Tank rebuild photos (FBTs, Fish)

MustacheMatt · #1 (**permalink**) 11-24-2008, 09:27 PM

Here is the product of my second go at building a vivarium. Pretty standard, but none the less I'm satisfied with it. Let me know what you think!

Austin · #2 (**permalink**) 11-24-2008, 09:56 PM

Love it!

beckdg · #3 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008, 10:43 AM

screening in an opening (front and back) and aiming heat lamp at back might give you airflow.

heat rising out back create a vacuum drawing in at front... seems not too much condensation... might work... besides you'll need screen for fans if it don't work anyway!

answer to Q found here:46G Water Stream Bowfront Tank: Build Log with Pics.

anyway enough from me... looks great... great job!

Austin · #4 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008, 01:37 PM

What are you using to divide the land and water? Plexi glass?

MustacheMatt · #5 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008, 05:46 PM

its got a false bottom, lifted about 6 in to eggcrate, then about 3 inches of hydroton or w/e, then soil. About 20 gallons of water is in there but only about 10 is shown.

MustacheMatt · #6 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 07:57 PM

Did some planting today. Added a couple of plants as well as moss that I got at petsmart, supposedly it well to start growing again according to the bag; though I am skeptical. I also installed an air pump, and put a T connector on it with one part in the fish area and another under the false bottom.

Here are some pictures:

This one is of the waterfall!

froggsong · #7 (**permalink**) 11-27-2008, 01:04 AM

Looks beautiful!

That moss looks fine to me, like it has already perked back up. I've had some that I collected dry out completely (like the stuff you get from the store) and it comes back after it gets wet. Some mosses grow in places where they only get wet when it rains, and they dry up to almost nothing and then come back beautifully (sidewalk moss is my fave...).

kyryah · #8 (**permalink**) 11-28-2008, 01:08 PM

Beautiful tank! Definately helps give me some inspiration.

Kristina

Janine · #9 (**permalink**) 12-29-2008, 10:01 AM

Can I ask what is likely a silly question?

Can you keep fish in with fire bellied toads?... from what I had read on UK forums, the toads are toxic...

froggsong · #10 (**permalink**) 12-29-2008, 01:13 PM

Hi Janine (Welcome to the forum, btw

), that isn't a silly question at all. FBTs ARE toxic. WC toads are much more toxic that CB toads, and even WC lose some of their toxicity after being in captivity for a long time. The toxins they emit shouldn't be harmful to fish as long as there is a large enough volume of water and plenty of filtration that is changed often (frequent partial water changes should also be made, especially if there is any evidence of the toxins building up in the water, like an oily sheen floating around). I have kept fish with my FBTs, and I also keep my FBTs with other frogs. My barking tree frogs used to sit on my Marvin's head, and would choose to sleep in the same hide with him over other hides that should have appealed more to a tree frog. I no longer have the barking tree frogs, one died (of old age), and the other two were lost during tank rebuilds (probably kitty snacks, poor guys I miss them so), but I never saw any ill effects from them being housed with the FBTs. I still have the golden tree frog in with them and she is healthy and happy. I don't currently have any fish in with them, because I don't have a large volume of water in their tank, and what I do have in there is kept shallow because they seem to prefer shallow water. When I did have fish with them, I never had any deaths (other than ones that got eaten, lol), and I didn't even feed those fish (they were placed in the tank for a cleaning crew and an occasional snack).