floating plants for land). You can keep treefrogs in this setup as well if you have lots of branches, but it may be difficult to feed them in-tank.

If you're getting a 40 or 50 gallon tank, you open up some more possibilities. For example: sirens, large killifish, and treefrogs in a mostly-water tank with lots of branches.
 
so if i got a 40 gallon tank could i have this setup on the bottom of the tank 4 inches of water with lots of floating plantss and a couple of small islands and lots of braches with moss above. inhabitants bottom 2 newts 2 african dwarf frogs maybe a betta if i inceased the water level to 5 inches. still with the islands. top: some green treefrogs some gray ones. could i add a foam platform up high attached to the glass? because if i could i could add a couple of them and then add 2 anoles. feeding mealworms bloodworms mosquito larvae crickets and fruitfly if i did fruitfly would i do wingless or with wings
 
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