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Old 01-09-2011, 04:47 AM
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Question PDFs. To waterfall or not to waterfall?

I'm about to set up my 29 gallon tank for my cobalt pair which currently lives in a boring 10 gallon tank. I have all the equipment to add a waterfall and I'm comfortable adding it into the tank, but I'm worried about the saftey of my babies. I've heard PDFs aren't great swimmers and can easily drown (or be drowned...). If I add a waterfall, the pool would be no more than 3" deep. Foreseeable problems:
Hard to clean
Possible drowned frogs
Dirty water from the substrate in the rest of the tank

Basically what I want to know is, is it going to be more of a pain in the arse than a gem in the tank?
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Old 01-09-2011, 12:29 PM
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I thought about it overnight and I remembered why I switched from fish to frogs. Water features are a PITA. I'm going to leave it out. No worrying about pumps and substrate and clogs and having to change water.

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Old 01-09-2011, 08:22 PM
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not only is it a PITA, it decreases the ground space for the frogs, which means less hiding, feeding and climbing spaces, which is basically giving them a smaller tank.


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