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Old 01-03-2008, 08:29 PM
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this is a pic of my firebelly tank its pretty recent i will get more pics once i get a chance to go to my friends house to upload them this is a false bottom tank basicly the land sits on top of the water i have it so the land is on top of some egg crate and i have PVC pipes that hold the egg crate up. the land it self works as the filter i on top of the egg crate i have some tank liner, cotton like material and on top of that i have 2 layers of the same material that they make panti-hoes with. and finnaly i have coco dirt and every thing eles. i put a little pump under the water this made my little stream and very little water fall that goes into the little pond. anyways i hope to put more pics of it up soon =)
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:44 PM
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I suggest more water--FBT need 1/3-1/2 water area. Does your toad keep to the water all the time?

It also looks like the rocks are small like gravel. Sometimes frogs will lunge for a cricket and accidently swallow a rock---this will lead to an impaction. Some nice rocks to get are those large or medium river rocks. I also see some type of woodchips or something in there. I would use coco fiber, and it is so cheap and digestible! EcoEarth... you can get 4 huge bricks. Each brick can fill a 40G long a couple of inches high! It expands a lot. It lasts a long time too! Another one is Bed-A-Beast, but I never tried it so I can’t tell what type of packaging it comes in, but it still works like EcoEarth. To include, those wood chips might also lead to compaction or might not be to comforting on the FBT delicate skin.

It seems sort of dry in there too besides the water part and the log-stream. This will improve with more water, a filter, and with coco fiber like EcoEarth--this will add to the humidity. Is there a filter in there? If not, daily water changes are a necessary.

What type of light do you have? And what's the temperature--and humidity if possible? How many FBT are in there?

Besides those things, I love the layout! It sort of looks like an anole tank rather than a FBT tank though. But it looks really nice none the less!
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Old 01-05-2008, 10:19 PM
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Thx for the feed back =) anyways i will start with how many FBT's i have in there, i have 4 in that tank, its a 20Gal tall , i do change water about 2 to 3 times a week, i do have a filter in the water just its under the land. i know what u mean about the wood chip stuff it is getting compated and kinda messy, its like reptile mulch or something i forgot for sure what its called. the light is a floresent bulb im not not sure what kind of bulb it was made for but it gives nice light lol, there is no heat lamp. the temp is my room temp and thats like about 68 to 72 degress. im not sure what the humidity is.

next time i clean out my tank for cleaning i will replace the mulch w/ coco dirt and the little rocks with larger ones. =) agen thanks for the feedback =) hopefully soon i will have pics of my chubby frog tank
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