Frog's Faeces question

plasticknife · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 04:24 AM

I'm planning setup a paludarium, but i have one concern, which is the faeces(shit) of the frog, will it be harmful to the fish in the water area? will the filtration system be enough to clear the toxins in the water?

Jason · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 07:02 AM

That would depend on a few factors.

(1) The size of the frog and how many
(2) The total system volume of soil
(3) What are you useing as a drainage layer and its depth
(4) The amount of plants
(5) The total system volume of water
(6) How many and of what type of fish you want to keep
(7) The amount of times you mist or water

plasticknife · #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 02:25 PM

i'm planning to keep 2 green tree frog, 2 alligator gars, 6 silver dollars and 2 fire eel in a 5ftx3ftx2.5ft, and
60% of the volume will be water,
5inch thick soil.
not sure how much plants i need

Jason · #4 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 03:29 PM

Oomph lol, nice size tank. i wouldnt worry bout the frog poop as your only going to have 2 of them with a volume of water well over 100 gallons, add a few plants and a filter speced for that volume to keep the fish happy and i dont see any problem at all

plasticknife · #5 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 03:55 PM

thanks alot! CHEERS! will post a picture once my paludarium is up.

Waterkeeper · #6 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 12:48 AM

I ask myself.. would I be concerned with the possibility of a gar or eel eating my frogs?